Fall 2023 Graduate Courses

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 515 / RL 580-002 Emotions in Second Language Acquisition

3 credits. M 2:00-4:30

Dr. Isabelle Drewelow, Associate Professor of French and Applied Linguistics

  • Examines the connections between emotions and foreign language learning and teaching.
  • Explores research on the role of positive and negative emotions in SLA.
  • Emphasis on narrative inquiry and emotions questionnaires.

FR 531 Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

3 credits. W 3:30-6:00

Dr. Cheryl Toman, Professor of French

  • Study of prominent themes of the African experience through the eyes of Francophone storytellers, authors, and cinematographers of sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, and the African diaspora in Europe.
  • Exploration of dialectal and sociolinguistic themes.

FR 533 Contemporary Civilization: Democracy in France (3 credits)

3 credits. TR 12:30-1:45

Dr. Gina Stamm, Assistant Professor of French

  • Exploration of the political, technological, and cultural movements of post-revolutionary France from 1789 to the present through the evolution of its democratic institutions.
  • The first half of the semester will explore the history of democratic movements and institutions in France from the Revolution until the second World War; the second half of the semester will focus on issues facing contemporary France, including decolonization, the rise of the European Union, and the current migrant crisis.
  • We will seek to answer questions about how the idea and practice of democracy changes over time, such as: Who can participate? How can they participate? How do changes in democratic institutions reflect and affect social structures?

FR 547 Seduction & Vengeance: French 18th-Century Libertine Literature

3 credits. T 3:30-6:00

Dr. Jean-Luc Robin, Associate Professor of French

  • Focus on libertine literature and the epistolary novel.
  • Reading of an exquisite novella, Vivant Denon’s Point de lendemain (1777), and a “literary fortress,” Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos (1782).
  • Screening of film adaptations.

FR 580 Research in French Sociolinguistics

3 credits. T 2:00-4:30

Dr. David Tezil, Assistant Professor of French Linguistics

  • A practical introduction to sociolinguistic research, including methods of data collection and quantitative analysis.  
  • Typical topics include social variation of ne dropping, facultative liaison, sociolinguistic variation in southern French schwa, sociolinguistic variation of nous vs. on in French immersion.