Second-Semester French 4.0 Fa/Spr
Prerequisites: FREN 001 or equivalent.
Continuation
of FREN 001. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding,
speaking, reading, and writing French. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0
hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.
CAN FREN 4.
| French
One |
French
Two |
French Three | French
Four |
| Conversational
French |
Composition
and Conversation |
Composition
and Conversation |
Composition
and Conversation |
| Business
French |
Phonetics |
French
Culture & Civilization |
Survey
of French Literature |
| Survey
of French Literature |
Writing
Proficiency |
Special
Problems |
French
Theater |
| French
Cinema |
Francophone
Literatures and Societies |
The
17th Century |
The
18th Century |
| The
19th Century |
The
20th Century |
Senior
Honors Thesis |
First-Semester French 4.0 Fa/Spr
Introduction
to French language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of
understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. 3.0 hours discussion,
2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN
FREN 2.
Composition and
Conversation 3.0 Inquire
Practice
in speaking, writing, and reading. Focus on the development and accurate
use of complex language patterns. These courses are non-sequential.
Business French 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 004 or three yeras of high school French or equivalent.
A survey of French
business practices. Designed for students interested in international
business or affairs, or who intend to travel for business in French-speaking
countries. The course includes films, readings, and class discussion
focusing on the economic, political, and social aspects of French
culture.
Phonetics 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 004 or equivalent.
Study and practice
of the phonetics of modern French as well as selected principles of
syntax and morphology. Contrastive analysis of the sounds of French
and English.
Please contact for course description
Dr. Black pblack@csuchico.edu
Dr. Sorsby ksorsby@csuchico.edu
French Culture and Civilization 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 004 or equivalent.
An introduction
to French history and geography as well as French art, literature,
philosophy, education, economy, social classes, and politics.
Survey of French Literature 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 100A, FREN 100B, or FREN 100C.
A survey of French
literature with special emphasis on genres, literary techniques, and
methods of analysis, early French literature to the French Revolution.
Survey of French Literature 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 100A, FREN 100B, or FREN 100C.
A survey of French
literature with special emphasis on genres, literary techniques, and
methods of analysis, Romantic to Contemporary Period.
Writing Proficiency 1.0 Fa/Spr
Prerequisites: Successful completion of ENGL 001 (or its equivalent); upper-division standing; to be taken concurrently with another upper-division French literature course.
Writing essays
in English on French literature. Purpose is to ensure ability to write
correct English in a style suitable to general essay writing. This
is a writing proficiency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better certifies
writing proficiency for majors.
Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/Spr
This course is
an independent study of special problems and is offered as 199A-C
for 1.0 to 3.0 units respectively. You must register directly with
a supervising faculty member. Credit/no credit grading only.
The French Theater 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 100A, FREN 100B, or FREN 100C.
Varying content
may emphasize the historical development of the theater or may choose
the work of a single author.
French Cinema 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 004 or equivalent.
An introduction
to French cinema as a narrative form, with emphasis on key films and
directors from various periods of French film history. Formerly FREN
135.
Francophone Literatures and Societies 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 100A, FREN 100B, or FREN 100C.
This course involves
study of literature and society in Francophone Africa from the Maghreb
(Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) through Senegal and West Africa to Madagascar
and the Reunion Island, New France (Quebec), the French Caribbean,
the South Pacific (Tahiti), and Souteast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia).
The Seventeenth Century 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 100A, FREN 100B, or FREN 100C; FREN 100C; FREN 140A or FREN 140B.
Study of the baroque
and classic periods, including the waning of the seventeenth century.
Major focus on theater. Formerly FREN 150A.
The Eighteenth Century 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 100A, FREN 100B, FREN 100C; FREN 140A or FREN 140B.
Study of the important
trends of the period as seen through representative novels and plays.
Formerly FREN 150B.
The Nineteenth Century 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 100A, FREN 100B, FREN 100C; FREN 140A or FREN 140B.
Study of the various
literary movements across the century (romanticism, Parnasse, realism,
naturalism, symbolism) in both prose and poetry. Formerly FREN 150C.
The Twentieth Century 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 100A, FREN 100B, FREN 100C; FREN 140A or FREN 140B.
Varying content
may include writers of prose, poetry, and theater and literary movements
such as surrealism, existentialism, the New Novel, and feminism. Formerly
FREN 150D.
Senior Honors Thesis 3.0 Fa/Spr
Prerequisites: Six units in FREN 100A, FREN 100B, FREN 100C; 12 other upper division French units; a grade-point average in the top 5% of French majors; an interview; faculty permission.
Intensive study
of scholarly approaches to problems in French language, literature
or culture and training in the use of secondary sources to back up
original ideas, leading to the production and publication of a scholarly
project involving substantial research and earning a grade of B or
higher for the designation of Honors in the Major. To be taken under
faculty supervision for a total of six units in consecutive semesters.
You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units.
Fourth-Semester French 4.0 Spring
Prerequisites: FREN 003 or equivalent.
Reviewing and
expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in FREN
001, FREN 002, and FREN 003. This course includes composition and
reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved
General Education course. CAN FREN 10.
Composition and Conversation 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites:
FREN 004 or equivalent.
Practice
in speaking, writing, and reading. Focus on the development and accurate
use of complex language patterns. These courses are non-sequential.
Composition and Conversation 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites:
FREN 004 or equivalent.
Practice
in speaking, writing, and reading. Focus on the development and accurate
use of complex language patterns. These courses are non-sequential.
Conversational French 3.0 Inquire
Prerequisites: FREN 002 or equivalent.
Practice in the
spoken language. Focus on comprehension, expression, and vocabulary-building.
