Lower-Division

FREN 1 First-Year French

Introduction to French language and culture with practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Intended for students with no previous study of French.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

FREN 2 First-Year French

Further development of cultural competence and basic French language skills, both written and spoken. Students learn past tenses in this course.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): FREN 1 or placement by interview.

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

FREN 3 First-Year French

Final quarter of first-year sequence. Students complete study of French language basics, including the future tense and the conditional and the subjunctive moods, while continuing to learn about French and Francophone cultures.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): FREN 2 or placement by interview.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

FREN 4 Second-Year French

First course in intermediate sequence. Students review and expand upon their previous study of the language through short literary readings, vocabulary building, grammar study, composition, and discussions.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): FREN 3 or placement by interview.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

FREN 5 Second-Year French

Further development of intermediate-level oral and written skills through study of vocabulary and structures. Students also read and discuss a French or Francophone play.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): FREN 4 or placement by interview.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

FREN 6 Second-Year French

Final course of intermediate sequence includes grammar study, vocabulary building, extensive writing, and discussion. Reading of a French or Francophone novel is an integral part of course.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): FREN 5 or placement by interview.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

FREN 85 (De)constructing contemporary French identity

Taught in English, this course examines core values and events in France, such as Republican values (in the French sense of "Republican"), secularism, globalization, immigration, that have helped shape current French society.

Credits

5

Instructor

Carine Rohmer

General Education Code

CC

FREN 94 Group Tutorial

Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

FREN 99 Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

FREN 99F Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring