French (FREN)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
FREN 1210
Course Description
FREN 1210-FREN 1220 is a two-semester sequence. FREN 1210 is the first half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Menard, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
This course is a beginner French course 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, to be eligible for FREN 1210.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Menard, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
This course is a beginner French course 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, to be eligible for FREN 1210.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Matthews, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Karczewski, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Bal, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Gibbs, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Shearer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hughes, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Caswell, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
FREN 1230
Course Description
FREN 1230 is an all-skills course designed to improve oral communication, listening comprehension, and reading ability; to establish a groundwork for correct writing; and to provide a substantial grammar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2070, 2080 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2070, 2080 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Tien, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2070, 2080 or 2090.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Huelster, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2070, 2080 or 2090.
FREN 1720
Course Description
This course will introduce English speakers to highlights of France's contribution in art, architecture, music, philosophy, political theory and literature to Western civilization. We will consider works ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Conducted in English.
FREN 2080
Course Description
This intermediate conversation and composition French course is designed for students interested in business fields such as Hospitality, Business Management, and Marketing, those looking for an internship ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Space Sciences Building 105X
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2080: FREN 2092 or FREN 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2080 are not eligible to take FREN 2090 for credit.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2080: FREN 2092 or FREN 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2080 are not eligible to take FREN 2090 for credit.
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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Pasquer Brochard, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2092, 2095. Students who have taken French 2080 are not eligible to take French 2090 for credit.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Cash, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2092, 2095. Students who have taken French 2080 are not eligible to take French 2090 for credit.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2092, 2095. Students who have taken French 2080 are not eligible to take French 2090 for credit.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2092, 2095. Students who have taken French 2080 are not eligible to take French 2090 for credit.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Jeudy, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: French 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after French 2090: French 2092, 2095. Students who have taken French 2080 are not eligible to take French 2090 for credit.
FREN 2092
Course Description
Reducing your foreign accent improves your ability to communicate in two ways: learning to distinguish and to produce clearly the full inventory of sounds in French increases both your ability to understand ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Alkire, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisites: FREN 2080 or 2090 or higher, CASE Q+ or permission of instructor.
FREN 2095
Course Description
This advanced-intermediate course is highly recommended for students planning to study abroad as it aims to develop the writing and speaking skills needed to function in a French speaking university ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Finielz, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: FREN 2080 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095:FREN 2180, FREN 2310 or FREN 2320
FREN 2180
Course Description
In this course, furthering oral communication skills and writing skills is emphasized. A comprehensive review of fundamental and advanced grammatical structures is integrated with short stories, literary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. FREN 2310 or FREN 2320 may also be taken concurrently with FREN 2180.
FREN 2310
Course Description
This course, designed to follow FREN 2095, introduces students to an array of literary and visual material from the French and Francophone world. It aims to develop students' proficiency in critical writing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Rosenstock-Murav, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. Recommended courses after FREN 2310; any 3000- level literature, or cultural courses.
FREN 3020
Course Description
This 1-credit optional course aims to expand the students' vocabulary, and advance their speaking and reading skills as well as enhance their knowledge and deepen their cultural understanding by supplementing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 3220
Course Description
This course is designed to familiarize students with works from the Renaissance, the Classical period, and the Enlightenment, as well as the cultural and historical context in which these texts are created, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisites: FREN 2180, FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 3460
Course Description
The concept of "intellectual" - the writer or scholar who takes a political commitment - was born in France at the end of the nineteenth century. From the Dreyfus Affaire to the recent polemics on French ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Traverso, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 3520
Course Description
This course will offer an overview of theoretical and historical responses to bodily and cognitive difference. What was the status of people with (dis)abilities in the past, when they were called monsters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3520, SHUM 3520
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Conducted in English.
FREN 3730
Course Description
What makes religious violence so intractable, and what has fostered the continuity of this form of conflict over such a long span of time? What is the role of aesthetics in literary descriptions of such ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: FREN 2180, FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 4190
Course Description
Guided independent study of special topics. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Year-long course. R grade given at end of the semester and final letter grade at end of the spring. Open to juniors and seniors.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
FREN 4428
Course Description
We will read together a wide range of modern European texts-mostly but not exclusively by at least nominally Jewish authors, many of them working in the German intellectual tradition--accompanied by a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4428, ANTHR 7428, COML 4428, COML 6428, FREN 6428, GERST 4428, GERST 7428, JWST 4428, JWST 7428
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
FREN 4700
Course Description
This course will examine works (literary, ethnographic, juridical, historical, medical, theoretical....) from French and Francophone cultures where questions of sexuality and gender are put on trial or ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Conducted in French.
FREN 6390
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 6428
Course Description
We will read together a wide range of modern European texts-mostly but not exclusively by at least nominally Jewish authors, many of them working in the German intellectual tradition--accompanied by a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4428, ANTHR 7428, COML 4428, COML 6428, FREN 4428, GERST 4428, GERST 7428, JWST 4428, JWST 7428
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
FREN 6590
Course Description
This seminar will explore 20th and 21st century African literary narratives through Felwine Sarr's key concept of Afrotopias defined as an active and activist imaginary, both politically radical and culturally ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Terhmina, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Conducted in English. Readings in the original French encouraged.
FREN 6600
Course Description
This course will examine the ideological prejudices that some of the major works of France's great period of artistic creation underly and structure what many consider the apogee of French culture. At ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Conducted in French.