French Studies 247 - Intermed:Soc Sci

Short lectures, questions sets, discussions. We shall study representative French-speaking countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, Quebec, and world issues of current interest through readings, prepared and sight, drawn from magazines, books and international web-sites. Our work is trans-disciplinary, addressing present and past events to gain wider and deeper perspectives of world culture, and socio-economical challenges and achievements. This is a reading course. Students intending to do more advanced work in French should select 240 or 246. This course completes the CAS anf CHFA Language Requirement.