Course Catalogs

French (FRE)

FRE 500  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *
Repeatable  
FRE 580  International Course  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable 2 times for 999.99 credits maximum  
FRE 590  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
FRE 600  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
FRE 605  French Culture in Age of Louis XIV  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 405  
Study of French literature, aesthetics and culture of absolutism. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking  
FRE 607  French Libertine Fictions  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 407  
Analysis of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French libertine texts and their relation to philosophy, art, religion, and society. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
FRE 609  French Culture and Revolution  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 409  
French enlightenment literature and culture considered within the context of the French Revolution. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking  
FRE 611  Moliere  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 411  
Study of the playwright's major works in light of contemporary political, social, and cultural trends. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking  
FRE 612  French Women Writers  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Cross-listed with WGS 612  
Double-numbered with FRE 412, WGS 412  
Trends in French feminine and feminist writing from the early modern period to the present. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
Shared Competencies: Critical and Creative Thinking  
FRE 617  "Impressions d'Afrique":Caribbean Gazes  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 417  
A survey of African issues through the eyes of Francophone Caribbean writers and their texts. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
FRE 619  Sembene Ousmane and the African Cinema  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 419  
A study of Sembene Ousmane's work as an introduction to the aesthetics and politics of Black African Cinema, and to issues of film history and theory. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
FRE 620  Language Training in Preparation for Research Using French  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of French.
Repeatable 4 times for 12 credits maximum  
FRE 621  Francophone African Criticism  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Double-numbered with FRE 421  
Major trends in Francophone African literary criticism. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
FRE 670  Teaching Experience  (1 Credit)  
Arts & Sciences  
Repeatable  
FRE 680  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
FRE 690  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
FRE 700  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *
Repeatable  
FRE 760  Advanced Language Usage  (3 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
Repeatable  
FRE 997  Masters Thesis  (0-6 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences  
FRE 999  Dissertation  (0-15 Credits)  
Arts & Sciences