French & Francophone Studies Courses
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82-101 Elementary French I
This course is for students with no prior experience in French. Using a proficiency-oriented approach, students will develop contextually appropriate interpersonal communication skills in both written and spoken French, develop reading and listening skills through the use…
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82-102 Elementary French II
This course is designed for students who have taken first-semester French at Carnegie Mellon or learned its equivalent as determined by placement. Using a proficiency-oriented approach, students will expand contextually appropriate interpersonal communication skills in…
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82-103 Elementary French I Online
This course is designed for students with no prior experience with French and who need a more flexible approach to language learning than that offered in a standard classroom course. Beginning language learners will develop communicative competence in the four basic skills…
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82-104 Elementary French II Online
This course is designed for students who need a more flexible approach to language learning than that offered in a standard classroom course. Students will learn more useful and complex expressions and sentence structures necessary for use in everyday life. Students will…
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82-201 Intermediate French I
At the intermediate level, students will continue to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with the goal of becoming more proficient in daily and extended communication needs. In addition to an ongoing review of basic grammar, a greater variety of…
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82-202 Intermediate French II
Fulfills 'Intercultural and Global Inquiry' Gen Ed requirement!
At the intermediate level, students will continue to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with the goal of becoming more proficient in daily and extended communication needs. In addition to…
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82-203 Intermediate French I Online
This course presents an integrated approach to studying the French language and culture by zooming in and out across three Francophone cities: Point-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe, Lyon in France, and Montreal in Quebec. The course includes grammar review, literary and cultural…
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82-204 Intermediate French II Online
An integrated approach to the study of the French language and culture by means of grammar review, literary and cultural readings and analysis, and intensive practice in written and spoken French. This course explores definitions of culture and analyzes the dynamic role of…
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82-303 French & Francophone Cultures
Fulfills 'Intercultural and Global Inquiry' GenEd requirement!
Through deep cultural analyses of France and Francophone spaces, students uncover the roots of the French mentality and how this mentality oftentimes clashes with Francophone, which is to say French citizens…
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82-304 French & Francophone Sociolinguistics
Fulfills 'Intercultural and Global Inquiry' GenEd requirement!
This course examines the French language in relation to the social and cultural lives of the people who use it across the French-speaking world. To do so, students will explore the links between the French…
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82-415/416 Topics in French & Francophone Studies
This repeatable course explores target cultures through a thematic or conceptual focus. Students critically analyze authentic documents through, for example, historical, biographical, filmic, artistic, literary, musical, and theoretical perspectives, while improving and…
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82-418 Advanced Research in French & Francophone Language & Culture
This course permits in-depth, 400-level study in the following courses: 82-303, French & Francophone Culture or 82-304 French and Francophone Sociolinguistics. Students will meet with the regularly scheduled 300-level class, read additional texts, and produce research…
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82-501/502 Special Topics in French & Francophone Studies
Restricted to language majors who wish to go beyond the regular course offerings in French and Francophone Studies involving group or individual study in a subject area approved by the instructor. VIEW the Schedule of Classes for more details