Elementary French is intended for students who have no previous knowledge of French. Instruction is planned to help students develop basic, functional proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French. Daily written and oral exercises are assigned to complement work done in class.

Elementary French II is intended for students who has beginning knowledge of French. Instruction is planned to help students develop basic, functional proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French. Daily written and oral exercises are assigned to complement work done in class.

Intermediate French is designed to build on the language skills acquired in Elementary French. Instruction is planned to expand the students' functional proficiency in French, especially by increasing active vocabulary and extending text type to the sentence level. Topical readings appropriate to the level are discussed in class.

Intermediate French II is designed to build on the language skills acquired in Intermediate French I. Instruction is planned to expand the students' functional proficiency in French, especially by increasing active vocabulary and extending text type to the sentence level. Topical readings appropriate to the level are discussed in class.

Structure and Style is designed to provide a review of French grammar and a more detailed study of usage. The goal is to increase functionality in the written language and to expand text type to teh paragraph level in writing. Contemporary readings are used as models for composition and discussion.

Structure and Style is designed to provide a review of French grammar and a more detailed study of usage. The goal is to increase functionality in the written language and to expand text type to teh paragraph level in writing. Contemporary readings are used as models for composition and discussion.

Conversation and Composition is designed to provide students the opportunity to communicate in French by expanding their speaking functionality within contexts of everyday living. Instruction is planned to equip students with the means to negotiate, plan, narrate, and hypothesize in French. In addition, contemporary readings appropriate to the level provide the basis for class discussions and student compositions.

Conversation and Composition is designed to provide students the opportunity to communicate in French by expanding their speaking functionality within contexts of everyday living. Instruction is planned to equip students with the means to negotiate, plan, narrate, and hypothesize in French. In addition, contemporary readings appropriate to the level provide the basis for class discussions and student compositions.

Survey of French Literature entails readings and discussions in French of representative literary works from the beginnings to 1800 to the present.

Survey of French Literature entails readings and discussions in French of representative literary works from the beginnings to 1800 to the present.

The first semester treats the political, social, intellectual, and artistic
developments in France from earliest times to 1870, while the second
semester emphasizes these cultural structures as they exist in contemporary
French society. Lectures and readings serve as a basis for class discussion
in French.

The first semester treats the political, social, intellectual, and artistic
developments in France from earliest times to 1870, while the second
semester emphasizes these cultural structures as they exist in contemporary
French society. Lectures and readings serve as a basis for class discussion
in French.

This course explores the history of the formation of the French language, with special attention to the phonological and morphological development from Latin. Literary study, using texts in the original, will be explored. FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.

This course focuses on an appreciation of representative French authors during the Renaissance.

This course is a study of the plays of Corneille, Moliere, and Racine.

This course focuses on an appreciation of representative French authors during the Enlightenment.

This course is a study of some of the major novels of the 19th century, including works by Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola.

This course is a study of French poetry from the romantics, symbolists, and surrealists to the present.

This course is a study of the plays of Claudel, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Anouilh, Montherlant, Sartre, Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, and Genet.

This course is a study of the novels of Proust, Gide, Bernanos, Malraux, Sartre, Camus, and Robbe-Grillet.