Course Schedule

FREN 500 – French for Reading

A one-semester course that permits rapid acquisition of reading skills. Even with no prior study of French, students by the end of a semester are able to read and understand materials written in French in the standard literature and professional journals of their field of interest.

FREN 540 – Topics in French Literature

A content-based course designed to help students gain advanced/graduate knowledge about French literature. The topic of each course varies according to the faculty's expertise. Graduate-level requirements include more emphasis on research, theory, and criticism, and more substantial assignments in terms of length and quality.

FREN 547 – Topics in Francophone Studies

A content-based course designed to help students gain a better sense of the Francophone world through the focused examination of a particular issue or topic. The topic of each course varies according to the faculty's expertise. Graduate-level requirements include more emphasis on research, theory, and criticism, and more substantial assignments in terms of length and quality.

FREN 557 – Topics in Sub-Saharan Africa - Peoples and Cultures

Course is designed to develop intercultural competence, as well as a strong foundation in the literature and culture of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. Political, cultural, and social aspects of the Francophone regions of West, East, and Central Africa will be analyzed.

FREN 588 – Materials Design

Cross Listed

This course focuses on how to design and implement modern foreign/second language instruction materials. We look at language acquisition issues as well as pedagogical issues. Participants are also asked to design and implement a segment of instruction.

FREN 593 – Internship

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

FREN 596J – Second Language Acquisition Research

Cross Listed · GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)

The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.

FREN 534 – Business French II

The basic workings of the French economy and the essential vocabulary and style specific to French business. Graduate-level requirements include an additional culture-oriented reference book; whole films (not only extracts), complete novels (not only extracts) as well as secondary critiques of French business practices. Papers are also longer.

FREN 543 – Francophone Literature and Cinema

Cross Listed

Designed to help students gain a better sense of the Francophone world's diverse histories, cultures, and societies. Graduate-level requirements include more emphasis on research, theory, and criticism, and more substantial assignments in terms of length and quality. Graduate-level requirements include more emphasis on individual research (reading of and reports on secondary sources mandatory). More substantial assignments in terms of length and quality.

FREN 550 – French Cultural and Literary History: Early Modern France

FREN 550 is designed to develop intercultural competence and a strong foundation in cultural and literary history. The course focuses on early-modern France, from the 16th century to 1789. Emphasis varies according to the faculty's expertise.

FREN 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Cross Listed · GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)

This class is intended to prepare students to teach a second/foreign language. It will provide students with the essential foundations in language teaching methodology and theory, pedagogical grammar, curriculum and materials development, classroom management, and formal and informal assessment techniques. In addition, students will gain practical knowledge through video practicum components, which allow them to watch and reflect on actual classroom teaching. Students will complete this program with the pedagogical knowledge and practical understanding necessary to be confident and effective language teachers.

FREN 581 – Technology and Foreign Language Learning

Cross Listed · GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)

This course focuses on the use of technology in foreign language learning. It has three parts: 1) theory, how computers fit within concepts of L2 acquisition; 2) pedagogy, how computers have been used in the classroom & 3) application, the design & implementation a segment of instruction.

FREN 596Y – Proseminar in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Cross Listed · Regular or Alternative Grades: ABCDE or SPCDE

The purpose of the Proseminar is to provide incoming SLAT major and minor students with a forum in which they can acquire knowledge about current major issues in the field of Applied Linguistics and methods applied to investigate them, critically engage with research and scholarship, and develop a stance in relation to these major issues. Please register through the SLAT Program Coordinator.