Introduction to grammar and practical vocabulary necessary for fundamental communication skills. Admission to FREN 109 restricted to those who have never studied French, who have not studied French in the previous five years, or who have a score of F-1 on the placement test.

Carolina Core: GFL

Introduction to grammar and practical vocabulary necessary for fundamental communication skills. Admission to 110 restricted to those who have completed FREN 109. Credit may be received only for one of the following: FREN 109/FREN 110 or FREN 121.

Carolina Core: GFL

Grammar and vocabulary necessary for fundamental communication skills. Assumes prior experience in French. Admission to FREN 121 restricted to those who have a score of F-2 on the placement test. Credit may be received for only one of the following: FREN 109/FREN 100 or FREN 121.

Carolina Core: GFL

Practice and further development of essential listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills.

Carolina Core: GFL

Readings in French; grammar, basic writing, and composition.

Practice in conversation involving authentic listening materials; vocabulary building.

Readings and discussion in English, with consideration of the cultural context.

Carolina Core: AIU

Intensive one-term study of a particular topic identified by title. Taught in English.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Analysis of and practice in pronunciation and listening comprehension.

Development and maintenance of speaking and listening skills at the advanced level. Offered Pass-Fail only. May be repeated.

Reading, discussion, and written analysis of French texts, both literary and nonliterary.

Current issues and events presented in French-language media. Discussion and presentations in French provide practice with advanced structures and idiomatic speech.

Practice in French composition; intensive review of French grammar.

Practical oral and written communication in a commercial context; introduction to business terminology and correspondence.

Project work in the production of plays in French. Includes readings in and public performance of French theatre and related materials.

Intensive language practice with special attention to oral skills. Classroom instruction by native speakers.

Cultural and linguistic service-learning experience in a French-speaking environment. Course may be repeated once in a different location.

An introduction to the history of the French film, with special emphasis on the aesthetic appreciation of the films in their artistic and cultural context. Films in French, with English subtitles. Taught in English. To be counted towards FREN major or minor.

Intensive study of selected topics of the French-speaking world. May be repeated for credit under a different title. May not be counted for major or minor credit. Note: Taught in English. To be counted towards FREN major or minor.

Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department chair is required for undergraduate students.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

French history and the arts from early times through the Napoleonic era.

Commercial organizations and businesses in France. Practical business correspondence. Terminology and techniques in commercial transactions with the Certificat Pratique of the Paris Chamber of Commerce in view. Taught in French.

May be repeated for credit.

Study and discussion of French works written before 1800 within their cultural and historical contexts.

Study and discussion of French works written after 1800 within their cultural and historical contexts.

Study and discussion of works from French-speaking societies outside France, with attention to their cultural contexts and historical contexts.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

Readings in and discussion of the culture of contemporary France.

Development of advanced oral skills in French. Study of linguistic and cultural aspects of French language media.

Texts from standard authors, with emphasis on explication de texte.

Practice in descriptive and narrative composition with special attention to contrastive stylistics; thème et version.

The sound system and its functioning in the morphological system of French from the point of view of current phonological theory.

The structure, morphology, and syntax of modern French.

Poetry, prose, theatre, cinema, civilization, language, linguistics. Unique opportunities will be announced by title. May be repeated.

Graduate students fulfill their foreign-language reading requirement with successful completion of the course. Undergraduates may take the course as an elective only. Grades S/U for graduates and undergraduates.