French (FREN)
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FREN 101 Beginning French I 4 Units GC, GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Introduction to French language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. 2 hours activity, 3 hours discussion. (003787)
General Education: Humanities (3B)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 4 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures Course
FREN 102 Beginning French II 4 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: FREN 101 or equivalent.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Continuation of FREN 101. Further development of student's cultural competence and proficiency in the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. 2 hours activity, 3 hours discussion. (003792)
General Education: Humanities (3B)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 4 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures Course
FREN 198 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours supervision. (003804)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Lower Division
FREN 201 Intermediate French I 4 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: FREN 102 or equivalent.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in FREN 101 and FREN 102. Particular emphasis on the development of writing and reading proficiency. 2 hours activity, 3 hours discussion. (003795)
General Education: Humanities (3B)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 4 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures Course
FREN 202 Intermediate French II 4 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: FREN 201 or equivalent.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in FREN 101, FREN 102, and FREN 201. Particular emphasis on the development of writing and reading proficiency. 2 hours activity, 3 hours discussion. (003794)
General Education: Humanities (3B)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 4 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures Course
FREN 299 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 3 hours supervision. (020837)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
FREN 301 Composition and Conversation 3 Units
Prerequisite: FREN 202 or equivalent.
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
See description below. 3 hours discussion. (003805)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 302 Composition and Conversation 3 Units
Prerequisite: FREN 202 or equivalent.
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
See description below. 3 hours discussion. (003806)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 398 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 1 hour seminar. (003824)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 399 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (003825)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 445 Francophone Literatures and Societies 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course involves study of literature and society in Francophone Africa from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) through Senegal and West Africa to Madagascar and the Reunion Island, New France (Quebec), the French Caribbean, the South Pacific (Tahiti), and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia). 3 hours seminar. (003828)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 480 French Cinema 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
An introduction to French cinema as a narrative form, with emphasis on key films and directors from various periods of French film history. The class is taught in English. All films have English subtitles. 3 hours discussion. (003813)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 497W Writing Proficiency (W) 3 Units W, GW
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course allows students the opportunity to bring together a body of knowledge in French and to solidify it by analyzing and drawing conclusions from a variety of written sources in French and to write arguments about them in English. Writing essays in English for different sorts of potential audiences, students have ample opportunity to progress towards professional level writing so that students demonstrate writing proficiency in English about French. 3 hours discussion. (003823)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course; Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement Course
FREN 498 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course is for special topics. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 1 hour seminar. (003844)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 499 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 3 hours supervision. (003845)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 499H Senior Honors Thesis 3 Units
Prerequisite: FREN 301, FREN 302; 12 other upper-division French units; a grade-point average in the top 5% of French majors; an interview; faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive study of scholarly approaches to problems in French language, literature or culture and training in the use of secondary sources to back up original ideas, leading to the production and public presentation of a scholarly project involving substantial research and earning a grade of B or higher for the designation of Honors in the Major. To be taken under faculty supervision for a total of six units in consecutive semesters. 9 hours supervision. (003847)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
FREN 697 Independent Study 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is a graduate-level independent study. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (003853)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
FREN 699T Masters Thesis 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
9 hours supervision. (020932)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: CR/NC
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division