Courses
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 4
Practice in using and understanding French to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural topics.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 4
Further practice in using and understanding French to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural topics.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 4
Intermediate-level review and development of aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Topics in the cultures of the French-speaking world.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 4
Further review and development of aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Topics in the cultures of the French-speaking world.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 1 to 4
Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Key moments in the history of France, from the French Revolution onward. Impact of historical events on the contemporary French-speaking world.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Exploration of diverse perspectives in the French-speaking world. Study of the cultures and arts from various geographical regions, historical periods, and minority groups.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Present-day spoken French. Discussions on various aspects of French culture and social interaction, mastery of advanced vocabulary. Readings chosen from current magazines and newspapers and complemented by Web exercises and video materials.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Study of the rich diversity of literature written in the French language. Literary works from Europe, the Caribbean, and Assia will expose students to the literary expressions and histories of these cultures.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Initiation into the cultures of the French-speaking world through the study of cultural, literary, media and multimedia materials. Exploration of the Francophone heritage of the following regions: The United States, Canada, the French Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Identification of the complex past and present links between various Francophone regions and the United States.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
French language skills to different professional career trajectories. Topics will vary depending on the semester including translation, French for the business world, economics, the industry of French culture or tourism.
Offered:Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Literary genres and artistic movements in the Francosphere from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Historical, political, and societal contexts of these literary and artistic movements. Topics will vary depending on the semester.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 1 to 4
Organized by themes such as: Francophone women, the uses of myth, the individual and society. Texts may be diverse literary and artistic forms and from different historical periods.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Offered: Summer of every year
Credits: 3
Intensive study of French for students needing a reading knowledge of the language. Focus on reading comprehension of French and translation into English.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Literary, philosophical, historical, scientific and/or political approaches to the Early Modern Period through cultural artifacts from that period and its contemporary interpretation, including literary texts, theater, art, graphic novels, and film. Understanding the development of humanist and religious perspectives on the world as well as debates regarding society.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Topics related to the French language and/or other languages spoken in the French-speaking world, such as a historical perspective, a focus on minority languages and their legal status, an analysis of cultural productions focused on language and language ideology, a linguistics description of the French language in one or more specific countries.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Major movements of literature, cinema, and the visual arts from the 19th to the 21st century in metropolitan France, as well as their social, philosophical, historical, scientific and/or political contexts. Understanding the development of modern and post-modern cultures from that period as well as their present interpretations, through literary texts, theater, art, graphic novels, and film.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 3
History, theory and practice of postcolonial thought within the Francophone world, as it intersects with other 20th-century strands of cultural studies. Overview of fundamentals of interdisciplinary study and methods of inquiry into the field of culture in the French-speaking world and its complex interactions with various contemporary social, political, economic, and global phenomena and institutions.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 1 to 3
Special projects, directed reading, and research arranged by an individual graduate student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.
Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3
A written and an oral master’s examination based on course work and the individual reading list, with specific focus area(s) to be determined in consultation with the faculty.
Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3
Research-based project with pedagogical or other practical application (e.g., software, innovative teaching modules, video).
Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 4
Master’s thesis research.
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits: 1 to 24
Dissertation research.