FREN401
Upper-Intermediate French I The Department of FHIS offers a series of eight courses designed to build students’ skills progressively in the four basic communicative functions of listening, reading, writing, and speaking. FREN 401 is the first of a pair of Upper-Intermediate courses—401 and 402—aligned with level B2 objectives of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The […]
FREN302
Intermediate French II The Department of FHIS offers a series of eight courses designed to build students’ skills progressively in the four basic communicative functions of listening, reading, writing, and speaking. FREN 302 is the second of a pair of Intermediate courses—301 and 302—aligned with level B1 objectives of the Common European Framework of Reference […]
FREN301
Intermediate French I The Department of FHIS offers a series of eight courses designed to build students’ skills progressively in the four basic communicative functions of listening, reading, writing, and speaking. FREN 301 is the first of a pair of Intermediate courses—301 and 302—aligned with level B1 objectives of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). With […]
FREN202
Elementary French II A continuation of FREN_V 201. Aligned with CEFR level A2 objectives. Language of instruction: French Recommended prerequisites: This course is recommended for students who have completed FREN_V 201 or assignment based on placement test.
FREN201
Elementary French I Continued improvement in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Aligned with CEFR level A2 objectives. Language of instruction: French Recommended prerequisites: This course is recommended for students who have completed one of Core French 11, FREN_V 102, FREN_V 103 or assignment based on placement test.
RMST520
Research Intensive Seminar in Romance Studies Introduction to Cultural Mobility Studies Crosslisted with RMST495 Cultural mobility can be defined as mobilities relayed in and about cultural products, events, and phenomena. The concept can be viewed as part of a recent, influential critical movement to foreground mobility in social sciences and in the humanities and arts. […]
FREN556
Race, Ethnicity and Language Instructor: Marie-Eve Bouchard Language of instruction: French This course is based on the fundamental idea that discourse practices are an important indicator of wider social and cultural structures. Language has a key role to play in the racial and ethnic boundary-making processes, as it is a vehicle for the ideologies that […]
FREN521B
Études postcoloniales : quels défis ? Quel horizon ? Instructor: Farid Laroussi Language of instruction: French Les études postcoloniales appartiennent désormais de plain-pied au champ de la recherche universitaire, ainsi qu’à des disciplines aussi différentes que le cinéma ou les sciences politiques. Mais qu’en sait-on vraiment ? Plus de quarante ans après leur avènement, les études […]
FREN501A
Redefining Courtliness Courtliness has been one of the most fundamental concepts in the study of medieval literature for almost 150 years. When he described “amour courtois” in 1883, Gaston Paris might not have imagined the perennial critical success that the term would have, as well as its lexical productivity, leading to cognate notions such as […]
FREN430A
Studies in Quebecois and Canadian Literature: Great Women Writers of the 20th and 21st Century Our class will focus on the literary revolutions spurred by women writers in the 20th and 21st Century, in both Québec and francophone Canada. Students will have multiple opportunities to explore their own fields of interest and specialization. No prior […]