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FRE 1111 -
Introductory French I
Description: Groundwork in French, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of French, or one year of high school French. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007, Summer 2007
FRE 1112 -
Introductory French II
Description: Groundwork in French, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of French, or one year of high school French. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral skills.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
FRE 1113 -
French-Reading Knowledge
Description: Essentials of grammar and exercises in expository French prose to prepare students for independent research in specialized fields.
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Credit Hours: 0.0
Last Offered: Spring 1998, Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995
FRE 1121 -
Intermediate French I
Description: Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed FRE 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
FRE 1122 -
Intermediate French II
Description: Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed FRE 1121 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
FRE 1131 -
Conversation and Composition I
Description: Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in French. A writing enriched course. Students should have completed FRE 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
FRE 1132 -
Conversation & Composition II
Description: Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in French. A writing enriched course. Students should have completed FRE 1131 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Summer 2007
FRE 1133 -
Advanced Grammar
Description: Intensive practice of spoken and written French.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2005, Fall 2002
FRE 1134 -
Business French
Description: An introduction to French business terminology and discourse related to economic, finance, and management.
Prerequisites: FRE 1122
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2002, Spring 2001, Spring 2000, Spring 1999
FRE 1135 -
Contemporary French Business
Description: Panorama of French business culture of the last thirty years through anthropological, philiosophical, and sociological readings.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Fall 1995
FRE 1136 -
Contemp Fren Lang I
Description: Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program at the Universite de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne to provide practice to speaking and writing on an advanced level. The use of French in everyday situations and subject-related discussions. Students will read newspapers, magazines, advertising, and listen to broadcasts.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2007, Summer 2006, Summer 2005, Summer 2004
FRE 1137 -
Cont Fre Lang II
Description: Survey of contemporary french culture (cinema, television, music, art, etc.) and discussion of regional differences. Offered as part of the Villanova Summer program at the Universite de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2007, Summer 2004, Summer 2003, Summer 2002
FRE 1141 -
Phonetics
Description: Through phonetics transcription, introduction to phonology, and recognition of socio-linquistic variation, this course is designed to help students improve their knowledge of spoken French.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004
FRE 2100 -
French/Franco Lit in Trans
Description: The major works of French literature in translation. Fulfills diversity 3 requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 2101 -
French Lit & Film
Description: French films based on literary works as a medium will be used to better understand contemporary French culture and civilization. Writing intensive. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2004, Spring 2003
FRE 2102 -
Love/Sexuality in Franco Film
Description: Analysis of films that deal with this topic.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2006
FRE 2140 -
French Culture
Description: Focuses on the history, geography, and the political, economical and social structures in France from its origins to the 20th century.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 2141 -
Francophone Culture
Description: Focuses on the history, geography, and the political, economical and social structures of the Francophone world, mostly through the 20th century. Fulfills diversity 3 requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 2142 -
The savoir vivre in France
Description: The course is designed to help students to gain a better understanding of social rules and codes which define the French mentality and cultural identity.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004, Summer 2003, Spring 2003, Summer 2002
FRE 2143 -
Contemporary France
Description: Focuses on regional identities and other aspects from current French headlines. Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program in France.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2007, Summer 2006, Summer 2005, Summer 2004
FRE 2144 -
Franco American Relations
Description: Course examines how these old allies became rivals while trying to sell their model of "good society." Taught in English.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Summer 2004, Summer 2003
FRE 2145 -
France & the European Union
Description: Focuses on the history of the construction of the European Union from the post war period to the present. It outlines its various institutions, policies facing the admission of new members and the implementation of its new constitution. Taught in English.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 2215 -
Francophone Women's Voices
Description: Study of cultural production (literature, cinema, etc.) by women of the French speaking world. Regions may include North Africa, the Caribbean islands and Canada. Fulfills advanced literature course and diversity 2.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Fall 2003, Fall 2000, Fall 1998
FRE 2218 -
Franco Writers & Cult Identity
Description: Regions may include North Africa, the Caribbean islands and Canada. Fulfills diversity 3 requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1132
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2001
FRE 3211 -
La musique populaire, 1950:-
Description: Survey of popular music, 1950 to the present, considering literary influences and trends in music and in the industry.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2002, Fall 1996, Spring 1995
FRE 3212 -
Le tour de France
Description: The world's greatest race as seen in literature, the arts, and as it is currently presented, and followed, in French media.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Spring 1997
FRE 3411 -
17th Century Literature
Description: Analytical readings of major texts.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3412 -
Special Topics
Description: Advanced study of topics of special interest in French literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. Pre-requisite 1132 or equivalent.
Prerequisites: FRE 1132
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2006
FRE 3512 -
Paris, Capital of the 19th-C
Description: Literary, artistic, political, and social overview of France's capital city following the French revolution. Fulfills advanced literature.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3613 -
Impressionism
Description: Comparison of literary and artistic trends of the end of the nineteenth century in France.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3614 -
Classical Theatre
Description: Classical dramaturgy and modern interpretations of Corneille, Moliere and Racine. A writing enriched course. Students should have completed FRE 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3615 -
Study & Production of a Play
Description: Semester-long workshop that will culminate in the production of a play, in French and by a French playwright.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3715 -
Utopia in 18th-C Fr Lit
Description: Emphasis on real and fictional travel accounts as well as works in which homesteading on islands or in isolated natural settings plays an important role. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2001, Fall 1998
FRE 3716 -
French Rev Feminine Persp
Description: French women writers and thinkers from the pre-to the post-revolutionary period through the study of the "salons", political texts, fictional and historical writings. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced literature and diversity 2 requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Fall 1999, Spring 1995
FRE 3717 -
Prostitutes 19th-C French Lit
Description: Focus on the figure of the prostitute in literary texts and in the painting of prominent artists of the period. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3818 -
The Literature of Initiation
Description: Examines the experiences of the "coming of age" theme through literary works chosen from different centuries. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006
FRE 3819 -
Existentialism in France
Description: Saint-Germain des Pres, jazz, Sartre, Camus, de Beauvoir, Vian, Greco. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 3820 -
Le vers libre
Description: The revolution of poetry in France. Discussion of the evolution of French free-verse poetry in its social and historical context. A writing enrich course. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
FRE 3921 -
20th Century Theatre
Description: Authors may include: Jarry,Claudel, Giraudoux, Anouih, Camus, Satre, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Koltes. Fulfills Advanced Literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 1996
FRE 3922 -
20th Century Novel
Description: A study of French novels of the 20th century that include classic and lesser-known works. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2001, Fall 1997
FRE 3923 -
Post-World War II Writers
Description: Authors may include: Robbe-Grillet, Duras, Tournier, Le Clezio, Modiano. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced literature requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 1131
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2002, Spring 1999, Fall 1995
FRE 3950 -
Research Seminar
Description: Bibliographical principles and the techniques of literary research; preparation of a paper. Writing Intensive. Require course for French majors. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Summer 2005, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003
FRE 4110 -
French Classical Theatre
Description: Readings and discussions on the major dramatists and theorists of the French 17th century. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1997
FRE 4120 -
Modern French Theatre
Description: The contemporary drama of France from its origin (King Ubu) to Beckett, Sartre, Genet, Ionesco and recent dramatists. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 4130 -
Food and Culture in France
Description: Through selected readings and films, the course will examine French society and its pecular approach to the culture of the table.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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FRE 5900 -
Independent Study
Description:
Prerequisites: FRE 1121 or FRE 1122
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008
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