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Course Listing for FRANCOPHONE STUDIES - Spring 2025 (ALL: 01/21/2025 - 05/09/2025)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1032 FREN-102-01 Elementary French II 1.00 LEC Evelein,Isabel MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 101 or equivalent.
  NOTE: Five seats reserved for First Year Students.
  Continuation of 101, emphasizing oral practice, consolidation of basic grammar skills, compositions and reading comprehension.
1266 FREN-102-02 Elementary French II 1.00 LEC Evelein,Isabel MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 101 or equivalent.
  NOTE: Five seats reserved for First Year Students.
  Continuation of 101, emphasizing oral practice, consolidation of basic grammar skills, compositions and reading comprehension.
1166 FREN-201-01 Intermediate French I 1.00 LEC Buzay,Elisabeth H. MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 102 or equivalent.
  Review of basic grammatical concepts and development of fundamental language skills, with increasing emphasis on written expression and spoken accuracy. Use is made of video-based presentations. Since significant linguistic progress cannot be achieved in 201 alone, students wishing to acquire proficiency should plan to take both 201 and 202 in sequence.
1034 FREN-202-01 Intermediate French II 1.00 LEC Buzay,Elisabeth H. MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 201 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
  Further reinforcement of written and spoken skills, with continuing practice in the use of complex grammatical structures and greater emphasis on the mastery of contemporary usage through extensive class discussion, reading, and writing.
1033 FREN-241-01 Adv Composition & Style 1.00 LEC Buzay,Elisabeth H. MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 202 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
  Development of a high level of proficiency through the reading and analysis of texts and films in contemporary idiomatic French, with considerable emphasis on attainment of grammatical accuracy.
2748 FREN-247-01 Race and Empire 1.00 SEM Bouchakour,Walid TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 241 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
  What does it mean to study an imperial language in a time of unfinished decolonization? What role have literature, cinema, and the arts played in anti-imperial struggles and liberation movements across the French-speaking world? How is the emergence of French as a global language related to France's status as a (neo-)colonial power? This course focuses on decolonial approaches to the French-language literatures and cultures of Africa and the Caribbean as well as their diasporas. It provides an introduction to the long, ongoing histories of French slavery, colonization, and their afterlives. Through literary texts, film, works of art, and historical documents, students will grapple with unresolved questions related to historical memory, colonial violence, and reparations. Course conducted in French.
1705 FREN-281-01 Conversational French 1.00 LEC Evelein,Isabel MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 241 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
  This course is designed for students who want to acquire greater proficiency in their oral expression and are interested in current events. We will examine current political, social, historical and educational issues as they appear in French newspapers and magazines such as L’Express, Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur and other online resources. Students will participate in class discussions, prepare oral reports and conduct presentations on the issues under study.
2986 FREN-355-01 Politics of Maghrebi Lit 1.00 SEM Bouchakour,Walid TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in French 247, 248, 251 or 252 or permission of instructor.
  This class considers postcolonial Maghrebi literature as a space of political experimentation. Challenging dominant narratives and borders, Maghrebi artists project alternative imagined communities drawing on indigenous culture or connecting the multiple dimensions of a region located at the crossroad of Africa, the Arab World and the Mediterranean. More than mere representations, their works are powerful interventions on questions of decolonization, nation-building, and democracy. This class investigates how texts written in French are informed by Amazigh and Arabic languages. Students will read major works of Maghrebi literature and learn about recent scholarship rethinking the cultural history of the region. Authors may include Albert Memmi, Mouloud Mammeri, Abdelkébir Khatibi, Tahar Djaout, Youssef Amine Elalamy, Mustapha Benfodil, Ibrahim Al Koni, and Ahlem Mostaghenemi. Course conducted in French.
1181 FREN-399-01 Independent Study 1.00 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
2372 FREN-401-01 Senior Seminar 1.00 SEM Bouchakour,Walid TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 9 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in at least one 300-level course in French literature or the equivalent, and permission of instructor.
  This seminar is required of all seniors majoring in Francophone Studies. Over the term, students will work collaboratively on a senior capstone project in the form of a research paper, and the whole class will undertake a number of readings in common in order to provide informed criticism of one another’s papers. Depending on enrollment, the class may also spend part of the semester considering a special topic, author or genre in Francophone Studies.
1180 FREN-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)