Course Offerings*
FREN 333 – Intermediate Composition and Grammar (3 Credit Hours)
Emphasizes writing skills. Review of major grammatical points in French.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 212* or FREN 218* or FREN 223* or placement score higher than 500.
FREN 334 – Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics (3 Credit Hours)
Emphasizes speaking skills, especially pronunciation. Further review of French grammar.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 333 or placement score higher than 500.
FREN 353 – Introduction to Literary Analysis in French (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to close reading and analysis of literary texts written in French. Works from a variety of periods and genres. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 333
FREN 400 – Consecutive and Simultaneous French-English and English-French Translation (3 Credit Hours)
Consecutive translation to and from English. Introduction to simultaneous translation to English.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 333
FREN 405 – Language and Culture of Business in the Francophone World (3 Credit Hours)
This course stresses communication and cultures in the Francophone world for students interested in an international career. Students will study global health, environmental issues, diplomacy, international sales and more. Weekly online sessions with French classmates from a similar university. Emphasis on interpersonal skills. Required of all majors with a concentration in Language and World Business in French; open to all French majors and minors.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 334
FREN 410 – Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature (3 Credit Hours)
Close reading and analysis of literary texts from the Medieval/early modern periods. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as MRST 410.)
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 415 – Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature (3 Credit Hours)
Close reading and analysis of modern and contemporary literary texts in French. Writing-emphasis course.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 420 – French Cinema (3 Credit Hours)
The French cinema from its earliest days to the present; introduction to Francophone film. Taught in English. Films in French with English subtitles. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as CNST 420.)
Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Credit toward a major or minor in French available with additional reading and writing in French to students who have completed FREN 353 or the equivalent.
FREN 421 – Phonetics (3 Credit Hours)
Foundation in the science of phonetics. Practical exercises and individual performance.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 333.
FREN 422 – Advanced Grammar (3 Credit Hours)
Improving one’s written French by studying basic and more refined structures of the French language. Writing creative free-style compositions. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 334 and FREN 353.
FREN 425 – Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to concepts and methods of modern linguistics with an emphasis on analyzing the structure of human language. Provides a strong grounding in techniques of linguistic analysis in the subfields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as GERM 425; LING 425 RUSS 425; SPAN 425.)
Recommended Background: LING 200.
FREN 426 – Topics in Linguistics Research Methods (3 Credit Hours)
(Same as GERM 426; LING 426; RUSS 426; SPAN 426.)
FREN 431 – Highlights of French Civilization (3 Credit Hours)
Survey of French civilization from the Gauls to World War II. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 432 – Contemporary French Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Current French cultural issues placed in historical perspective with a comparative emphasis. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 433 – French and Francophone Women Writers (3 Credit Hours)
Works by women writing in French from the Middle Ages to the present, considered in the context of French and Anglophone gender theory. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 440 – Capstone Experience in French (3 Credit Hours)
Synthesizing senior colloquium and tutorial in which students reflect on the raison d’être of the discipline from a multidimensional point of view. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of course work in French at the 400 level or permission of department.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
FREN 450 – Special Topics in French and Francophone Literature (3 Credit Hours)
Selected topics in French studies.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 455 – Special Topics in French and Francophone History and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Selected topics in French studies.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): FREN 353.
FREN 491 – Foreign Study (1–15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
FREN 492 – Off-Campus Study (1–15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
FREN 493 – Independent Study (1–15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
FREN 560 – French Literature and Culture III: Literary and Cultural Heritage of 18th- and 19th-Century France
Please note: Advanced undergraduates may take this course with instructor’s permission.
In this class, we will consider the key concept of the “natural” in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France. We will look at medical, scientific, literary, philosophical, and other works, including paintings and plays, that are representative of radical Enlightenment thought, the Romantic movement, and Realism. Our goal will be to understand how very differently nature and related terms such as the state of nature, human nature, “race,” gender, natural sexuality, the divine versus the natural, etc., were conceptualized over 200 years ago.
FREN 580 – Applied French Linguistics
Please note: Advanced undergraduates may take this course with instructor’s permission.
This course is designed for students with little or no previous introduction to linguistics, but with a strong background in French, who want to discover the main linguistics features of French. The course will cover various aspects of linguistics: syntax, phonology, morphology, and pragmatics of French, with an emphasis on the spoken language and social, stylistic, and geographical variation. Various theories of language and their evolution will be discussed, even though the class is not intended to lend support to any theory in particular. The course will also explore the various Francophone regions around the world. Some of the focus of the course will be devoted to the application of certain topics to the pedagogy of French, the question of the native speaker and what it means (especially with respect to SLA), and the issues of selection of language norms, as well as pedagogical norms.
*A note about upper division courses: undergraduates may take graduate courses in French with the permission of the instructor. Questions about this and other issues?
Contact Mary McAlpin (mmcalpin@utk.edu) or Anne-Hélène Miller (ahm@utk.edu).
Questions about the Language and World Business French Program? Contact Florence Abad-Turner (fabadtur@utk.edu).
