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French Courses, Fall 2008
103 First Semester French 4cr (U)
Class Number: 47332/47338, Lec401/Lab801, MTWRF 9:00-9:50, (Alkhas)
Class Number: 47334/47340, Lec402/Lab802, MTWRF 10:00-10:50
Class Number: 47336/47342, Lec403/Lab803, MTWRF 11:00-11:50
Class Number: 49574/49576, Lec404/Lab804, MTWRF 12:00-12:50
Class Number: 50608/50610, Lec405/Lab805, MW 6:30pm-8:10pm/Lab W 5:30-6:20
Learn French in a varied and stimulating environment through communicative in-class activities to develop your speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills. The new language program, which integrates the use of technological tools (language software, videos, World Wide Web), introduces you to the cultures of the French-speaking world. For students with no previous knowledge of French. Prereq: none.
104 Second Semester French 4cr (U)
Class Number: 47344/47350, Lec401/Lab801, MTWRF 10:00-10:50
Class Number: 47346/47352, Lec402/Lab802, MTWRF 11:00-11:50
Class Number: 47348/47354, Lec403/Lab803, MTWRF 12:00-12:50
Class Number: 60038/60039, Lec404/Lab804, MTWRF 1:00-1:50
Continuation of French 103. Prereq: French 103 or placement.
110 French for Travelers 1cr (U)
Class Number: 53352, Lec001, T 6:30-8:10pm 8wks beginning 10/13 (TBA)
Have you always wanted to speak French? Learn enough French to get by in France or another French-speaking country, whether you travel for business or pleasure. This conversational course presents basic syntax, useful vocabulary, and cultural information. The course is open to students with no knowledge of French or those with only a basic foundation in the language. Prereq: none.
145 Views of France 3cr (U) Topic: Learning French Culture Through Cuisine
Class Number: 49330, Lec001, TR 4:00-5:15 (TBA)
Class Number: 50612, Lec002, TR 5:00-6:15 (TBA)
Class Number: 52114, Lec003, MW 4:00-5:15 (Verdier)
Find out how much you can learn about the people, history, and geography of France by looking at, understanding, and even tasting French cuisine. This course, taught in English, will use French Food - seen through many media - as a way of understanding the French, and seeing how they understand themselves. Satisfies GER requirement. Satisfies L&S Int'l req. Prereq: none.
203 Third Semester French 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47356, Lec001, MWF 9:00-9:50
Class Number: 47358, Lec002, MWF 10:00-10:50
Class Number: 50302, Lec003, MW 5:00-6:15pm
Class Number: 60036, Lec004, MWF 11:00-11:50pm
Continue to learn French to communicate by building on listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Refine your conversational skills, review and complete the basic grammar, and learn more about the cultures and current events of French-speaking countries. Prereq: French 104 or placement
204 Fourth Semester French 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47360, Lec001, MWF 9:00-9:50
Class Number: 50614, Lec002, MWF 11:00-11:50
Class Number: 60037, Lec003, MWF 10:00-10:50pm
Continuation of French 203; in addition, view and discuss a feature-length French film and read its screenplay. This course may be taken concurrently with French 303. Prereq: French 203 or placement.
303 Conversation and Composition: Intermediate Level 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47362, Lec001, MWF 10:00-10:50 (Farrell Whitworth)
Class Number: 59804, Lec001, TBA (TBA)
Learn how to converse and write in French about current events, French language and French and Francophone culture. Through the use of a textbook and a short French novel, as well as the Internet and D2L, we will practice speaking in small groups and with a partner. Short compositions will balance out these oral exercises. Prereq: grade C or better in French 204(P) or level 5 score on French placement exam or cons instr; may be taken conc w/French 204 w/grade B or better in French 203(P).
324 Contemporary French Language and Culture 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47366, Lec001, MW 12:30-1:45 (Farrell Whitworth)
Fine tune your French language skills and broaden your understanding of Francophone cultures through authentic, up-to-date materials. We will use the Internet and movies on DVD in place of a textbook. Listen to Web radio and television broadcasts; set up your own personalized Mon Yahoo! page to read about current events; persuade others and express yourself in fun, focused writing assignments; and expand your active vocabulary dramatically through discussions, debates, and role plays. Prereq: French 303, placement, or consent of instructor.
325 Intensive Grammar and Usage 3cr (U)
Class Number: 50804, Lec001, MWF 11:00-11:50 (Alkhas)
Learn to write and understand French better. Review and advance your knowledge of grammar. Learn to appreciate levels of style and improve your own written expression in French. Prereq: French 303 (215)(P), or consent of instructor.
332 Approaches to Poetry and Fiction 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47364, Lec001, MWF, 10:00-10:50am (Mileham)
Why do we enjoy reading poems and stories? What does the form of a poem or story tell us about its meaning? Learn the structures of French versification and narration and apply them to works by Ronsard, Baudelaire, Maupassant, and Sartre. Learn how to write and talk about literature. Prereq: French 303
(215)(P) or consent of instructor.
383 Honors Seminar 3Hcr (U)
Class Number: 59388, Sem001, TR 5:30-6:45 (Kuiper)
392 Phonetics 3cr (U)
Class Number: 47368, Lec001, TR 4:00-5:15 (Kuiper)
Work on your French accent. Learn how to make sure your mouth produces French sounds and your voice strings them into the rhythm of French speech. The International Phonetic Alphabet will help you practice the connections between spelling and sound. Oral exercises will polish your pronunciation and inflect your intonation. Prereq: French 204 and 303.
401 French for Reading Knowledge 3cr (U)
Class Number: 52570 Lec201 Online Course (Gest)
For students with little or no previous knowledge of French; especially useful to graduate students fulfilling a language requirement. Does not count toward the French major or minor. Prereq: none.
410 French Immersion: Advanced 1cr (U/G)
Class Number: 59806, Lec001, 10/10 - 10/12
Improve your French fluency dramatically after a weekend (15 hours) of conversation with native speakers in a small-group setting. You will share a meal, learn about the French-speaking world, and play language games. Prereq: French 325, 327 or consent of instructor.
415 Introduction to Translation: French to English 3cr (U/G)
Class Number: 51228, Lec001, M 4:30-7:10 p.m. (Bolduc)
Students learn the basic skills for French > English translation: how to translate texts you encounter in the "real world," document terminology, identify translation strategies and tools, research parallel texts, proofread and edit, and invoice your work. In addition, we discuss some of the history of translation and translation methodology. Course conducted in English. Prereq: jr st; grade of B or better in French 325(P); French 324(327)(P) or 332(322)(P).
426 Growing Up French 3cr (U/G)
Class Number: 59808, Lec001, TR 2:00-3:15 p.m. (Mileham)
What do French kids do every day? What stories are they told? What songs do they sing? What do they read for fun? What are they taught? We'll hear French children's songs and see films about their lives. We'll read fairy-tales, fables, and comics, as well as articles about how French parents try to raise their children. This isn't always the same as what American parents do. Prereq: jr st; two French courses numbered 320 or above or cons instr.
428 Castles, Cathedrals, and Common People: The Foundations of French Culture 3cr (U/G)
Class Number: 59979, Lec001, TR 12:30-1:45 p.m. (Verdier)
How did France become French? From Amboise to Vezelay, France is covered with thousands of chateaux, villages, cathedrals and country churches that you can visit today. Explore France virtually from its earliest civilizations to its emergence as a unified nation-state in the Renaissance, using the internet as well as print documents. Experience the contributions of various peoples (Celts, Romans, Franks, Vikings, etc.), various social groups (nobility, clergy, bourgeois and peasants), and various provinces (Bretagne, Languedoc, Provence, etc.) to French values and cultural identity. Enjoy reading medieval romances of chivalry, comic plays, passages from Rabelais, queen Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne and the testimony of eyewitnesses to dramatic events such as crusades, civil wars and celebrations. Take your reading, listening, speaking, and writing to the next level of proficiency by doing a research project you will present to the class. Prereq: jr st; French 322(P); French 325(P) or 327(P); or cons instr
465 Introduction to Translation: English to French 3cr (U/G)
Class Number: 59812, Lec001, M 4:30-7:10p.m. (Vatan)
Students learn the basic skills for English > French translation. Translation exercises will be based on texts dealing with many different topics: nature; health; sport; culture; business; international relations; politics; education; everyday life; literature; and technology. These exercises will allow you to gain experience translating a wide variety of documents, to explore the idiosyncrasies of both the English and French languages, and to address issues of comparative culture. The course will be conducted in French.
599 Tools and Techniques of Research in French 3cr (U/G)
Class Number: 59974, Lec003, TBA (Mileham)
Learn how to use the resources of the library and the internet to find out what others have discovered about France and French language and literature and learn how to present clearly and completely your own ideas and those of others. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED of all new UWM French majors, who should take this course in their junior or senior year, and should be concurrently enrolled in any one of the following content courses: 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 450, 510, 592 (or another course at 400-level or above, with the consent of the French Program Coordinator). French 599 will guide students through a Research Project which they will complete for their content course.
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