FREN A301 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics 3 crs. The student will acquire an extensive working vocabulary and fluency through conversation, reading, and discussion of cultural texts. French phonetics and its application to the improvement of pronunciation are also studied. FREN A315 Analysis of French Texts 3 crs. This course discusses specific techniques of intensive reading and analysis through an in-depth study of a variety of short texts in French chosen to represent various discourse styles, periods, genres, themes, and traditions from both French and Francophone cultural milieux.
Special emphasis is on training students in the commentaire or explication de texte.
I 3 crs. This course is an introduction to French civilization from Lascaux and Gallo-Roman times to the 18th century. It includes the study of the geography of the French hexagon, from the centrality of Paris to the regionalism of the provinces. Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque art and music are discussed. FREN A321 Culture and Civilization II 3 crs.