38 courses with the subject FREN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Beginning language skills. Practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; elementary grammar; and introduction to French & Francophone civilizations. Prerequisite: no more than two years of secondary school French or permission of the instructor.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Continuation of language skills. Practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; grammar; readings in literature and civilization. Prerequisite: FREN 101 or one year of secondary school French.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1A review of basic grammar emphasizing all four language skills and culture. Prerequisite: FREN 102 or equivalent (three years of secondary school French).
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Continuing review of basic grammar emphasizing all four language skills and culture. Prerequisite: FREN 103 or equivalent (more than four years of secondary school French).
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:2; RepeatableConcentration on development of speaking skill. Conducted entirely in French by native speaker. Not open to students who have studied in France or other French-speaking countries. Intended for students enrolled in 200-level courses. Prerequisite: FREN 104 or equivalent. (Cannot be applied toward the French & Francophone studies major or minor).
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:2; RepeatableConcentration on development of speaking skill. Conducted entirely in French by native speaker. Not open to students who have studied in France or other French-speaking countries. Intended for students enrolled in 200-level courses. Prerequisite: FREN 104 or equivalent. (Cannot be applied toward the French major or minor).
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Application of major linguistic functions and acquisition of skills essential for 200-level courses through a series of contextualized writing and reading assignments. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Application of major linguistic functions and acquisition of skills at the advanced intermediate level, with possible preparation for the DELF French proficiency exam. Offered only in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:1Application of major linguistic functions and acquisition of skills at the advanced level, with possible preparation for the DELF French proficiency exam. Offered only in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableIntroduction to history of French literature from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution (1789) with an emphasis on women writers and women's lived experiences and/or literary representations. Provides an introduction to literary history and methods of critical reading. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to history of French literature prior to the French Revolution (1789). Provides an introduction to literary history and methods of critical reading. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to history of French literature of the 19th century to the present and to methods of critical and literary analysis. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3This course serves as an introduction to major issues in environmental humanities through cultural productions (literature, film, and media) and political discourses from the Francophone worlds. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableStudy of the literature, language, geography, history, music, and film of a particular Francophone region (French Caribbean, Quebec, West Africa, Maghreb, etc.). Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3This course serves as an introduction to comic books and graphic novels in French from the 19th century to the present. Students will examine the socio-historical contexts in which this popular medium was born and how it has evolved thematically and stylistically into a recognized art form. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to French cinema from a cultural and historical perspective. Students will familiarize themselves with major cinematic movements and with methods of critical analysis. The course also includes discussions of the relationships between film, literature and other visual arts. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to translation. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:VariesThis course is intended to provide a foundation in intercultural communication theory with specific application to the French and American cultures. Offered only in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to contemporary France from historical, sociological, anthropological, and symbolic perspectives. The study of French attitudes, lifestyles, conceptions of society, social and political structures, and of France and French in a post-colonial context. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to French art history through different period styles, movements, and genres (visual arts, architecture and landscape design, music, dance, fashion and the luxury arts). Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:2In-depth study of the language, culture, politics, and economic climate of business in France. Preparation for further study of management and internships in France. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableIntroduction to food practices in France from historical, sociological, anthropological and symbolic perspectives. Studies conceptions of society through gastronomic discourse. Bucknell in Paris only. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1; RepeatableIndependent study in French. Subject to be selected by student in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableTopics vary but permit study of one or several subjects in French or Francophone literature, culture and civilization. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:2; RepeatableAdvanced conversation for students who have studied in France or other French-speaking countries. Conducted entirely in French by native speaker. May not be taken by native speakers of French. (Cannot be applied toward the French & Francophone studies major or minor.) Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:2; RepeatableAdvanced conversation for students who have studied in France or other French-speaking countries. Conducted entirely in French by native speaker. May not be taken by native speakers of French. (Cannot be applied toward the French & Francophone studies major or minor.) Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableExamination of the literature of the medieval and/or Renaissance periods emphasizing the analysis of themes, ideas, and styles as well as cultural and historical contexts. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableTopics vary, but examine key historical moments, as well as social-political, philosophical and cultural components of France (or areas where French is spoken in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America) from the Renaissance (16th century) through the Siècle des Lumières (18th century). Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableTopics vary, but examine through diverse cultural productions the major political, economic, social, and cultural transformations of France between Napoleon’s First Empire and l’esprit fin-de-siècle. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableTopics vary, but examine through diverse cultural productions the major events, social movements, and ideologies that have shaped 20th- and/or 21st-century France, engaging with a selection of critical issues such as war and society, gender roles and rights, environmental politics, race and ethnicity, immigration and multiculturalism. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study of themes or topics in French or Francophone literature. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study of literature, film, politics and society of diverse Francophone worlds and cultures. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3This course explores the theme of extractivism in the global economy through contemporary Francophone African literature, cinema and visual media. It examines large-scale resource extraction and its long-term social and environmental consequences, focusing on cultural representations of exploitation, ecological harm and community resistance, while critically exploring tensions between economic development, environmental justice and the future of African societies. Crosslisted as IREL 237.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study in themes, topics or periods in French and/or Francophone cinema.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study in themes, topics, or periods in French or Francophone history or civilization. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study in themes, topics, or periods of French art history. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Offered Both Fall and Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableSubject to be selected by student in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableTopics vary, but permit detailed study of any one of innumerable subjects in French or Francophone literature and civilization. Prerequisite: FREN 104.
Source: Bucknell University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
