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Fundamentals of spoken and written French. Use of the language laboratory.

Note: For students with little or no knowledge of French. Mandatory placement test for all registrants.

May not be taken for credit by students with French 30, 30S, 30N, 31A, 31B, 31C or equivalent.

Continuation of French 1000.

Prerequisites: French 1000, or French 10 or 20 or equivalent, and a satisfactory grade in the mandatory placement test.

Note: May not be taken for credit by students with French 30, 30S, 30N, 31A, 31B, 31C or equivalent.

Development of language skills; oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing. Use of the language laboratory.

Prerequisites: French 1100, or French 30, 30S, 30N, 31A, 31B, 31C or equivalent, and a satisfactory grade in the mandatory placement test.

The finer points of grammar; refinement of writing style. Further training in the skills of speaking, reading and listening comprehension.

Prerequisite: French 1500, or French Language Arts 30 or Langue et Littérature 30.

Contemporary French and French-Canadian culture and civilization. Use of films, tapes and texts. Oral and written French.

Prerequisite: French 1500, or French Language Arts 30 or Langue et Littérature 30.

Recommended background: French 2000.

Academic and living experiences in a francophone milieu. For students taking part in the French Visiting Student Programme only.

Prerequisite: Two French courses (6.0 credit hours) at the 2000 level with a minimum 'C minus' ('C-') grade in each.

Grading: Pass/Fail.

Note: French 2250 is a required course for Modern Languages Education: French majors and a recommended course for Modern Languages Education: French minors.

It is recommended that Modern Languages Education: French majors successfully complete French 2250 before enrolling in Professional Semester I.

French 2250 may be taken for credit by French majors in Arts and Science, but will not count toward the minimum 13 courses required for this major.

Improvement of reading skills in the French language. Appreciation and understanding of francophone literature.

Prerequisite: French 1500, or French Language Arts 30 or Langue et Littérature 30.

Recommended background: French 2000.

Phonetic features of the French language; sounds, stress, rhythm, intonation, liaison, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription system. Corrective phonetics. Use of the language laboratory.

Prerequisite: French 1500, or French Language Arts 30 or Langue et Littérature 30.

Structural and stylistic nuances of French.

Prerequisite: French 2000.

A history of French or French-Canadian culture and civilization to the 20th Century. Political, social and cultural aspects. Use of films, tapes and texts. Oral and written French.

Prerequisite: French 2200.

Recommended background: French 2000 or 2300.

Representative literary works of France or French Canada.

Prerequisite: French 2300.

Nature and development of a specific genre: novel, drama, poetry, short story, essay, biography, song, children's literature or film. Appreciation and understanding of characteristic elements of the genre. Representative works by major francophone artists.

Prerequisite: French 2300.

Note: Credit is not allowed for a genre for which the student already has credit.

Further study of the structural and stylistic nuances of French.

Prerequisite: French 3001.

Aspects of the French Language. Topics to be covered may include composition, translation, stylistic analysis, syntactic analysis and history of the French language.

Prerequisite: French 3001.

Selected and representative works of major authors or literary movements of a specific period or century.

Prerequisite: French 3500 or 3600.

Seminars on various themes or topics.

Prerequisite: A 3000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in language or literature, depending on the focus of the specific seminar.