An introductory course designed to teach French pronunciation, sentence structure, and basic vocabulary for understanding, speaking, writing, and reading French. (Laboratory work)

Continuation of FRE 101, with emphasis on listening, speaking, and reading. (Laboratory work)

Review of grammar with emphasis on communicative skills and cultural literacy. (Laboratory work)

Continuation of FRE 201 increasing stress on communicative skills and cultural literacy. (Laboratory work)

A survey of French literary creation from the earliest documents to 1700 with special emphasis on the classic drama of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere.

Continuation of FRE 301. French literature in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries with special emphasis on Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Balzac, Hugo, Vigny, Flaubert, and some 20th century writers.

Writing on topics of contemporary life, with analysis of style, sentence construction, and study of idiomatic expressions and special problems of French grammar.

Intensive practice in the oral use of French through conversations on topics of interest.

The study of modern French civilization since 1700 with emphasis on the life, culture, ideas, and institutions of the 20th century.

Intensive development of communicative skills through the study of articles and audio/visual materials on current world affairs.

Continuation of intensive development of communicative skills through the study of articles and audio/visual materials on current world affairs.

A survey of the main literary movements in French literature of some African and Caribbean countries, and a study of selections in the works of prominent representatives.