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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

French

  
  • FRE 101 - Beginning French I


    This beginning course in French stresses the acquisition of cultural information and introduces the student to the four skills of language learning: listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing.

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    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 102 - Beginning French II


    Continuation of FRE 101 .

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 101  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 150 - Language Table


    Students will participate in a one-hour weekly language table where they will practice conversational skills in a group. Students of all levels are welcome. This course is taken as pass/fail.

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    Credits: 0.5

    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 201 - Intermediate French I


    Review of grammatical structures with further development of listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing skills. The emphasis will be on understanding cultures and contemporary life of French-speaking countries through reading and discussion.

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 102  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 202 - Intermediate French II


    Continuation of FRE 201 .

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 201  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation, International
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 300 - Building Fluency in French


    This course is a bridge between basic language proficiency and more advanced levels. Although other skills may be practiced, the emphasis is on listening and speaking, and students will use reading and other strategies to build fluency.

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit once.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 301 - Practical French I


    Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in French using a communicative approach. Students who have successfully completed the course will demonstrate emergent communication and critical thinking in the target language. Taught in French.

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 302 - Practical French II


    This course is a continuation of FRE 301 . Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in French using a communicative approach. Students who have successfully completed the course will demonstrate intermediate or advanced communication and critical thinking in the target language. Taught in French.

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 301  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: French
  
  • FRE 416 - The Linguistic Structure of French


    This course focuses on where French fits into the typological classification of the world’s languages. This course primarily covers morphological and syntactic typology, surveying the type of patterns that are found across languages of the world. Assignments will focus on the structure of French, with some comparison across French dialects and with other Romance languages.

    Prerequisite(s): FRE 301 , LIN 312 , LIN 313 , and LIN 317 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: French

Linguistics

  
  • FRE 398 - Independent Study


    In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in French that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Course Type: French