French Courses (FRE)


The following foreign language instruction courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.

For courses on French culture and literature taught in English go to: French in English Translation Course (FRE).

5000 Minor Language Practicum. Cr. 3 (Max. 9)

Prereq: consent of graduate adviser. Offered for S and U grades only. No degree credit toward Ph.D. Controlled application of active language skills for students electing a Ph.D. minor in French. (T)

5100 (WI) Advanced Composition. Cr. 3

Prereq: any two of FRE 2100, 2110, 3200 or consent of instructor. Spoken French in the context of French civilization. Readings and writing skills based on contemporary French texts, translations. (F)

5200 French Phonetics and Pronunciation. Cr. 3

Prereq: any two of FRE 2100, 2110, 3200 or consent of instructor. A systematic study of French sounds, phonetic transcriptions; practice in the language laboratory; intensive drills in accurate pronunciation and intonation. (F)

5305 Advanced Grammar and Stylistics. Cr. 3

Prereq: any two of FRE 2100, 2110, 3200, or consent of instructor. Advanced French grammar. Translation exercises from English to French; study of appropriate grammar rules. (W)

5500 History of the French Language. (FRE 7500) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5200. External and internal history of the French language, including an overview of Late Latin and a detailed examination of the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical changes from Latin to French, with linguistic analysis of texts. (W)

5750 (ENG 5750) Theories of Second Language Acquisition. (CLA 5750) (GER 5750) (ITA 5750) (LIN 5750) (N E 5750) (SPA 5750) Cr. 3

Investigation of theories in second language acquisition. Review of research in development of second language competence: acquisition of phonology, lexicon, semantics, syntax, discourse, and pragmatics. (B)

5810 Teaching Foreign Languages: Receptive Skills.
(CLA 5810) (CLA 7810) (FRE 7810) (GER 5810) (
GER 7810) (ITA 5810) (ITA 7810) (LED 5810) (LED 7810) (N E 5810) (N E 7810) (SPA 5810) (SPA 7810) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5850 or consent of instructor. Latest research on acquisition of reading and listening skills in a foreign language. Difference between receptive and productive language use; how methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of the receptive skills. (B)

5820 Teaching Foreign Languages: Productive Skills.
(CLA 5820) (CLA 7820) (FRE 7820) (GER 5820)
(GER 7820) (ITA 5820) (ITA 7820) (LED 5820) (LED 7820) (N E 5820) (N E 7820) (SPA 5820) (SPA 7820) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5850 or consent of instructor. Current research on acquisition of speaking and writing skills in a foreign language. Difference between productive and receptive language use; how various methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of productive skills. (B)

5830 (GER 5830) Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom. (CLA 5830) (CLA 7830) (FRE 7830) (GER 7830)
(ITA 5830) (ITA 7830) (LED 5830) (LED 7830) (N E 5830)
(N E 7830) (SPA 5830) (SPA 7830) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5850 or consent of instructor. Types of current technology; review of research on effectiveness of language classroom technologies; evaluation of technologies; development of activities for use in classroom. (B)

5850 (GER 5850) Foreign Language Instruction. (CLA 5850) (CLA 7850) (FRE 7850) (GER 7850) (ITA 5850) (ITA 7850) (LED 5850) (LED 7850) (N E 5850) (N E 7850) (SPA 5850) (SPA 7850) Cr. 3

Theoretical basis of second language teaching models; historical overview of methodologies; current trends in teaching of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and culture. Implications of methodology on materials, classroom techniques, and testing. (B)

5860 (GER 5860) Foreign Language Testing. (CLA 5860)
(CLA 7860) (FRE 7860) (GER 7860) (ITA 5860) (ITA 7860) (LED 5860) (LED 7860) (N E 5860) (N E 7860) (SPA 5860) (SPA 7860) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5750 or consent of instructor. Means of assessing students' knowledge of a foreign language. Topics include: ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview; testing of reading, writing speaking and listening skills; means of testing grammar and culture; testing as it relates to program goals. (Y)

5990 Directed Study. Cr. 1-4 (Max. 8)

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)

6400 Introduction to French Linguistics. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5200 or written consent of instructor. Study of various linguistic systems at work in the French language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics. (F)

6450 French Civilization. Cr. 3

Prereq: any two of FRE 3200, 4610, 4620, or consent of instructor. Introduction to French history and society from origins of France to the Fifth Republic; interrelation of socio-political developments to cultural movements in French art and thought. (B)

6470 Contemporary French Society and Institutions. Cr. 3

Prereq: any two of FRE 3200, 4610, 4620, or consent of instructor. French political and social institutions and practices since World War II. Comparative study of examples from American institutions and practices. (B)

6510 French Sixteenth Century Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Study of the principal genres represented by: Marot, Sceve, Labe, Du Bellay, Ronsard, D'Aubigne, Montaigne and others. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. (B)

6630 French Seventeenth Century Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Historical background, religious and literary movements. Development of the Classical ideal in literature, salons, and academies. Representative authors of non-dramatic literature and the theatre (Corneille, Moliere and Racine). Content varies to cover a genre, literary movement, school or period. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes .
(B)

6650 French Eighteenth Century Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. The four major philosophes: Montesquieu, Diderot, Voltaire and Rousseau; precursors such as Cyrano, Fontenelle and Bayle. Developments in prose fiction and theatre; representative works of these genres. Content varies to cover a genre, literary movement, school or period. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes . (B)

6770 Studies in French Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Study of one of the major literary genres: prose, poetry or drama; its development from origins to present time. Emphasis on textual analysis. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. (B)

6810 French Nineteenth Century Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Parnassian poetry, and the theatre of the second half of the nineteenth century. Chateaubriand, Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Leconte de Lisle, Becque, and others. Course content will vary to cover a genre, or literary movement, school or period. Topics will be announced in the Schedule of Classes . (B)

6840 French Twentieth Century Literature. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Literary movements and representative authors from the turn of the century to the present. Course content will cover a genre or literary movement, school or period. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes.
(B)

6860 Francophone Literatures. Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: FRE 4610 or 4620 or consent of instructor. Studies in literature of French expression as represented in the distinct traditions of Africa and the West Indies, Canada and Switzerland. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes . (B)

6991 Contemporary French Criticism and Literary Theory.
Cr. 3

Theory and practice of contemporary French criticism; structuralist and post-structuralist writers: Barthes, Greimas, Derrida, and Lyotard. French majors required to do readings in French. (I)

7300 Comparative Romance Linguistics. (ITA 7300)
(SPA 7300) Cr. 3

Prereq: graduate major in French, Italian, or Spanish, or consent of Department; French students who have not completed FRE 6400 also require consent of instructor. Historical development and earliest texts in the Romance languages: Latin substrata, historical diffusion, vulgar Latin, linguistic borrowings, classification, and characteristics of the various Romance languages. (B)

7500 (FRE 5500) History of the French Language. Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 5200. External and internal history of the French language, including an overview of Late Latin and a detailed examination of the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical changes from Latin to French, with linguistic analysis of texts. (W)

7770 Special Studies in French Literature. Cr. 3-4 (Max. 8)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of adviser. Works of an outstanding writer, a literary genre, or of literary trends. (I)

7810 (FRE 5810) Teaching Foreign Languages: Receptive Skills. (CLA 5810) (CLA 7810) (GER 5810) (GER 7810) (ITA 5810) (ITA 7810) (LED 5810) (LED 7810) (N E 5810)
(N E 7810) (SPA 5810) (SPA 7810) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 7850 or consent of instructor. Latest research on acquisition of reading and listening skills in a foreign language. Difference between receptive and productive language use; how methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of the receptive skills. (B)

7820 (FRE 5820) Teaching Foreign Languages: Productive Skills. (CLA 5820) (CLA 7820) (GER 5820) (GER 7820) (ITA 5820) (ITA 7820) (LED 5820) (LED 7820) (N E 5820)
(N E 7820) (SPA 5820) (SPA 7820) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 7850 or consent of instructor. Current research on acquisition of speaking and writing skills in a foreign language. Difference between productive and receptive language use; how various methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of productive skills. (B)

7830 (GER 5830) Technology in the Foreign Language
Classroom. (CLA 5830) (CLA 7830) (FRE 5830)
(GER 7830) (ITA 5830) (ITA 7830) (LED 5830) (LED 7830) (N E 5830) (N E 7830) (SPA 5830) (SPA 7830) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 7850 or consent of instructor. Types of current technology; review of research on effectiveness of language classroom technologies; evaluation of technologies; development of activities for use in classroom. (B)

7850 (GER 5850) Foreign Language Instruction. (CLA 5850) (CLA 7850) (FRE 5850) (GER 7850) (ITA 5850) (ITA 7850) (LED 5850) (LED 7850) (N E 5850) (N E 7850) (SPA 5850) (SPA 7850) Cr. 3

Theoretical basis of second language teaching models; historical overview of methodologies; current trends in teaching of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and culture. Implications of methodology on materials, classroom techniques, and testing. (B)

7860 (GER 5860) Foreign Language Testing. (CLA 5860)
(CLA 7860) (FRE 5860) (GER 7860) (ITA 5860) (ITA 7860) (LED 5860) (LED 7860) (N E 5860) (N E 7860) (SPA 5860) (SPA 7860) Cr. 3

Prereq: FRE 7750 or consent of instructor. Means of assessing students' knowledge of a foreign language. Topics include: ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview; testing of reading, writing speaking and listening skills; means of testing grammar and culture; testing as it relates to program goals. (Y)

7996 Research Project. Cr. 1-4 (Max. 12)

Prereq: consent of graduate adviser. (T)

7999 Master's Essay Direction. Cr. 1-3 (3 req.)

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)

8420 Seminar in French Linguistics. Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: FRE 6400 or 7300. Special problems in synchronic and diachronic aspects of the French language. (Y)

8710 Seminar in the French Renaissance. Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of instructor. Specified aspect, movement, author, or group of authors. (B)

8720 Seminar in Seventeenth Century French Literature.
Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of instructor. Specified aspect, movement, author, or group of authors. (B)

8730 Seminar in the French Enlightenment. Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of instructor. Specified aspect, movement, author, or group of authors. (B)

8740 Seminar in Nineteenth Century French Literature.
Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of instructor. Specified aspect, movement, author, or group of authors. (B)

8750 Seminar in Twentieth Century French Literature.
Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Prereq: minimum of eight credits in 6000-level French literature courses or consent of instructor. Specified aspect, movement, author, or group of authors. (B)

8999 Master's Thesis Research and Direction. Cr. 1-8 (8 req.)

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)

9990 Pre-Doctoral Candidacy Research. Cr. 1-8 (Max. 10)

Prereq: consent of department. For Ph.D. program applicants. Offered for S and U grades only. Research in preparation for doctoral dissertation. (T)

9991 Doctoral Candidate Status I: Dissertation Research and Direction. Cr. 7.5

Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; Ph.D. candidate in department. Required in academic-year semester following advancement to Ph.D. candidacy. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)

9992 Doctoral Candidate Status II: Dissertation Research and Direction. Cr. 7.5

Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; FRE 9991. Required in academic-year semester following FRE 9991. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)

9993 Doctoral Candidate Status III: Dissertation Research and Direction. Cr. 7.5

Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; FRE 9992. Required in academic-year semester following FRE 9992. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)

9994 Doctoral Candidate Status IV: Dissertation Research and Direction. Cr. 7.5

Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; FRE 9993. Required in academic-year semester following FRE 9993. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)

9995 Candidate Maintenance Status: Doctoral Dissertation Research and Direction. Cr. 0

Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; completion of 30 credits in FRE 9999, or 9991-9994. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)

9999 Doctoral Dissertation Research and Direction.
Cr. 1-16 (30 req.)

Prereq: consent of doctoral adviser. Offered for S and U grades only.
(T)