FREN 101-01 10362 |
French I |
Days: M W F
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Time: 08:30 am-09:30 am
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Room: HUM 215
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Instructor: Lise Hoy
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*First day attendance required*
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Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 101-02 10363 |
French I |
Days: M W F
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Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm
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Room: HUM 404
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Instructor: El Hadji Diop
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*First day attendance required*
Details
Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 101-L1 10364 |
French I Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 08:00 am-09:00 am
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Room: HUM 409
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 101-L2 10365 |
French I Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 10:10 am-11:10 am
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Room: HUM 409
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 101-L3 10366 |
French I Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm
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Room: OLRI 100
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 101-L4 10367 |
French I Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:20 pm
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Room: HUM 400
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
Emphasizing the active use of the language, this course develops the fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes an introduction to the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. For students with no previous work in French. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 111-01 10371 |
Accelerated French I-II |
Days: M W F
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Time: 09:40 am-10:40 am
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Room: HUM 216
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Instructor: Juliette Rogers
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*First day attendance required*
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This course develops fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes introduction to the cultural background of France and the francophone world. It is designed for students who have had some French prior to enrolling at Macalester or who want to review basic structures. The course prepares students for French III and includes two lab. Sessions. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 111-L1 10372 |
Accelerated French I-II Lab |
Days: T R
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Time: 10:10 am-11:10 am
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Room: HUM 404
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
Details
This course develops fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes introduction to the cultural background of France and the francophone world. It is designed for students who have had some French prior to enrolling at Macalester or who want to review basic structures. The course prepares students for French III and includes two lab. Sessions. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 111-L2 10373 |
Accelerated French I-II Lab |
Days: T R
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:20 pm
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Room: HUM 404
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
Details
This course develops fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes introduction to the cultural background of France and the francophone world. It is designed for students who have had some French prior to enrolling at Macalester or who want to review basic structures. The course prepares students for French III and includes two lab. Sessions. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
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FREN 194-F1 10374 |
18th Century |
Days: M W F
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Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm
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Room: HUM 314
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Instructor: Andrew Billing
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*First-Year course only; first day attendance required*
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What does it mean to describe a society as “healthy” or “diseased,” or compare the illnesses or wellbeing of individuals to those of the “social body”? And can social institutions and practices be “diagnosed” and “cured”? In this course, we will explore how eighteenth-century French writers understood health and illness as conditions to which the individual body and mind were susceptible, and also as metaphors to understand society and conceptualize social reform. Late eighteenth-century France experienced a Medical Enlightenment, in which advances in physiology and medicine led writers and social reformers to advocate for improvements in medical care and treatment, and lay the foundations for the emerging field of public health. On the eve of the French Revolution, however, a new French “medical science of man” also prescribed remedies for the diseases of society as well of individuals, aiming to restore both to conditions of health and vigor. Our main course objective will be to think critically about how French intellectuals understood health and disease both as lived experiences and as images for social critique during the Enlightenment. We will also consider how our own conceptions of health and disease as lived experiences and social metaphors compare or differ from those of late eighteenth-century France. Our readings will include short fiction and essays by authors including Louis-Sébastien Mercier; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Denis Diderot; Buffon; Émilie du Châtelet; Voltaire; Olympe de Gouges; Madame de Staël; the Abbé Sieyès; and Robespierre. The class will be taught mainly in seminar/discussion format with some short lectures, debates and historical simulations, and a fieldtrip to the University of Minnesota’s Wangensteen Medical Library. Coursework will include a series of short papers, oral presentations, written exams, and one longer research paper. You will be expected to present and defend your ideas using arguments and evidence, and attempt to persuade and engage with the ideas of other students. All materials will be in English.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Internationalism
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Humanities
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FREN 203-01 10375 |
French III |
Days: M W F
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Time: 09:40 am-10:40 am
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Room: HUM 213
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Instructor: Claude Cassagne
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The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 203-02 10376 |
French III |
Days: M W F
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Time: 12:00 pm-01:00 pm
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Room: HUM 314
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Instructor: Claude Cassagne
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*First day attendance required*
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The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 203-L1 10377 |
French III Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 08:00 am-09:00 am
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Room: HUM 409
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 203-L2 10378 |
French III Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 09:10 am-10:10 am
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Room: HUM 409
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 203-L3 10379 |
French III Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:20 pm
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Room: HUM 400
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
Details
The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 203-L4 10380 |
French III Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 03:30 pm-04:30 pm
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Room: HUM 400
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Instructor: Aida Lewis
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*First day attendance required*
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The aim of this course is to bring students to a point where they can use French for communication, both oral and written. At the end of this course students should be able to read appropriate authentic materials, write short papers in French and communicate with a native speaker. It consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading and writing and includes study of the cultural background of France and the Francophone world. Class sessions are supplemented by weekly small group meetings with a French graduate assistant. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 or FREN 111 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 204-01 10381 |
Text, Film and Media |
Days: M W F
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Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm
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Room: HUM 402
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Instructor: Lise Hoy
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is a content course that presents a study of the language, history, and culture of France and the francophone world through authentic materials including the press, the internet, television, literature and film. The themes of the course will depend on the instructor. At the end of the course students should have attained a sophisticated level of communication in French, the ability to use their skills in French for a variety of purposes including research in other disciplines, and a full appreciation of the intellectual challenge of learning a foreign language and its cultures. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 203 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 204-L1 10383 |
Text, Film and Media Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 08:00 am-09:00 am
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Room: OLRI 270
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is a content course that presents a study of the language, history, and culture of France and the francophone world through authentic materials including the press, the internet, television, literature and film. The themes of the course will depend on the instructor. At the end of the course students should have attained a sophisticated level of communication in French, the ability to use their skills in French for a variety of purposes including research in other disciplines, and a full appreciation of the intellectual challenge of learning a foreign language and its cultures. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 203 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 204-L4 10386 |
Text, Film and Media Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 03:30 pm-04:30 pm
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Room: HUM 404
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is a content course that presents a study of the language, history, and culture of France and the francophone world through authentic materials including the press, the internet, television, literature and film. The themes of the course will depend on the instructor. At the end of the course students should have attained a sophisticated level of communication in French, the ability to use their skills in French for a variety of purposes including research in other disciplines, and a full appreciation of the intellectual challenge of learning a foreign language and its cultures. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 203 with a grade of C- or better, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 305-01 10387 |
Advanced Expression: Communication Tools |
Days: M W F
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Time: 12:00 pm-01:00 pm
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Room: HUM 402
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Instructor: Juliette Rogers
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is an intensive training in oral expression and corrective phonetics. Materials include news broadcasts from French TV, films and articles from the French and Francophone press. Grammar patterns that enhance communication will be studied. Class sessions are supplemented by small group meetings with French assistants and small conversation groups with Francophone tutors. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FREN 204, placement test or permission of instructor.
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Internationalism
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Humanities
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FREN 305-L1 10388 |
Advanced Expression Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 09:10 am-10:10 am
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Room: OLRI 150
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is an intensive training in oral expression and corrective phonetics. Materials include news broadcasts from French TV, films and articles from the French and Francophone press. Grammar patterns that enhance communication will be studied. Class sessions are supplemented by small group meetings with French assistants and small conversation groups with Francophone tutors. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FREN 204, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 305-L1 10388 |
Advanced Expression Lab |
Days: T
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Time: 09:10 am-10:10 am
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Room: OLRI 150
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
Details
This course is an intensive training in oral expression and corrective phonetics. Materials include news broadcasts from French TV, films and articles from the French and Francophone press. Grammar patterns that enhance communication will be studied. Class sessions are supplemented by small group meetings with French assistants and small conversation groups with Francophone tutors. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FREN 204, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 305-L2 10389 |
Advanced Expression Lab |
Days: R
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Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm
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Room: OLRI 270
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Instructor: Erica Petersen
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*First day attendance required*
Details
This course is an intensive training in oral expression and corrective phonetics. Materials include news broadcasts from French TV, films and articles from the French and Francophone press. Grammar patterns that enhance communication will be studied. Class sessions are supplemented by small group meetings with French assistants and small conversation groups with Francophone tutors. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FREN 204, placement test or permission of instructor.
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FREN 306-01 10390 |
Introduction to Literary Analysis |
Days: M W F
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Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm
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Room: HUM 404
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Instructor: El Hadji Diop
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*First day attendance required*
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This course is designed to develop the necessary skills for interpreting literature and for writing effectively in French. Students learn to do close reading and analysis of a variety of literary works and to compose critical essays. The course also includes a study of selected grammatical patterns and stylistic techniques. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. Prerequisite(s): FREN 204 or placement test or permission of instructor.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Internationalism
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Humanities
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FREN 321-01 10884 |
Introduction to French Cinema |
Days: M W F
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Time: 12:00 pm-01:00 pm
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Room: HUM 212
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Instructor: Andrew Billing
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*First day attendance required*
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This course offers an introduction to French cinema through a selection of films by a diverse range of directors and that may include examples from the early experimentation of Louis Feuillade, the Lumière brothers, and Alice Guy-Blaché and Georges Méliès through the classic period of Renoir, Cocteau, Buñuel, and Jacqueline Audry; the 1960s French Nouvelle Vague including Godard, Truffaut, Agnès Varda; Resnais and Marguerite Duras; and contemporary cinema from directors including Beineix and Jeunet though to Audiard, Haneke, Claire Denis, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Céline Sciamma. Our objective will be to analyze the specificity of French cinema as a distinctive art, as well as the way in which French filmmakers have used film both as spectacle and entertainment, and as a vehicle to represent and critique various practices, institutions, and power relations in French society, whether in the domains of politics, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, or immigration. We will read some introductory film theory, pay attention to both the formal and thematic dimensions of the works we study, and develop skills in scene analysis and interpretation. The course is taught in seminar format. Taught in French - Prerequisite: French 204.
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FREN 371-01 10899 |
French Intellectuals in/And the World |
Days: M W F
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Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am
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Room: HUM 402
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Instructor: Joëlle Vitiello
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This seminar presents an overview of French and Francophone intellectuals who have engaged with issues of social justice, gender, race, class, language, ethics, solidarity work, science and religion across time from the Middle Ages to the present. The course revolves around a period, an intellectual, an issue and how that issue resonates today. The course is about establishing connections between different spaces and times, including colonial and postcolonial periods. Notions of civic engagement and commitment vary and the course engages with with thinkers from all corners of the francophone world, from Christine de Pisan to Boubacar Boris Diop. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): Any 300-level course
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Humanities
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FREN 371-01 10899 |
French Intellectuals in/And the World |
Days: M W F
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Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am
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Room: HUM 402
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Instructor: Joëlle Vitiello
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This seminar presents an overview of French and Francophone intellectuals who have engaged with issues of social justice, gender, race, class, language, ethics, solidarity work, science and religion across time from the Middle Ages to the present. The course revolves around a period, an intellectual, an issue and how that issue resonates today. The course is about establishing connections between different spaces and times, including colonial and postcolonial periods. Notions of civic engagement and commitment vary and the course engages with with thinkers from all corners of the francophone world, from Christine de Pisan to Boubacar Boris Diop. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): Any 300-level course
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Humanities
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FREN 394-01 10391 |
World Language Methodology |
Days: M W F
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Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm
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Room: HUM 314
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Instructor: Claude Cassagne
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*First day attendance required; cross-listed with EDUC 394-01, GERM 394-01 and RUSS 394-01; 20 students total for the class w/a max of 5 students allowed for each cross-listed department.*
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This course presents an overview of world language pedagogical methods and provides a forum for discussion on current trends and thinking in second language acquisition. Students who are curious about teaching a world language are given opportunities to observe educators at various levels in the Twin Cities as well as teach mini-lessons at Macalester College. Course taught in English and open to world language students having attained an intermediate level in the target language.
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Humanities
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