P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant
I = Fall Semester, II = Spring Semester, S = Summer Session(s)

All foreign language classes may require homework using audio, visual, or computer-based materials in the Foreign Language Resource Center.

FREN F101 Elementary French I (3 cr.) Introduction to contemporary French and Francophone cultures. Emphasis on interaction and communication.

FREN F102 Elementary French II (3 cr.) P: FREN F101. Introduction to contemporary French and Francophone cultures. Emphasis on interaction and communication.

FREN F203 Second-Year French I (3 cr.) P: FREN F102 or equivalent. Continued development of proficiency in oral and written communication in French through listening, reading, and use of French in realistic situations. FREN F203 must be taken before FREN F204.

FREN F204 Second-Year French II (3 cr.) P: FREN 203 or equivalent. Continued development of proficiency in oral and written communication in French through listening, reading, and use of French in realistic situations.

FREN F251 Business French (3 cr.) P: FREN F203 or equivalent. Introduction to the language and culture of business in France and the Francophone world.

FREN F298 Second-Year French (3 or 6 cr.) A student who places at the third-year level on the IUSB Foreign Language placement examination and completes a course at the third-year level will be eligible for 6 credit hours of special credit in FREN F298. A student who places in the second semester of the second year and completes a course at the second-semester, second-year level will be eligible for 3 credit hours of special credit in FREN F298. If the grade earned is A, it will be recorded for special credit; if the grade earned is B, S will be recorded for special credit. No special credit will be given if the grade earned is lower than B.

FREN F305 Masterpieces of French Literature I (3 cr.) P: FREN F204 or equivalent. Texts selected from material from the Middle Ages to 1750, with emphasis on historical background, literary movements, and representative authors.

FREN F306 Masterpieces of French Literature II (3 cr.) P: FREN F204 or equivalent. Texts selected from eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Historical background, literary movements, and representative authors.

FREN F313 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3 cr.) P: FREN F204 or equivalent. Review of grammar and extensive writing practice.

FREN F314 Advanced Grammar and Composition II (3 cr.) P: FREN F313 or equivalent. Detailed review of grammar and extensive writing practice.

FREN F363 Introduction à la France Moderne (3 cr.) P: FREN F204 or equivalent. The development of French culture and civilization in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the events which shaped modern France and the Francophone world.

FREN F391 Studies in French Film (3 cr.) P: FREN F204 or equivalent. An introduction to the French cinema from its early days (Lumiere, Melies, Feuillade), to the Nouvelle Vague (Truffaut, Godard, Renais), and to recent films through the 1990s.

FREN F398 Foreign Study in France. See department.

FREN F443 Nineteenth Century Novel I (3 cr.) Balzac, Stendhal, and others.

FREN F450 Colloquium in French Studies (3 cr.) Emphasis on one topic, author, or genre.

FREN F454 Littérature contemporaine II (3 cr.) French literature after 1940.

FREN F480 French Conversation (3 cr.) Designed to develop speaking skills through content-based conversation with emphasis on developing fluency and accuracy.

FREN F495 Individual Reading in French Literature (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of department. May be repeated. No more than 3 credit hours may be applied toward requirements of the major.

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