May 19, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

French (FREN)

  
  • FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval / Early Modern French Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of literary texts from the Medieval / early modern periods.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 410.)

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of modern and contemporary literary texts in French.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 420 - French Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    The French cinema from its earliest days to the present; introduction to Francophone film. Taught in English. Films in French with English subtitles. Writing-emphasis course.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Cinema Studies 420.)

    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Credit toward a major or minor in French available with additional reading and writing in French to students who have completed French 353 or the equivalent.
  
  • FREN 421 - Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Foundation in the science of phonetics. Practical exercises and individual performance.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 422 - Advanced Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Improving one’s written French by studying basic and more refined structures of the French language. Writing creative free-style compositions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 334 and 353.
  
  • FREN 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Initiation into the theory and practice of techniques of linguistic analysis in the subfields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and historical linguistics. Discussion of their relevance to the learning and teaching of foreign languages and to the study of literary texts.
    Cross-listed: (Same as German 425; Linguistics 425; Russian 425 and Spanish 425.)

    Recommended Background: Linguistics 200.
  
  • FREN 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See German 426.)

  
  • FREN 430 - Theatrical French

    4 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive introduction to dramatic texts, performance, and theatrical production in French. Students collaborate in the creative staging of a French play and they actively participate in its public performance. May be applied toward the major as a literature course.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 431 - Highlights of French Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of French civilization from the Gauls to World War II.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Current French cultural issues placed in historical perspective with a comparative emphasis.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
    Recommended Background: 353.
  
  • FREN 433 - French and Francophone Women Writers

    3 Credit Hours
    Works by women writing in French from the Middle Ages to the present, considered in the context of French and Anglophone gender theory. Writing-emphasis course.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 450 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in French Studies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • FREN 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • FREN 519 - Bibliography and Methods of Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical research tools and scholarly contributions in French literature and language. Practical exercises on compiling of scholarly data using computer-based and non-computer sources.
  
  • FREN 520 - French and Francophone Film

    3 Credit Hours
    French and Francophone culture through film.
  
  • FREN 530 - French and Francophone Theater

    3 Credit Hours
    Changing approaches to French and Francophone Theater.
  
  • FREN 540 - French Literature and Culture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of French Middle Ages.
  
  • FREN 550 - French Literature and Culture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of 16th- and 17th-century France.
  
  • FREN 560 - French Literature and Culture III

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of 18th- and 19th-century France.
  
  • FREN 570 - French and Francophone Literature and Culture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of France and other Francophone countries in the first part of 20th century.
  
  • FREN 573 - French and Francophone Literature and Culture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of France and other Francophone countries from the late 20th century to present.
  
  • FREN 580 - Critical Moments in French and Francophone Studies, or Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Contribution of France and Francophone world to evolution of literature, society, and ideas.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • FREN 591 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 592 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 593 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 594 - French Directed Readings

    3 Credit Hours
  
  • FREN 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • FREN 610 - Doctoral Seminar in French and Francophone Studies, or Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.