Course Schedules and Descriptions

Courses taught in French: 

Students are placed into French courses according to the results of their placement test.

All course offerings are taught in French unless labeled otherwise. Students must place at the 200 level (FFW) or have completed fourth-semester French (420:132 or 420:137) to take 200-level courses.  Courses taught in French fulfill one or more Core Curriculum requirements (SAS, SEBS, Mason Gross, School of Management and Labor Relations, SCI, and Bloustein School). A course used to meet core goals may also be used to fulfill a major or minor requirement

Courses taught in English: 

There is no prerequisite needed.

French majors may count one (1) elective course taught either in English in the Department of French or taught outside the department on a topic related to the arts, culture, literature, or history of French-speaking areas (with prior written approval of the Undergraduate Director)Up to two (2) courses in English may count towards the minor. For complete major and minor requirements, please go to  majoring & minoring in French.

Additional Guidelines:

  • Students who place at the 200-level (FFW) or who took AP French are welcome to contact the Undergraduate Director about course options.
  • 420:215 (or 217) OR 420:216 (or 218) are prerequisites to all 300 and 400 level courses.
  • It is recommended, but not required, that students take 6 credits at the 300-level before taking 400-level courses.

SAS Core Curriculum

Most courses in the 100 and 200 series meet in several sections and at different times; see schedule of classes for more information.

Students are placed in French courses according to performance on the placement test taken upon entering the university as first-year or transfer students.

  • Please note, students must complete 420:132 or 420:137 before taking any 200-level course taught in French. Courses in English (420:105, 241, 306) are open to all students.
  • Please note you cannot take 215 AND 217; nor can you take 216 AND 218.
  • French 215 (or 217) and 216 (or 218) are prerequisites to all 300 and 400 level courses. French 213 and 214 are recommended but not required. Students who place above the 200-level or who wish to request exceptions should consult the Undergraduate Director.
  • It is strongly recommended that students take 6 credits at the 300-level before taking 400-level courses.

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Please note that the "Semester(s) Offered" entry does not guarantee that the course will always be offered in that semester. Please consult the online Schedule of Courses to verify whether a course will be offered in an upcoming semester.

Title
Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum Language Taught In

01:420:101 - Elementary French I

Fall, Spring, Summer 4

01:420:102 - Elementary French II

Fall, Spring, Summer 4

01:420:103 - Elementary French Conversation I

Fall 1

01:420:104 - Elementary French Conversation II

Spring 1

01:420:105 - French for Reading Knowledge I

Fall, Spring 3 AHq Taught in English

01:420:106 - French for Reading Knowledge II

Spring 3 AHq Taught in English

01:420:121 - French Fundamentals

Fall, Spring 4

01:420:131 - Intermediate French I

Fall, Spring, Summer 4

01:420:132 - Intermediate French II

Fall, Spring, Summer 4 AHq Taught in French

01:420:133 - Intermediate French Conversation I

Fall 1

01:420:134 - Intermediate French Conversation II

Spring 1

01:420:137 - Accelerated Intermediate French

Spring 4 AHq Taught in French

01:420:160 - Short Stories of France - Tales of Belonging

Fall 3 AHp Taught in English

01:420:161 - Belonging in Francophone Literature and Film

Spring 3 CCD, WCd Taught in English

01:420:210 - Intensive French Conversation

Fall 3

01:420:213 - Advanced French I: Stories of Scandals and Mysteries

Fall, Spring 3 AHq Taught in French

01:420:214 - Advanced French II: Writing Styles

Spring 3 AHp, AHq, WCd Taught in French

01:420:215 - Modern Literature in French

Fall, Spring, Summer 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Taught in French

01:420:216 - French Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Fall, Spring 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Taught in French

01:420:217 - Modern Literature in French (Honors)

Fall, Summer 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Taught in French

01:420:218 - French Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (Honors)

Fall, Spring 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Taught in French

01:420:224 - French for Healthcare

Spring 3 AHq Taught in French

01:420:230 - Understanding the French Enlightenment

Fall 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:241 - Major French Writers in Translation - Enlightenment Love Letters

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:241 - Major French Writers in Translation - Forbidden Fruit: Desire in French Literature and Film

3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:241 - Major French Writers in Translation - Power and Place

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:242 - Major French Writers in Translation

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:242 - Major French Writers in Translation - Showing and Telling in the French 19th-Century Novel

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:243 - Twentieth-Century Women Writing in French

3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:251 - France and the World – the World in France

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, CCO Taught in English

01:420:251 - France in the World/The World in France: Afrofuture - Films + Fiction + Fashion

Fall, Spring 3 AHp, CCO Taught in English

01:420:260 - The Theater of France

Fall 3 AHp, AHq, WCd Taught in English

01:420:261 - Keeping It Real: Life Writing in France From 1975 to the Present

Fall 3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:271 - Francophilia: Literature and Sexuality in Modern France

Fall, Spring 3 CCD, WCd Taught in English

01:420:272 - Major French Plagiarists

3 AHp, WCd Taught in English

01:420:281 - Exile in Global French and Francophone Cultures: Senegal & Algeria

Spring 3 AHp, WCd, WCr Taught in English

01:420:282 - Music, Culture, and Memory in the French-Speaking World - La chanson - Songs of France

Fall 3 AHr, HST Taught in English

01:420:283 - French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture

Fall, Spring 3 CCO, HST Taught in English

01:420:297 - French Cultural Experience

Fall, Winter 1.5 Taught in French

01:420:298 - French Cultural Experience

Spring 1.5

01:420:301 - Learning and Sharing French I: La P'tite Gazette

Fall 1.5 Taught in French

01:420:303 - Advanced French Conversation

Summer 3

01:420:306 - Modern French Cinema

Spring 3 AHp Taught in English

01:420:310 - Francophone Words and Worlds

Fall 3 Taught in French

01:420:313 - Twentieth-Century Feminism: Gender and Sexuality in France and the Francophone World

Spring 3 CCD, WCd Taught in English

01:420:314 - Contemporary French Critical Thought - Michel Foucault: Knowledge and Power

Fall 3 Taught in English

01:420:315 - French Civilization from the Middle Ages to the Revolution: Power and Hierarchy

Fall 3 Taught in French

01:420:316 - French Civilization from the Revolution to the Present

Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:318 - Learning and Sharing French II

Spring 1.5 Taught in French

01:420:324 - French Commerce

Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:336 - The French Novel

Fall 3

01:420:337 - The French Theater - Dating Before the Age of Tinder - Six Flirtatious French Plays to Embark on your Next Romance

Fall, Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:351 - Literature in French Society: From Tender to Tinder: The Art of French Dating

Fall 3 Taught in English

01:420:391 - Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture - Francophone Afrofuturism

Fall 3 Taught in English

01:420:391 - Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture - Revolutions

3

01:420:392 - How the French Invented the Female Gaze Early Modern Fairy Tales and their Legacy

Fall, Spring 3

01:420:392 - Topics in French and Francophone Literature and Culture: Language Diversity, Past, Present, and Future

Fall, Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:392 - Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture: la francophonie en flammes

Fall, Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:393 - Topics in French Literature and Culture

Fall, Spring 1.5 Taught in French

01:420:395 - Junior Honors Seminar - French and the Languages of France

3 Taught in French

01:420:396 - Junior Honors Seminar - Uncanny Tales of Love, Migration, and Mystery

Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:403 - History of the French Language

Fall 3 Taught in French

01:420:405 - Modern France

Summer 3

01:420:409 - Studies in Cultures of the Francophone World - Global Black Poetry

Fall, Spring, Summer 3

01:420:413 - Caribbean Literature: Uncanny Tales of Love, Migration, and Mystery

Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:416 - 16th-Century French Literature

Spring 3

01:420:455 - Major Currents of French Thought

Spring 3

01:420:469 - Topics in French Studies - Women and LGBTQ+’s Voices in the Francophone Arab World

Summer 3

01:420:470 - Topics in French Studies - The French Republic Today

Summer 3 Taught in French

01:420:471 - Advanced Topics in French Cinema

Spring 3 Taught in English

01:420:481 - Senior Seminar in French Culture - Comics in French from 1830 to 2020

Fall, Spring 3

01:420:481 - Senior Seminar in French Culture: Animalité(s)

Fall, Spring 3

01:420:481 - Senior Seminar in French Culture: Écrire, ou l’art de voler les mots

Fall, Spring 3 Taught in French

01:420:481 - Senior Seminar: From Tender to Tinder

Fall 3 Taught in English

01:420:491 - Advanced Topics in French Literature/Francophone - French and the Languages of France

Fall 3

01:420:491 - Advanced Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture - Revolutions

Fall 3

16:420:510 – Topics in French Literature for Teachers of French – Cinemonde: Films, Series, et Animation

Summer 3

Requirements for other programs

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