FRE 101 Elementary French. (4) F, S, SS
Intensive aural/oral drill in class and laboratory; basic grammar supplemented by simple prose readings. 4 hours lecture, 1 hour lab. Not open to students with credit in FRE 111.

FRE 102 Elementary French. (4) F, S, SS
See FRE 101. Prerequisite: FRE 101 or equivalent.

FRE 107 French for International Professions I. (8) F
Accelerated alternative to FRE 101, 102. Functional approach. Emphasis on speaking, understanding, writing, and reading for communicative competence for international professions.

FRE 111 Fundamentals of French. (4) F, S
Primarily for students with two years of high school French who need review to enter second year study. Not open to students with credit in FRE 101 or 102. 4 hours lecture, 1 hour lab.

FRE 201 Intermediate French I. (4) F, S, SS
Grammar review, with emphasis on development of skills of speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. Four hours lecture; 1 hour lab. Prerequisite: FRE 102 or 111 or equivalent. General Studies: G.

FRE 202 Intermediate French II. (4) F, S, SS
Continuation of grammar review with emphasis on development of skills in speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. 4 hours lecture, 1 hour lab. Prerequisite: FRE 201 or equivalent. General Studies: G.

FRE 205 Readings in French Literature. (3) F, S, SS
Designed to teach reading with facility and comprehension. Vocabulary building and textual analysis of literary genres are major elements. Prerequisite: FRE 202 or equivalent. General Studies: G.

FRE 207 French for International Professions II. (8) S
Continuation of FRE 107, alternative to FRE 201, 202 sequence. Expansion of communicative proficiency in specific areas of international professions. Prerequisite: FRE 107 or instructor approval. General Studies: G.

FRE 311 French Conversation. (3) F, S
Further practice in speaking French, emphasizing current usage and promoting facility in the expression of ideas. Prerequisite: 8 hours of 200-level French or equivalent. General Studies: G.

FRE 312 French Composition. (3) F, S
Further practice in writing French, emphasizing current usage and promoting facility in the expression of ideas. Prerequisite: 8 hours of 200-level French or equivalent. General Studies: G.

FRE 315 French Phonetics. (3) F
Practice and theory of French pronunciation. Emphasis is on standard French, although an overview of regional varieties is offered. Lecture and lab. Prerequisite: FRE 311 or equivalent.

FRE 319 Business Correspondence and Communication. (3) S
Organization and presentation of clear, effective business communications; vocabulary applicable to modern business usage. Prerequisite: FRE 312 or instructor approval. General Studies: G.

FRE 321 French Literature. (3) F, S
Representative masterpieces and significant movements of French literature of the middle ages through the 18th century. Prerequisite: FRE 205 or equivalent. General Studies: L2/HU, H.

FRE 322 French Literature. (3) F, S
Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisite: FRE 205 or equivalent. General Studies: L2/HU.

FRE 411 Advanced Spoken French. (3) F, S
Improvement of spoken French. Prerequisites: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 311 or equivalents. General Studies: G.

FRE 412 Advanced Written French. (3) F, S
Improvement of composition skills. Prerequisites: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 312 or equivalents. General Studies: G.

FRE 415 French Civilization I. (3) F
Political, intellectual, social, economic, and artistic development of France from its origins to the end of the 17th century. Prerequisite: 6 hours of upper-division French. General Studies: HU.

FRE 416 French Civilization II. (3) S
Political, intellectual, social, economic, and artistic development of France from the 18th century to present. Prerequisite: 6 hours of upper-division French. General Studies: HU, G.

FRE 421 Structure of French. (3) F
Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and varieties of French. Prerequisites: FRE 311 and 312 or instructor approval.

FRE 422 Applied French Linguistics. (3) S
Application of linguistic theory and second language acquisition theory to teaching of French. Prerequisite: ASB 480 or ENG 213 or FLA 400.

FRE 423 French Syntax. (3) F
The analysis of French syntactic structure by contemporary theoretical models. Prerequisite: ASB 480 or ENG 213 or FLA 400.

FRE 424 French Phonology. (3) S
Introduction to phonological theory and its application to French. Prerequisites: FRE 311 and 312 or instructor approval.

FRE 441 French Literature of the 17th Century. (3) N
From 1600 to 1660. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 321 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.

FRE 442 French Literature of the 17th Century. (3) N
From 1660 to 1700. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 321 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU, H.

FRE 445 French Literature of the 18th Century. (3) N
Contributions of the philosophers and the development of the novel and drama. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 321 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.

FRE 451 French Poetry of the 19th Century. (3) N
From Romanticism to Parnassian poetry to Symbolism. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval.

FRE 452 French Novel of the 19th Century. (3) N
From Constant, Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, and Sand to Flaubert and Zola, with emphasis on major literary movements. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.

FRE 453 Theater of the 19th Century. (3) N
From Romantic drama to the Symbolist Theater. Representative plays of Hugo, Musset, Vigny, Dumas, Becque, Rostand, Feydeau, and Mirbeau. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.

FRE 461 Preatomic Literature. (3) F
Representative authors from Proust and Malraux to Sartre from 1900 to 1945. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.

FRE 462 Postatomic Literature. (3) S
Representative authors including Camus, Duras, and Robbe-Grillet from 1945 to present. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.

FRE 471 The Literature of Francophone Africa and the Caribbean. (3) N
Selected prose, poetry, and drama of black authors from Africa and the Caribbean. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French, including FRE 322 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.

FRE 472 Franco-Canadian Civilization. (3) S
A study of the civilization of Quebec in particular through its history, language, literature, music, and customs. Prerequisite: 9 hours of 300-level French or instructor approval. Cross-listed as FRE 598.

FRE 500 Bibliography and Research Methods. (3) F
Required of all graduate students.

FRE 510 Explication de Textes. (3) N
Detailed analysis of literary texts.

FRE 515 Intellectual Currents in France, from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century. (3) N
Significant social, aesthetic, philosophic, and scientific ideas as presented by major writers of fiction and nonfiction.

FRE 516 Intellectual Currents in France, from the 19th Century to the 20th Century. (3) N
See FRE 515.

FRE 521 History of the French Language. (3) N
Principal phonological, morphological, and semantic developments of French from Latin to present, with emphasis on old and middle French. Some familiarity with Latin is recommended.

FRE 531 Medieval French Literature. (3) F
Readings in the epics, early drama, roman courtois, and other representative literary genres of the Middle Ages.

FRE 535 French Literature of the 16th Century. (3) S
Readings in French Renaissance literature with special attention to the humanist movement and to Rabelais, Montaigne, and the Pleiade.

FRE 591 Seminar. (3) N
Topics may be selected from the following:

(a)	Advanced Problems in French Literature
(b)	Balzac
(c)	Corneille, Molière, and Racine
(d)	Diderot, Voltaire, and Rousseau
(e)	Flaubert
(f)	French Existentialist Literature
(g)	French Literary Criticism
(h)	Proust
(i)	Realism and Naturalism
(j)	Romanticism
(k)	Stendhal and Zola

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