14 courses with the subject FRE, 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.
FRE 111ELEMENTARY FRENCH Three hours credit
A proficiency-oriented course designed to provide a functional elementary foundation in the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French along with an integrated study of French culture. No prerequisite. Elective credit only. No proficiency credit. One clock hour lab required per week. Offered Fall Semester every year.
A continuation of the proficiency-oriented elementary course. Prerequisite: French 111 or placement exam. Elective credit only. No proficiency credit. One clock hour lab required per week. Offered Spring Semester every year.
A proficiency-oriented course designed to review essential structures in further detail and to improve the student’s ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing the French lan- guage. Prerequisite: FRE 112 or placement. One clock hour lab required per week. (Speakers who demonstrate near-native oral proficiency in the target language may not enroll in any course below the 300 level.) Offered Fall Semester every year.
A continuation of the proficiency-oriented intermediate sequence. Prerequisite: FRE 211, or placement. One clock hour lab required per week. (Speakers who demonstrate near-native oral proficiency in the target language may not enroll in any course below the 300 level.) Offered Spring Semester every year.
FRE 341ADVANCED FRENCH CONVERSATION Three hours credit
A course designed to develop advanced oral comprehension skills as well as minimally intermediate-high level proficiency in spoken French through exercises, drills, conversation in class and in small groups. Prerequisite: FRE 212 or equivalent. Conducted in French.
Subtotal Specialty 36 GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS 44 The 6-hour foreign language requirement is fulfilled through the program’s major requirements. RELIGION REQUIREMENTS 18 ELECTIVES 32 TOTAL HOURS IN PROGRAM 130 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LSEA
FRE 351ASPECTS OF FRENCH LITERATURE Three hours credit
A study of selected masterpieces from the great literary movements and countennove- ments of French literature. Prerequisite: FRE 341 or placement. Conducted in French.
FRE 399HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY One-Four hours credit
An independent research project, directed by one French faculty member and supervised by the chairperson of the Language Arts Department, providing the student who qualifies under the honors guidelines the opportunity to pursue a special topic of his/her interest. The final results of this study will be submitted both orally and in written form in French. Conducted in French.
FRE 481ADVANCED STYLISTICS AND PHONETICS Three hours credit
A course designed primarily for teacher licensure candidates and for students who wish to refine competency in oral and written French through continued study of selected areas of French language and linguistics. Prerequisite: FRE 341 and FRE 342, or approval of instructor. Conducted in French.
FRE 491STUDIES IN FRENCH LITERATURE: 19TH CENTURY Three hours credit
A study of representative prose writers, such as Stendhal, Flaubert, Balzac, and Maupas- sant, as well as poets and playwrights, including Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Musset, and Hugo. Requirements include the research and writing of an analytical paper. Prerequisite: FRE 351 or approval of instructor. Conducted in French.
(May be repeated once, for maximum 6 hrs.) Subtotal Specialty 36 GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS 44 The 6-hour foreign language requirement is fulfilled through the program’s major requirements. RELIGION REQUIREMENTS 18 ELECTIVES 32 TOTAL HOURS IN PROGRAM 130