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FREN 1210
Course Description
FREN 1210-FREN 1220 is a two-semester sequence. FREN 1210 is the first half of the 1210-1220 sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- M Morrill Hall 106
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Waldron, C
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Students must enroll in one lecture and one discussion. This course is intended for students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have an LPF score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410.
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- M Morrill Hall 106
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Waldron, C
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Students must enroll in one lecture and one discussion. This course is intended for students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have an LPF score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410.
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- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
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Frost, J
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- TWRF Uris Hall 394
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Cash, C
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- TWRF White Hall B02
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Jeudy, M
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- TWRF White Hall 114
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Waldron, C
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- TWRF White Hall B04
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Huelster, N
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- TWRF White Hall B06
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LeBlanc, R
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- TWRF White Hall B02
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Torea, T
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FREN 1230
Course Description
FREN 1230 is an all-skills course designed to improve pronunciation, oral communication, and reading ability; to establish a groundwork for correct writing; and to provide a substantial grammar review. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWRF Statler Hall 441
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Luks, J
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Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPFscore 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2060 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWRF Statler Hall 441
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Luks, J
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Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPFscore 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2060 or 2090.
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Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWRF White Hall B04
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Alkire, T
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Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPFscore 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2060 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Sparfel, C
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Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPFscore 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2060 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWRF White Hall B04
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Alkire, T
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Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPFscore 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2060 or 2090.
FREN 2090
Course Description
This intermediate-level course is designed for students who want to focus on their speaking and writing skills. Emphasis is placed on strengthening of grammar skills, expansion of vocabulary and discourse ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Uris Hall 260
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Pasquer Brochard, R
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Uris Hall 394
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Turner, A
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Uris Hall 394
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Vu, Y
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Torea, T
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 110
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LoBello, S
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 110
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LoBello, S
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Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2095, 2100, or 2310. Students who have taken French 2090 are not eligible to take French 2060 for credit.
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FREN 2091
Course Description
This one-credit course is focused on oral communication in French; to take this course students must be concurrently enrolled in FREN 2090. Because the course is designed especially to encourage students ... view course details
FREN 2095
Course Description
This course emphasizes conversation based on short stories, poems, a play, a novel, cartoons, newspaper articles, short videos, and oral presentations by students. The goals of improving grammatical accuracy ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Goul, P
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Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095: FREN 2310.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Tissot, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095: FREN 2310.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Tissot, D
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Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095: FREN 2310.
FREN 2180
Course Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to increase their proficiency in oral and written French through one of three possible avenues: Composition and Conversation; French through Film; and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Torea, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q++, FREN 2310 may also be taken concurrently with FREN 2180. Students who have taken FREN 3050 are not eligible to take FREN 2180 for credit.
FREN 2270
Course Description
This course will consider the Château of Versailles as an index of modern French civilization from its political and aesthetic origins at the court of Louis XIV to the present. The course will examine ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Statler Hall 165
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Greenberg, M
FREN 2310
Course Description
This course, designed to follow FREN 2095 (formerly 2190), introduces students to an array of literary and visual material from the French and Francophone world. It aims to develop students' proficiency ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 145
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Finielz, E
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Prerequisites: FREN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q+ or permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 365
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Tissot, D
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Prerequisites: FREN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q+ or permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 365
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Vallois, M
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Prerequisites: FREN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q+ or permission of instructor.
FREN 2320
Course Description
This course will introduce students to some of the key cinematic and cultural movements in France in the twentieth century. From Renoir's masterpiece La Grande Illusion (1937) and its depiction of shifting ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR McGraw Hall 365
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Flood, M
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Prerequisites: FREN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.
FREN 2860
Course Description
In the turbulent and violent years from 1789 to 1815, France experienced virtually every form of government known to the modern world. This course explores the rapidly changing political landscape of this ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2860
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Friedland, P
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Staff
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- W Malott Hall 206
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Staff
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- W Lincoln Hall B08
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Staff
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- W Morrill Hall 106
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Staff
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- W Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Staff
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- W Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
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Staff
FREN 3120
Course Description
Part theory, part textual analysis, and part creative writing, this course aims to help students develop a richer, more nuanced understanding and command of both the spoken and written language. As students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF White Hall B04
Instructors
Alkire, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: French 2180 (formerly 3010) or 2181 (formerly 3050), or CASE Q++. Students who have taken French 3130 are not eligible to take French 3120 for credit.
FREN 3560
Course Description
Psychoanalysis considers the human being not as an object of treatment, but as a subject who is called upon to elaborate an unconscious knowledge about what is disrupting her life, through analysis of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3781, FGSS 3651, GERST 3561, ROMS 3560, STS 3651
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 107
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McNulty, T
FREN 3590
Course Description
This interdisciplinary class provides a sound introduction to the rich literature and culture of Haiti, from the late 18th Century-when the island was a French colony called Saint-Domingue- to the contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 145
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Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2310, or CASE Q++.
FREN 3610
Course Description
Discusses French Impressionist art as the product of nineteenth-century public life. By relating Impressionism to state culture, we trace subversive themes such as criminality, café-concert and brothel ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3760, VISST 3662
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Meixner, L
FREN 3710
Course Description
The class is an introduction to reading and interpreting women's stories as they are represented, written, at times erased before being recovered in French and Francophone history and cultures. The course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 3840
Course Description
The Second World War and the Occupation of France by German forces had a traumatic impact on the nation's identity. We will examine the way France has tried to deal with this conflicted period through ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3891
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 494
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Greenberg, M
FREN 4190
Course Description
Guided independent study of special topics. view course details
FREN 4290
Course Description
Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
FREN 4367
Course Description
A detailed exploration of the poetic, dramatic and political writings of the great Martinican poet and statesman in their multifarious contexts, influences and dialogues, including: "Black Paris" of the ... view course details
FREN 4540
Course Description
How does philosophy respond to widespread and continuous disaster? The Wars of Religion in France and throughout Europe offer the context of continual violence, trauma, and social upheaval, and the Essais ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 6540
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R Uris Hall 438
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Long, K
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2180 (formerly 3010), 2181 (formerly 3050) or 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 4665
Course Description
How many layers of French history does the highly controversial slogan Je suis Charlie unearth? Over the last three decades, France has experienced a huge debate on memory that has put into question its ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 6655
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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Traverso, E
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 4761
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4761, ARTH 6761, VISST 4761
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 144
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Meixner, L
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FREN 4870
Course Description
The 19th century has been the century of the novel all over Europe, and especially in France. This class provides an opportunity to read (in the original) several narrative masterworks. We will study ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- M Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 6367
Course Description
A detailed exploration of the poetic, dramatic and political writings of the great Martinican poet and statesman in their multifarious contexts, influences and dialogues, including: "Black Paris" of the ... view course details
FREN 6390
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details
FREN 6540
Course Description
How does philosophy respond to widespread and continuous disaster? The Wars of Religion in France and throughout Europe offer the context of continual violence, trauma, and social upheaval, and the Essais ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4540
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R Uris Hall 438
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Long, K
FREN 6620
Course Description
This course brings together two bodies of writing, very close in the space and time of their production, that nonetheless have come to seem very far from one another in their critical and scholarly afterlives. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 6620
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W McGraw Hall 145
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Howie, C
FREN 6655
Course Description
How many layers of French history does the highly controversial slogan Je suis Charlie unearth? Over the last three decades, France has experienced a huge debate on memory that has put into question its ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4665
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Traverso, E