A gateway to more advanced courses. These colloquia develop skills in expository writing and critical thinking in French. Materials include novels, films, essays, and cultural documents. Students may receive credit for only one section of FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 16. Basis for the major. Prerequisite: FRN 220, or permission of the instructor. A study of madness and its role in the literary tradition. The imagination, its powers and limits in the individual and society. Such authors as Maupassant, Flaubert, Myriam Warner-Vieyra, J.-P. Sartre, Marguerite Duras.

A gateway to more advanced courses. These colloquia develop skills in expository writing and critical thinking in French. Materials include novels, films, essays, and cultural documents. Students may receive credit for only one section of FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 16. Basis for the major. Prerequisite: FRN 220, or permission of the instructor. An exploration of the cultural and urban development of Paris across time and in space with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.

Review of communicative skills through writing and class discussion. Materials include a movie, a comic book, a play, and a novel. Prerequisite: three or four years of high school French, FRN 102 or 120 or permission of the instructor. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

Review of communicative skills through writing and class discussion. Materials include a movie, a comic book, a play, and a novel. Prerequisite: three or four years of high school French, FRN 102 or 120 or permission of the instructor. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

Review of communicative skills through writing and class discussion. Materials include a movie, a comic book, a play, and a novel. Prerequisite: three or four years of high school French, FRN 102 or 120 or permission of the instructor. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

An intermediate language course designed for students with two or three years of high school French. Its main objective is to develop cultural awareness and the ability to speak and write in French through exposure to a variety of media (literary texts, newspaper articles, ads, clips, films, videos, etc.). Students completing the course normally enter FRN 220. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

An intermediate language course designed for students with two or three years of high school French. Its main objective is to develop cultural awareness and the ability to speak and write in French through exposure to a variety of media (literary texts, newspaper articles, ads, clips, films, videos, etc.). Students completing the course normally enter FRN 220. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

An intermediate language course designed for students with two or three years of high school French. Its main objective is to develop cultural awareness and the ability to speak and write in French through exposure to a variety of media (literary texts, newspaper articles, ads, clips, films, videos, etc.). Students completing the course normally enter FRN 220. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

An accelerated introduction to French for real beginners based on the video method French in Action. Development of the ability to communicate confidently with an emphasis on the acquisition of listening, speaking, and writing skills, as well as cultural awareness. Four class meetings per week plus required daily video and audio work. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 102 or 103. Students must complete both FRN 101 and 102 or 103 to fulfill the Latin honors distribution requirement for a foreign language. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

An accelerated introduction to French for real beginners based on the video method French in Action. Development of the ability to communicate confidently with an emphasis on the acquisition of listening, speaking, and writing skills, as well as cultural awareness. Four class meetings per week plus required daily video and audio work. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 102 or 103. Students must complete both FRN 101 and 102 or 103 to fulfill the Latin honors distribution requirement for a foreign language. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.