Foreign Language, French (FF)
FF-LAB Conversation PracticeCredits: None
Co-requisite(s): FF-201 or FF-202
Term Offered: All Terms
Course Type(s): None
Separate lab component from intermediate course(s). This is a pass/fail course.
FF-101 Elementary French ICredits: 3
Term Offered: All Terms
Course Type(s): None
An elementary-level, communicative-based language course. Intended for students with no French at all or no more than two years of high school French. Practice in the classroom is supplemented by work in the language laboratory. FF-101 and FF-102 are sequential.
FF-102 Elementary French IICredits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FF-101
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
An elementary-level, communicative-based language course. Intended for students with no more than three years of high school French or students who have completed FF-101 and FF-102 are sequential.
FF-199 Independent Study in FrenchCredits: 1-3
Term Offered: Summer Term
Course Type(s): None
Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the French language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.
FF-201 Intermediate French ICredits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FF-102 or four years of high school French
Term Offered: Fall Term
Course Type(s): None
An intermediate-level, communicative-based language sequence. A review of French grammar, vocabulary and communicative structures, this course sequence (FF-201 and FF-202) emphasizes skill development in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in French through oral and written practice in the classroom and in the language laboratory. Students will also be introduced to French literature and culture through short literary and non-literary texts. FF-201 and FF-202 are sequential. Students who register for FF-201 must also register for a weekly session of conversation practice in the World Languages and Cultures Resource Center, coordinated by the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
FF-202 Intermediate French IICredits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FF-201
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
An intermediate-level, communicative-based language sequence. A review of French grammar, vocabulary and communicative structures, this course sequence (FF-201 and FF-202) emphasizes skill development in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in French through oral and written practice in the classroom and in the language laboratory. Students will also be introduced to French literature and culture through short literary and non-literary texts. FF-201 and FF-202 are sequential. Students who register for FF-202 must also register for a weekly session of conversation practice in the World Languages and Cultures Resource Center, coordinated by the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
FF-299 Independent Study in FrenchCredits: 3
Course Type(s): None
Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the French language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.
FF-301 Survey of French LiteratureCredits: 3
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
Survey of French Literature up to 1800.
FF-303 Advanced French Composition and ConversationCredits: 3
Prerequisite(s): twelve credits in French
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
Oral and written use of correct, idiomatic French vocabulary building, oral discussion, composition, and instruction in the presentation of material.
FF-309 French Culture and CivilizationCredits: 3
Course Type(s): None
Political, social, and other developments in France from the Middle Ages to 1800.
FF-312 Independent Readings in FrenchCredits: 1-3
Course Type(s): None
Supervised readings in the original language for students who wish to do intensive work in their major field; materials are selected in consultation with the student's advisor from the major field, and the student confers regularly with an instructor from the language staff. This course is repeatable for credit.
FF-399 Independent Study in FrenchCredits: 3
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the French language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.
FF-499 Independent Study in FrenchCredits: 3
Term Offered: Spring Term
Course Type(s): None
Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the French language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.