FR 501 Reading Proficiency I
3 credits. TBA
Dr. Bruce Edmunds, Associate Professor of French
- Introduction to French grammar and vocabulary.
- Emphasis on reading and translation skills.
- Preparation of the French reading examination.
- For students in graduate programs campus-wide.
- Not for students enrolled in any French graduate program.
FR 512 Practicum in Applied Linguistics
3 credits. W 2:00-4:30
Dr. April Stevens, Assistant Professor of French
- Bridges practices with key concept and theories.
- Focus on teaching language and culture as integrated and situated practices.
- Uses pedagogical research to assess and design instructional material.
- Required for GTAs.
FR 514 / RL 514 Qualitative Methods in Applied Linguistics Research
3 credits. M 2:00-4:30
Dr. Isabelle Drewelow, Associate Professor of French and Applied Linguistics
- Exploration of principles and methods commonly used within a qualitative research framework in applied linguistics and second language studies.
- Introduction to the Institutional Review Board process.
- Focus on data collection and data analysis procedures.
FR 570 Science Fiction Contemporaine
3 credits. T 2:00-4:30
Dr. Gina Stamm, Assistant Professor of French
- Focuses on novels, short stories, and films of Science-Fiction that have gained acclaim and a wide readership in the last 20 years.
- Explores parameters of the science-fiction genre, and how have they evolved in recent times.
- Examines the scientific (transhumanism, climate, nuclear, etc.) and political (war, totalitarianism, etc.) anxieties explored in these works, and the outcomes and/or solutions proposed.
- Emphasis on the stylistic techniques or innovations used to adapt to the subject matter of the science-fiction genre.
FR 570 Graduate Seminar in Linguistics
3 credits. TR 2:00-3:15
Dr. David Tezil, Assistant Professor of French Linguistics
FR 578 Writing Immigration
3 credits. M 3:00-5:30
Dr. Cheryl Toman, Professor of French
- Focuses on writings on immigration in the context of all movement of immigrants in the French-speaking world, not just the French metropole and its immigrant neighborhoods.
- Writings cover a range of experiences and social classes, from an elite class of immigrants to clandestine immigration.
- Uses interdisciplinary critical theory as a tool for literary analysis.