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French | FREN

Hailey HamiltonPictured | Hailey Hamilton | Bachelor of Science in Education, Secondary Education, French / Minor in Creative Writing  | Bristol, Indiana (hometown)
Club Affiliation | French Club (treasurer)


French | FREN

P Prerequisite | C Co-requisite | R Recommended
I Fall Semester | II Spring Semester | S Summer Session/s


  • FREN-F 101 Elementary French 1 (3-5 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. Introduction to contemporary French and Francophone cultures. Emphasis on interaction and communication.
  • FREN-F 102 Elementary French 2 (3-5 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 101 with a C- or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Introduction to contemporary French and Francophone cultures. Emphasis on interaction and communication.
  • FREN-F 200 Second-Year French : Language and Culture (3 cr.) P: Bachelor of Science in French Online plan. Grammar, composition, conversation coordinated with the study of cultural texts.
  • FREN-F 203 Second-Year French I (3-4 cr.) FREN-F 203 must be taken before FREN-F 204. All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 102 with a C- or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Composition, conversation, and grammar coordinated with the study of expository and literary texts.
  • FREN-F 204 Second-Year French II (3-4 cr.) FREN-F 203 must be taken before FREN-F 204. All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 203 with a C- or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Composition, conversation, and grammar coordinated with the study of expository and literary texts.
  • FREN-F 250 Second-Year French II: Language and Culture (3 cr.) Grammar, composition, conversation coordinated with the study of cultural texts.
  • FREN-F 298 Second-Year French (3-6 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. A student who places at the third-year level on the IU South Bend foreign language placement examination and completes a course at the third-year level is eligible for 6 credit hours of special credit in FREN-F 298. A student who places in the second semester of the second year and completes a course at the second-semester, second-year level is eligible for 3 credit hours of special credit in FREN-F 298. If the grade earned is A, it is recorded for special credit; if the grade earned is B, S is recorded for special credit. No special credit is given if the grade earned is lower than B.
  • FREN-F 300 Lectures et Analyses Litteraires (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Preparation for more advanced work in French literature. Readings and discussion of one play, one novel, short stories, and poems as well as the principles of literary criticism and "explication de texte".
  • FREN-F 305 Chefs-d’œuvre de la Literature French I (3 cr.) FREN-F 203 must be taken before FREN-F 204. All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Drama and literature of ideas. Dramatists such as Corneille, Racine, Moliére, Beaumarchais, and Sartre; essayist and philosophes such as Descartes, Pascal, Voltaire, Diderot, and Camus. Lectures and discussion in French.
  • FREN-F 306 Chefs-d’œuvre de la Literature French 2 (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Novel and poetry. Novelists such as Balzac, Flaubert, and Proust; readings in anthologies stressing 16th-, 19th-, and 20th-century poetry. Lectures and discussions in French.
  • FREN-F 311 Contemporary French Civilization (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Political, social and cultural aspects of contemporary France. Taught in French.
  • FREN-F 312 Readings in French Literature in Translation (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Representative readings emphasizing a particular author, genre, or topic in French literature. The subject may vary with each listing, and is identified in the Schedule of Classes. No credit in the concentration area for French majors.
  • FREN-F 313 Advanced Grammar and Composition 1 (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Detailed review of grammar. Writing practice, chiefly Thème et version.
  • FREN-F 314 Advanced Grammar and Composition II (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. Detailed review of grammar. Writing practice, chiefly Thème et version.
  • FREN-F 315 French Conversation and Diction 1 (3 cr.) Combined lectures on problems of pronunciation and phonetic transcription, and oral practice sessions.
  • FREN-F 328 Advanced French Grammar and Composition (3 cr.) Study and practice of French thinking and writing patterns.
  • FREN-F 316 French Conversation and Diction 2 (3 cr.)
  • FREN-F 330 Introduction to Translating French and English (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204. A comparative study of the style and grammar of both languages with focus on the difficulties involved in translating. Introduction to the various tools of the art of translation.
  • FREN-F 350 Topics in Francophone Culture (3 cr.) Emphasis in this class is on a topic, author or genre within francophone studies. Class is taught in French.
  • FREN-F 361 Introduction historique à la civilization française I (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Readings related to the political and social development of France; background to a further study of French society and literature from the fifteenth century to the French Revolution.
  • FREN-F 363 Introduction à la France Moderne (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. The development of French culture and civilization in the 20th century, with an emphasis on the events which shaped modern France, illustrative works of literature, the problems of Paris, and the structure of daily life. Period covered 1890-1958.
  • FREN-F 391 Studies in French Film (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Analysis of major French art form, introduction to modern French culture seen through medium of film art, and study of relationship of cinema and literature in France.
  • FREN-F 450 Colloquium in French Studies (2-3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Emphasis on one topic, author, or genre.
  • FREN-F 415 La Culture Francophone (3 cr.) Francophone cultures outside of Europe will be the focus of this course.  A comparative approach will serve to underline similarities and differences among different francophone communities and also to compare them with Franco-European cultures.  A variety of resources, from cultural and literary readings to musical/film selections will be exploited.
  • FREN-F 454 Litterature Contemporaine 2 (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. 20th century French literature. All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center.
  • FREN-F 464 Civilisation Francaise 2 (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission.
  • FREN-F 463 Civilisation Francaise 1 (3 cr.)
  • FREN-F 474 Thème et Version (3 cr.) P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Translation of selected passages, alternating between English and French, to teach students to write with precision and clarity in both languages.
  • FREN-F  475 Advanced Oral Practice 1 (2-3 cr.)
  • FREN-F 480 French Conversation (3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, placement, or instructor's permission. Designed to develop conversational skills through intensive controlled conversation with an emphasis on the use of linguistic devices and the mastery of oral expression.
  • FREN-F 495 Individual Readings in French (1-3 cr.) All world language classes may require homework using audio-, visual-, or computer-based materials in the World Languages Resource Center. P: Only by departmental permission. FREN-F 204 with a C or higher, or placement. May be repeated. No more than 3 credit hours may be applied toward requirements of the major.
  • FREN-F 496 Foreign Study in French (3-8 cr.) Course involves planning of research project during year preceding study abroad. Time spent in research abroad must amount to at least one week for each credit hour granted. Research paper must be presented by end of semester following foreign study.

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