Foreign Language, French (FF)

Foreign Language, French (FF)

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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.

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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 previous study of French or placement into the FF-101 level through the World Languages placement exam. Students with four or more years of high school study of French may not enroll in FF-101. FF-101 is to be taken before FF-102.

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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 who have completed FF-101 or placed into FF-102 through the World Languages placement exam. FF-101 through FF-202 are sequential.

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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.

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FF-201   Intermediate French ICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FF-102 or four years of high school French or placement into FF-201 through the World Languages placement exam.

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

An intermediate-level, communicative-based language course. The FF-201/FF-202 course sequence emphasizes skill development in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in French through oral and written practice in the classroom and in small groups in the language laboratory. Through communicative and proficiency-building activities, students learn and review French grammar, vocabulary, and communicative structures. Students will also be introduced to Francophone literature and cultures through short literary and non-literary texts. Students who register for FF-201 must also register for a weekly session of conversation practice. FF-101 through FF-202 courses are sequential.

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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.

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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.

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FF-301   Survey of French LiteratureCredits: 3   

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Survey of French Literature up to 1800.

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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.

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FF-309   French Culture and CivilizationCredits: 3   

Course Type(s): None

Political, social, and other developments in France from the Middle Ages to 1800.

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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.

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FF-398   Special Topics in FrenchCredits: 3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Students study text in the original language. Course content will vary from semester to semester.

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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.

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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.