French
College of Letters and Science
Department Office: 4125 Dwinelle Hall, (510) 642-2712
Chair: Michael Lucey, PhD
Department Website: French
Overview
The Department of French places primary emphasis on instruction in French at all levels, and the majority of its upper division courses are conducted entirely in that language. Non-majors and non-minors, however, may write in English in any upper division course.
Note: Students should consult the current Course Listings (which are revised at the beginning of each semester) via the department's website .
Major Requirements
Courses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 35 or their equivalents; eight upper division courses in French. Twelve upper division units must be taken in residence.
Upper Division Courses
French 102; two courses chosen from 145-185; two courses chosen from two different centuries (112-120); three electives. At least two of the upper division courses completed in fulfillment of French major course requirements must cover material focusing on the 18th century or earlier (historical period requirement).
Honors Program
Senior majors in French with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 overall and in the major may apply to the honors program in French. Students who meet specific criteria may obtain the application to the honors program from the undergraduate assistant. Upon admission to the honors program, students undertake research on an approved topic of their choice in French literature or civilization. The results of this research constitute an honors essay, written under the supervision of a member of the regular faculty. Credit and grade are awarded upon completion of the sequence. The honors sequence is undertaken in addition to the coursework for the major.
Additional information is available on the department's website .
Minor Requirements
Students in the College of Letters and Science may complete one or more minors of their choice, normally in a field both academically and administratively distinct from their major.
The Department of French offers four minor options: a general French minor, French literature, French civilization, and French Language Studies. Each minor requires five upper division courses.
- General Minor in French: French 102 and four upper division courses from French 103-189 (see note below).
- Minor in French Literature: French 102 and four courses from 103-126 or 140A-140D (see note below).
- Minor in French Civilization: French 102 and four courses from 140A-140D or 150-189 (see note below).
- Minor in French Language Studies: French 102 and four courses from 130-139 or 145-149, and French 35 (Phonetics).
Note: All minor courses must be taken for a letter grade. Conversation courses cannot be included as electives. One course each from French 102, 103A-103B and 140A-140D may be counted toward the major or minor programs.
Graduate Study
The graduate programs in the Department of French blend strong coverage in the traditional, historically based divisions of French literature and culture with a wide array of ancillary fields and topics—from psychoanalysis, linguistics, and philosophy to the study of gender, law, historiography, visual arts and film, music, popular culture, francophone studies, and politics.
Both the PhD Program in French Literature and the PhD Program in Romance Languages and Literatures enable students to undertake original research, to engage in scholarly and critical writing in the field, and to prepare for teaching careers at the college and university level.
The PhD Program in French Literature
The PhD Program in French Literature is divided into two phases, the MA (the first two years of graduate study) and the PhD (thereafter). For the master's degree, students take a minimum of eight courses including French 270 or 274. The remaining courses are chosen in consultation with the graduate adviser to ensure historical coverage and to prepare students for the master's exam. (Note: The department does not admit students who intend to pursue only the MA degree.)
Upon completion of the MA phase, students must:
- Take a minimum of four more courses, for a total of 12.
- Fulfill the foreign language requirement either through examination or through the successful completion of upper division of graduate courses (Option I requires students to demonstrate reading knowledge of two foreign languages other than French, while Option II requires students to demonstrate an exceptionally thorough reading knowledge and an adequate knowledge of the grammatical structure of one foreign language other than French).
- Pass a written and oral qualifying examination in three areas of study based on the students' interests and reading lists developed in consultation with faculty.
- Complete a dissertation.
PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures (Emphasis in French)
Students admitted for this degree have a choice of two plans of study:
- In the Literature track, students will gain a detailed knowledge of the French literature. They will also develop a familiarity with two other Romance literatures sufficient to allow them to do the focused comparative work necessary for the preparation of the Qualifying Examination. Moreover, students will develop both historical and practical expertise in both Latin and in the Romance languages.
- In the Linguistics track, students will gain in-depth knowledge of the structure and history (internal and external) of French. They will also develop expertise in the linguistics of two other Romance languages and specialize in the area of general or applied linguistics. This together with some basic training in Latin, will prepare them for the comparative Romance linguistic work that is required for the Qualifying Examination.
Designated Emphasis
Graduate students may also participate in a Designated Emphasis (DE) as part of their graduate study. DEs in which French graduate students have enrolled include Critical Theory; Film Studies; Folklore; Gender, Women, and Sexuality; and Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. Students obtaining a DE must fulfill additional course and other requirements. Students interested in completing a DE as part of their graduate study in French or in Romance Languages and Literatures (French emphasis) should consult the French Student Services Adviser early in their graduate career.
For more detailed information concerning these programs, students should consult the department.
FRENCH 1 Elementary French 5 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Introduction to speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French.
FRENCH R1A English Composition in Connection with the Reading of Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course is designed to fulfill the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. The primary goal of this course is to develop students' reading and writing skills through a series of assignments that will provide them with the opportunity to formulate observations made in class discussions into coherent argumentative essays. Emphasis will be placed on the refinement of effective sentence, paragraph, and thesis formation, keeping in mind the notion of writing as a process. Other goals in this course are a familiarization with French literature and the specific questions that are relevant to this field. In addition, students will be introduced to different methods of literary and linguistic analysis in their nonliterary readings.
Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
FRENCH R1B English Composition in Connection with the Reading of Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course is designed to fulfill the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement. The primary goal of this course is to develop students' reading and writing skills through a series of assignments that will provide them with the opportunity to formulate observations made in class discussions into coherent argumentative essays. Emphasis will be placed on the refinement of effective sentence, paragraph, and thesis formation, keeping in mind the notion of writing as a process. Other goals in this course are a familiarization with French literature and the specific questions that are relevant to this field. In addition, students will be introduced to different methods of literary and linguistic analysis in their nonliterary readings.
Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
FRENCH 2 Elementary French 5 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 or equivalent.
Introduction to speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French. Continuation of FRENCH 1.
FRENCH 3 Intermediate French 5 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or equivalent.
Building on foundation established in first year, trains students in listening, reading, writing, and speaking French. Review and refinement of grammar.
FRENCH 4 Advanced Intermediate French 5 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent.
Advanced training in listening, reading, writing, and speaking French. Review and refinement of grammar.
FRENCH 12 Intensive French 1 and 2 10 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 10 hours of lecture per week. 15 hours of lecture per week for 10 weeks.
Intensive introduction to speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French. Equivalent to FRENCH 1 and 2 on the semester system at Berkeley.
Students will receive no credit for 12 after taking 1 and 2. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 13 Intermediate Conversation 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of Director of Lower Division.
Intermediate French conversation. May not be repeated for credit.
FRENCH N13 Intermediate Conversation 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of lecture for the first 2 weeks on campus; 4 hours of lecture for 5 weeks in Paris, France.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
Intermediate French conversation.
FRENCH 14 Advanced Conversation 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or 13 or equivalent.
Advanced French conversation. This course may not be repeated for credit.
FRENCH N14 Advanced Conversation 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of lecture per week for 2 weeks on campus; 4 hours of lecture for 5 weeks in Paris, France.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
Advanced French conversation.
FRENCH 15 French Workshop 10 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of instruction per day for 10 weeks.
This course provides the equivalent of the first two semesters of college French (FRENCH 1 and 2). Five hours of instruction per day which includes grammar presentation, drill section, conversation section, language laboratory, films, lectures on French culture. Heavy emphasis on oral work.
FRENCH 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to freshmen.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 35 Practical Phonetics and Listening Comprehension 3 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3.
This multimedia course concentrates on pronunciation and listening comprehension skills and provides a new understanding of the French language. Course Web site includes a wide variety of material--text, audio, or video, authentic or specifically recorded for the course--an audio-visual sound chart, and a multimedia reference section. International phonetic alphabet and theoretical concepts are taught as necessary. Strongly recommended before study, work, or travel in French- speaking countries, particulariy for Education Abroad Program students. Course required for French majors and minors in French Language Studies.
FRENCH 39C Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 2 - 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Seminar format.
Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores.
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 43A Aspects of French Culture 3 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Various historical and aesthetic themes and problems in the development of French civilization. In English.
Formerly known as 43.
FRENCH 43B Aspects of French Culture 3 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Various historical and aesthetic themes and problems in the development of French civilization. In English.
Formerly known as 43.
FRENCH 50 BUSINESS FRENCH IN THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE 3 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 at UCB or one year of college-level French.
The social, political, economic, and cultural scenes in contemporary France, as a background to the use of French in business-type situations. Overview of France 200 years after the Revolution, three years before it enters the final phase of Europe's Common Market plan. Lectures, discussions, readings mostly in English. Speakers from academic, business, journalistic world. Use of oral and written French in role-playing situations, in business letters or resumes.
FRENCH 102 Reading and Writing Skills in French 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4 (taken at Berkeley) with a B- or better, or consent of instructor (may be taken concurrently with 103).
An exploration of the ways words and images structure thought, communication and interactions of the subject and society. Development of reading and writing skills leading to correct and effective expression in French.
FRENCH 103A Language and Culture 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Discussion and composition based on the analysis of literary and cultural texts.
FRENCH 103B Language and Culture 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Discussion and composition based on the analysis of literary and cultural texts.
FRENCH 112A Medieval Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Medieval literature from the to the .
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 112A-112B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and with consent of the Undergraduate Adviser. Instructors: Bloch, Duggan
FRENCH 112B Medieval Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Medieval literature from the to the .
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 112A-112B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic. Instructors: Bloch, Duggan
FRENCH 114A Late Medieval Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Late medieval literature: Joinville to Villon.
Instructor: Johnson
FRENCH 116A Sixteenth-Century Literature: Marot to Montaigne 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Poetry and prose of the first half of the 16th century, in the context of the intellectual and aesthetic trends of the time, including humanism, evangelism, and the development of a new poetic language.
Instructor: Johnson
FRENCH 117A Seventeenth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Authors from the first half of the 17th century. The Baroque; its chief exponents, literary attempts to resolve the crisis in Renaissance values, formulation of new concepts in philosophy and psychology, experiments with traditional forms in poetry, fiction, and the theatre. Preciosity, Descartes, and rationalism.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 117A-117B may be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units, with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser. Instructor: 103A or 103B or 103C.
FRENCH 118A Eighteenth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Authors from the first half of the 18th century, with emphasis on the origins of the philosophical movement and the development of modern art forms in the theater and the novel.
Instructor: Kavanagh
FRENCH 119A Nineteenth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Authors from the first half of the 19th century. Romantic poetry and drama. Balzac, Stendhal and the novel. Michelet and the emergence of history.
Course may be repeated once for credit if topic varies. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Course may be repeated once for credit as topic varies. Instructors: Bersani, Kaufmann, Lucey
FRENCH 119B Nineteenth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Authors from the second half of the 19th century. The various poetic movements: Le Parnasse and Symbolism. Development of the novel, realism, and naturalism.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Course may be repeated once for credit with different topic and consent of undergraduate adviser.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Course may be repeated once for credit as topic varies. Instructors: Bersani, Kaufmann, Lucey
FRENCH 120 Twentieth Century French0Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102, 103A or 103B, or equivalent course work.
The modern novel, the avant-garde, cubist poetry, French theater both before and since World War II, Sartre and existentialism, theater of the absurd, nouveau roman are among the topics which may be covered in this literature survey.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 120, 120A, or 120B may be repeated once for credit by Berkeley undergraduates with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser.
FRENCH 120A Twentieth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
The modern novel, the avant-garde, cubist poetry, Dada and Surrealism, the theatre before the Second World War.
One course from 120A-120B may be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units, with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 120A-120B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser. Instructors: Bersani, Smock
FRENCH 120B Twentieth-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Development of the novel, poetry, and theatre since the Second World War. Sartre and existentialism, theatre of the absurd, nouveau roman.
One course from 120A-120B may be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units, with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 120A-B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and consent of the undergraduate adviser. Instructors: Bersani, Smock
FRENCH 121A Literary Themes, Genres, and Structures 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Topics vary from year to year. Past topics have included "litterature fantastique," science fiction, autobiography, French lyric poetry.
Course may be repeated once for credit if topic varies.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: 103A or 103B or 103C.
FRENCH 121B Literary Themes, Genres, and Structures 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 and 103A or 103B, or equivalent.
Topics vary from year to year. Past topics have included "litterature fantastique," science fiction, autobiography, French lyric poetry.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: 103A or 103B or 103C.
FRENCH 123 Prose Fiction 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Studies in the French novel.
FRENCH 126 Senior Seminar 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Intensive study of a major author.
Course may be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units, if topic varies.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
FRENCH 131A Translation and Debate 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or the equivalent, or consent of instructor.
In-depth knowledge of the French language and accuracy in its use are the goals of this course. A textbook and systematic exercises will be used to assist in the demanding task of translating, both from English to French and from French to English.
Instructors: Kavanagh, Sorgen
FRENCH 138 French for Future Teachers of the Language 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 35 and 102, or consent of instructor.
Introduction to applied linguistics, for students planning to use their French in language teaching or related careers. In this course we will begin with a general account of the French language--its phonology, morphology, and syntax--and we will subsequently consider specific issues in the learning and teaching of French. We will also examine a variety of commonly used foreign language teaching methods. Students should have a working knowledge of both oral and written French.
Instructor: Kern
FRENCH 140B French Literature in English Translation 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
FRENCH 140C French Literature in English Translation 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
FRENCH 140D French Literature in English Translation 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Formerly known as 145A-145B and 146.
FRENCH 141 French Studies in an International Context 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: For French majors and minors only; 102 or consent of instructor.
An examination of a theme, issue, or concept from French literary, intellectual, or cultural history in its interrelation with non-French texts and contexts. Writing assignments and readings in English for nonmajors; writing assignments and French readings in French for French majors and minors. Class discussions in English. Topics vary from year to year.
FRENCH 142AC The Cultures of Franco-America 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Literary and cultural texts that emerge out of the long history of the French in North America and of Americans in France. Topics may vary from semester to semester, but the course will always take substantial account of the experiences and histories of representations of different ethnic groups. Students should consult the department's course bulletin well before the beginning of the semester for details.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
FRENCH 145 History of the French Language 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Mainly devoted to "external" history of French, tracing spread of Latin to what is now France, its break-up into different languages and dialects, emergence of Parisian French as standard. Influence of other languages on French vocabulary. Study of brief texts from different periods to illustrate evolution of pronunciation and grammar.
Formerly known as 132.
FRENCH 146A Introduction to French Linguistics 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
An introduction to the major branches of linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology--including word formation--syntax, and semantics) as applied to the French language.
Formerly known as 176A-176B. Instructor: Fleischman
FRENCH 147 Special Topics in French Linguistics 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102; 146; or consent of instructor.
Topics vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 133.
FRENCH 150A Women in French Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of the portrayal of women in French literature and of the contributions of women to French literature and thought.
Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 150B Women in French Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of the portrayal of women in French literature and of the contributions of women to French literature and thought.
Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 151A Francophone Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of Francophone literature: traditional and French influences, structure, relationship between language and message.
Course may be repeated once for credit as topic varies.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
FRENCH 151B Francophone Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of Francophone literature: traditional and French influences, structure, relationship between language and message.
Course may be repeated once for credit as topic varies.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
FRENCH 161A A Year in French History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
The study of a year in French history from many points of view--political, sociological, intellectual, and artistic, as well as literary.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 161A-161B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and with consent of the undergraduate adviser. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 161B A Year in French History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
The study of a year in French history from many points of view--political, sociological, intellectual, and artistic, as well as literary.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. One course from 161A-161B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and with consent of undergraduate adviser. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 162A Perspectives on History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
This course will study both contemporary and subsequent reactions to historic events or figures. Topics vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 162B Perspectives on History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
This course will study both contemporary and subsequent reactions to historic events or figures. Topics vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 170 French Films 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Beginning French cinema studies: the language of film.
FRENCH 171A A Concept in French Cultural History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
An examination of certain large cultural concepts, such as "the Baroque" or "Romanticism," in French cultural history. Topics vary from year to year.
FRENCH 171B A Concept in French Cultural History 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
An examination of certain large cultural concepts, such as "the Baroque" or "Romanticism," in French cultural history. Topics vary from year to year.
Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 175A Literature and the Visual Arts 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Using various works from the arts and the human sciences, this course will investigate the relations between images and written texts.
Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 177A History and Criticism of Film 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent; 170 or equivalent.
The development of French cinema. Discussions, oral and written reports will be based on the viewing of films from the work of major French film directors.
Instructor: Dutoit
FRENCH 177B History and Criticism of Film 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent; 170 or equivalent.
The development of French cinema. Discussions, oral and written reports will be based on the viewing of films from the work of major French film directors.
Instructor: Dutoit
FRENCH 180A French Civilization 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Survey of French civilization: history, arts, and society, through the interpretation of literary texts. One course from 180A-180B-180C-180D is required for completion of the Option B French major. 180A: The Middle Ages; 180B: The Ancien Regime; 180C: The 19th Century; 180D: The 20th Century.
Instructor: 103D or 103E.
FRENCH 180B French Civilization 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Survey of French civilization: history, arts, and society, through the interpretation of literary texts. One course from 180A-180B-180C-180D is required for completion of the Option B French major. 180A: The Middle Ages; 180B: The Ancien Regime; 180C: The 19th Century; 180D: The 20th Century.
Instructor: 103D or 103E.
FRENCH 180C French Civilization 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Survey of French civilization: history, arts, and society, through the interpretation of literary texts. One course from 180A-180B-180C-180D is required for completion of the Option B French major. 180A: The Middle Ages; 180B: The Ancien Regime; 180C: The 19th Century; 180D: The 20th Century.
Instructor: 103D or 103E.
FRENCH 180D French Civilization 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Survey of French civilization: history, arts, and society, through the interpretation of literary texts. One course from 180A-180B-180C-180D is required for completion of the Option B French major. 180A: The Middle Ages; 180B: The Ancien Regime; 180C: The 19th Century; 180D: The 20th Century.
Instructor: 103D or 103E.
FRENCH 183A Configurations of Crisis 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of the pressures on artistic, political, and economic structures at moments of crisis in French history. Problems of continuity and discontinuity in esthetic and social history.
Course may be repeated once for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 183B Configurations of Crisis 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
A study of the pressures on artistic, political, and economic structures at moments of crisis in French history. Problems of continuity and discontinuity in esthetic and social history.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and with consent of the Undergraduate Advisor. Instructor: 103D or 103E or 103F.
FRENCH 185 Literature and Colonialism 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent.
Studies in the literature developed in France at the height of the colonial era. The themes of travel, , neo-civilisation, the reaction of European countries to the discovery of Africa.
FRENCH H195A Honors Sequence 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 1 to 5 hour of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Open to seniors majoring in French who meet the GPA requirements, with the consent of major adviser.
Students will write an essay on a topic relating to French literature or culture under the supervision of a member of the faculty during two semesters of their senior year.
FRENCH H195B Honors Sequence 2 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 1 to 5 hour of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Open to seniors majoring in French who meet the GPA requirements, with the consent of major adviser.
Students will write an essay on a topic relating to French literature or culture under the supervision of a member of the faculty during two semesters of their senior year.
FRENCH 197 Field Studies 1 - 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Fieldwork per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 7.5 hours of Fieldwork per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 to 10 hours of Fieldwork per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Supervised field programs involving experiences in schools and school-related activities. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written reports required.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research for Advanced Undergraduates 2 - 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Restricted to seniors with overall GPA of 3.0 and GPA of 3.0 in French.
Enrollment restricted according to College regulations. Individual instruction only in areas not covered by courses.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 200 Proseminar 1 Unit
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
This course is designed to give all new graduate students a broad view of the department's faculty, the courses they teach, and their fields of research. In addition, it will introduce students to some practical aspects of the graduate career, issues that pertain to specific fields of research, and questions currently being debated across the profession.
FRENCH 201 History of the French Language 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
A history of the French language from its Latin origins through the modern period. Emphasis on "external history" (development of the language in relation to other social and cultural phenomena) with some historical grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax, orthography) introduced through textual readings from the various historical periods. Sociolinguistic emphasis, focusing on the emergence of a standard language and its relationship to other varieties of French.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 201A-201B.
FRENCH C202/ITALIAN C201/SPANISH C202 Linguistic History of the Romance Language 4 Units
Department: French; Italian Studies; Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of at least two of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish).
Linguistic development of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish) from the common Latin origin. Comparative perspective, combining historical grammar and external history.
Formerly known as Romance Philology 200.
FRENCH C203/ITALIAN C203/SPANISH C203 Comparative Studies in Romance Literatures and Cultures 4 Units
Department: French; Italian Studies; Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Topics will vary. Comparative studies in literary, cultural, or historical issues that cut across the literatures of the Romance languages.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructors: Navarrete, Hampton, Botterill
FRENCH 205 Translation Theory and Practice 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Exploration of theory and practice of translation, with particular emphasis on French.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 206 Special Topics in French Linguistics 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Topics may vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 210A Studies in Medieval Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. Students should consult the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 211A Reading and Interpretation of Old French Texts 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. Current topics may be found in the Department's .
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 220A Studies in 16th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 220B Studies in 16th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 230A Studies in 17th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 230B Studies in 17th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 240A Studies in 18th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 240B Studies in 18th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 245A Early Modern Studies 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the department's course description for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 245B Early Modern Studies 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the department's course description for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 250A Studies in 19th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 250B Studies in 19th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 251 Francophone Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Focuses upon the relationship between oral and written cultures in Francophone Africa and/or the Caribbean: lyric and narrative poetry, drama and novels; the presence of oral tradition in written forms, narrative techniques borrowed from storytelling tradition, the definition of traditional metaphors and imagery; idealization of lost worlds; the conflict of traditional culture and modernism; the search for political identity and independence.
FRENCH 260A Studies in 20th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 260B Studies in 20th-Century Literature 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 265A Modern Studies 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the department's course description for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 265B Modern Studies 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the department's course description for current topic.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 270A Literary Criticism: Recent Work in French 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
A close investigation of a number of important critical works in the field of French, including an examination of the various other texts (literary and critical) with which they engage. Orients students to the varied field of French studies and develops the critical and research skills necessary for advanced work in the field.
FRENCH 270B Literary Criticism: Recent Work in French 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
A close investigation of a number of important critical works in the field of French, including an examination of the various other texts (literary and critical) with which they engage. Orients students to the varied field of French studies and develops the critical and research skills necessary for advanced work in the field.
FRENCH 274 Traditions of Critical Thought: French Theory 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
This course will introduce students to canonical texts and central issues in French theory and to the philosophical texts they presuppose. The goal is to give students the conceptual tools they need to read a range of theoretical texts and to contextualize major works in French theory from the 1960s and 1970s.
Instructor: Guerlac
FRENCH 275A Problems of Literary Theory 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Offerings vary from year to year. See the Department's for current topics.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 298 Special Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Designed for students engaged in exploration of a restricted field, involving the writing of a report. May not be substituted for available graduate courses.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 299 Individual Research 4 - 12 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral thesis.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
FRENCH 301 Teaching French in College: First Year 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and at10dance at demonstration class for 5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: For graduate students teaching at college level. Required for all new T.A.s.
Bi-weekly lectures on methodology, grading and testing, demonstration class with required attendance five times per week; language laboratory observations; supervised classroom practice. Additional seminars and discussion sections on methodology. Required for all Graduate Student Instructors teaching FRENCH 1 for the first time.
Instructor: Chavdarian
FRENCH 302 Teaching French in College: Advanced First Year 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and at10dance at demonstration class for 5 hours per week.
Bi-weekly lectures on methodology, grading and testing in FRENCH 2. Demonstration class with required attendance five times per week; laboratory observations; supervised classroom practice. Additional seminars and discussion sections on methodology. Required for all Graduate Student Instructors teaching FRENCH 2 for the first time.
Instructor: Chavdarian
FRENCH 303 Teaching French in College: Second Year 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 301, 302 or consent of instructor.
Lectures and discussion on the methodologies used in teaching second-year French, grading and testing; occasional attendance at demonstration classes; language laboratory observations; supervised classroom teaching. Required of all instructors teaching FRENCH 3 or 4.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Pries
FRENCH 335 Teaching French in College: Practical Phonetics and Listening Comprehension--Instruction on Creating a Web-Assisted Course 3 Units
Department: French
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate students.
Required of all GSIs teaching FRENCH 35 for the first time. Attendance at demonstration class two hours per week. Readings. Journal of observations. Practical training in creating multimedia documents, Web pages, and exercises. Final paper and or/final project.
FRENCH 601 Special Study for Graduate Students 1 - 12 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Individual study for the comprehensive exam in consultation with the field adviser.
May not be used to satisfy units or residence requirements.
FRENCH 602 Individual Study 1 - 12 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: M.A. or completion of at least 16 units beyond B.A.
Individual study with an adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
May not be used to satisfy units or residence requirements.
FRENCH N602 Individual Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: French
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: M.A. or completion of at least 16 units beyond B.A.
Individual study with an adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
May not be used to satisfy units or residence requirements.
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