French (FREN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

FREN 1220

FREN 1210-1220 is a two-semester sequence. This is the second half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. French is ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4409 FREN 1220   LEC 001

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 1210, or SAT II 410-480, or LPF 37-44. At the end of FREN 1220, students who score lower than 56 on the LPF take 1230, those with 56 or higher may enter the 2000-level sequence.

  •  4410 FREN 1220   LEC 002

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 1210, or SAT II 410-480, or LPF 37-44. At the end of FREN 1220, students who score lower than 56 on the LPF take 1230, those with 56 or higher may enter the 2000-level sequence.

  •  4411 FREN 1220   DIS 201

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4412 FREN 1220   DIS 202

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Bal, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6894 FREN 1220   DIS 203

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Matthews, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4413 FREN 1220   DIS 204

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Rosenstock-Murav, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  4414 FREN 1220   DIS 205

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Shearer, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6519 FREN 1220   DIS 206

    • TWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Jeudy, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 1230

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4392 FREN 1230   SEM 101

    • MWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Torea, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after Fren 1230: FREN 2080 or 2090.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4393 FREN 1230   SEM 102

    • MWRF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Torea, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after Fren 1230: FREN 2080 or 2090.

FREN 2070

This course is specifically designed for premed students and students at large with an interest in medical related topics who wish to be better equipped with language skills that will enable them to convey ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16486 FREN 2070   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Torea, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 1230; LPF score 56-64; SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4, or CASE Q. Students who have taken FREN 2070 are ineligible to take FREN 2090 for credits.

FREN 2080

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7698 FREN 2080   SEM 101

    • MWF Morrill Hall 106
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64; SAT II 600-680; AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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.

FREN 2090

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6716 FREN 2090   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Tien, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: 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 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2080 for credit.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4395 FREN 2090   SEM 102

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Huelster, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: 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 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2080 for credit.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4396 FREN 2090   SEM 103

    • MWF Clark Hall 701
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: 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 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2080 for credit.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4397 FREN 2090   SEM 104

    • MWF Clark Hall 701
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: 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 2095. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2080 for credit.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 2095

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4398 FREN 2095   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 2080 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended course after FREN 2095: FREN 2180, FREN 2310 or FREN 2320.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4399 FREN 2095   SEM 102

    • MWF Olin Hall 165
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Pasquer Brochard, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: FREN 2080 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended course after FREN 2095: FREN 2180, FREN 2310 or FREN 2320.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 2310

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6275 FREN 2310   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++. Recommended courses after FREN 2310: any 3000 level literature or culture course

FREN 2320

This course designed to follow FREN 2095, introduces students to key cinematic techniques used in analysis of films and to major movements in the twentieth century French cinema.  Students will view a ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7386 FREN 2320   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Hybrid: rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor. Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++ or permission of instructor. Recommended courses after FREN 2320: any 3000 level literature or culture course
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 3020

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Intro to Comparative Politics

  • 21324 FREN 3020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Brochu, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Conducted in French. Must be concurrently enrolled in GOVT 1313.

FREN 3210

This course is designed to teach ways of reading and understanding works created from the Romantic period to the present day, in their cultural context. A range of texts from various genres is presented, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16487 FREN 3210   SEM 101

    • MW Statler Hall 396
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++ placement.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 3400

This course is conceived as a critical introduction to a cultural and political debate that appeared in the years of Mitterrand's France and reached its climax in the last decade.  It will focus on a French ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6276 FREN 3400   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.

FREN 3560

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

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  • 17520 FREN 3560   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  • 20380 FREN 3560   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 3580

This survey course will trace narratives of sea crossings in Francophone literature from Africa and its diaspora across the three bodies of water that surround the continent: the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16494 FREN 3580   SEM 101

    • MWF Warren Hall 175
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or Q++ or permission of instructor.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 3921

Without literary theory, there is no idea of literature, of criticism, of culture. While exciting theoretical paradigms emerged in the late 20th century, including structuralism and poststructuralism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20856 FREN 3921   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Caruth, C

      Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 3975

This course examines how African writers, filmmakers, and internet media content creators engage with and revise public images of bodies—specifically pleasure, gender, queerness, genital surgeries, sex ... view course details

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  • 19496 FREN 3975   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    This course has two required meeting days.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 4070

Madness fascinates, mental illness frightens. They are realms of scholarship as well as objects of practical knowledge and representation for the arts and the social actors themselves. This seminar aims ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16495 FREN 4070   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 4200

Guided independent study of special topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4407 FREN 4200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5565 FREN 4200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16496 FREN 4200   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16497 FREN 4200   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16498 FREN 4200   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16499 FREN 4200   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FREN 4300

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4391 FREN 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6896 FREN 4300   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16500 FREN 4300   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16501 FREN 4300   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16502 FREN 4300   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16503 FREN 4300   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

FREN 4375

In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics.  This seminar will retrace ... view course details

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  • 16553 FREN 4375   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 4540

How might philosophy respond to catastrophe? The Wars of Religion in France and throughout Europe offered continual violence, trauma, and social upheaval. The Essais of Michel de Montaigne responded to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16504 FREN 4540   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 4715

This course, offered entirely in English, is open to advanced undergraduates and graduates who want to learn more about the relations of politics to art in general and the cultural politic of "autonomia" ... view course details

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  • 19173 FREN 4715   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Pinkus, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 6300

Designed for those with little or no background in French. Aims primarily to develop skill in reading French. Covers grammar basics, extensive vocabulary, and strategies for reading in a foreign language. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6520 FREN 6300   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Alkire, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Course limited to graduate students only.

FREN 6375

In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics.  This seminar will retrace ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16557 FREN 6375   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 6400

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4394 FREN 6400   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5540 FREN 6400   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16521 FREN 6400   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16522 FREN 6400   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16523 FREN 6400   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16524 FREN 6400   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

FREN 6535

This seminar provides an opportunity to study aspects of the philosophical oeuvre of Gilles Deleuze. Our point of departure will be Deleuze's 1968 book Difference and Repetition.  We'll later consider ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16528 FREN 6535   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online

FREN 6561

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20681 FREN 6561   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

FREN 6730

What does the term "normal" mean?  It is a modern invention, but one based on millennia of theories on what is natural or unnatural, regular or irregular, orderly or monstrous.  All of these terms are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17795 FREN 6730   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online