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Classes
FREN 1108
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS 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 Rockefeller Hall 121
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Karczewski, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
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 Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students must enroll in one lecture and one discussion. 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.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students must enroll in one lecture and one discussion. 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.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Choinet, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Kellogg, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Baker Laboratory G08
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Rebhi, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Tien, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Sas, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TWRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Kwong, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Baker Laboratory G08
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Rosenstock-Murav, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 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 Baker Laboratory G02
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Bal, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 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 Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Menard, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 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 Baker Laboratory G08
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Karczewski, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: French 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after French 1230: French 2080 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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Ives Hall 107
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Matthews, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2092, FREN 2095, or FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2070 or FREN 2080 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 Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2092, FREN 2095, or FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2070 or FREN 2080 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 Ives Hall 107
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2092, FREN 2095, or FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2070 or FREN 2080 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 Ives Hall 107
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2092, FREN 2095, or FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2070 or FREN 2080 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 Ives Hall 107
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Glidja, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, LPF Score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2092, FREN 2095, or FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2070 or FREN 2080 for credit.
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Menard, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2070, FREN 2080 or FREN 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095:FREN 2180, FREN 2310 or FREN 2320
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Menard, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2070, FREN 2080 or FREN 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2095:FREN 2180, FREN 2310 or FREN 2320
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 McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. Recommended courses after FREN 2310; any 3000- level literature, or cultural courses.
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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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 Baker Laboratory 335
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Friedland, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 498
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Alkire, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2180 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 160
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2180, FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
FREN 3295
Course Description
Modern capitalism is intimately connected to the ethics of play. Through French and Francophone literature, this course explores a host of capitalist players and the vexed moral questions they raise from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory G20
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Terhmina, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2310 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 Rockefeller Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Traverso, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FREN 3540
Course Description
In the age of smartphones and Facebook, the competing claims made on our attention only seem to be multiplying. This course is an opportunity to think about and to enact certain practices of attentiveness ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 3540
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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
- MW Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Feel free to contact the instructor for more information.
FREN 3655
Course Description
For dozens of millennia before COVID 19, humans lived with epidemics and contagious diseases. Plagues occurred throughout history, and, as we all know too well, viruses do exist. But, until very recently, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3655
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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 Human Ecology Building 101
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Conducted in English.
FREN 3750
Course Description
This course will introduce students to the contemporary ecofeminist theories which are being developed in the francophone world today in parallel with the analysis of different case studies, using literary, ... 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
- MW Baker Laboratory 335
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++ placement 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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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 Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Course conducted in English. There will be weekly film viewings.
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)
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
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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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)
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 4745
Course Description
The course will propose a parallel reading of some of the most famous texts of romantic literature with texts less known in order to develop and challenge both the canon of literary history but also to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 6745
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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
- MW Uris Hall 312
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Conducted in French.
FREN 6015
Course Description
Confined to the figure of the "care-giver," the concept of care has long been seen as apolitical. This course explores African aesthetic works in the light of recent debates that have taken "care" seriously ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6015
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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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Terhmina, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Conducted in French.
FREN 6212
Course Description
This course will explore the ways in which Michel Foucault's oeuvre transitions from a concern with sovereignty to a preoccupation with biopolitics. Foucault's early work (one understands that there is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6212, COML 6212, ENGL 6912, GOVT 6215
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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 Africana Ctr B07
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Farred, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FREN 6240
Course Description
This seminar will study the problem of transmission in psychoanalysis, with an emphasis on its stakes for political history and theory. Freud's Moses and Monotheism addresses the unconscious and intersubjective ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6778, GOVT 6246
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
McNulty, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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)
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 6745
Course Description
This course will propose a parallel reading of some of the most famous texts of romantic literature with the field of romance studies beyond purely literary concerns and geographies. Taking as a starting ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4745
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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
- MW Uris Hall 312
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Vallois, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person