8 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 101ELEMENTARY FRENCH I3
This course is a proficiency-based course designed to provide a functional elementary foundation in the basic skills speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French as well as an integrated study of French culture. (Fall, Summer on demand)
This course is a proficiency-based course designed to review essential structures in further detail and to improve the student’s ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French. Prerequisite: FRE 102 or the equivalent. (Fall, Summer on demand)
This course is a continuation of F 201 and is a proficiency-based course designed to review essential structures in further detail and to improve the student’s ability in speaking, listening, reading and writing in French. Prerequisite: FRE 201 or the equivalent. (Spring, Summer on demand)
This course is designed to develop advanced oral comprehension skills and intermediate-to-high-level speaking proficiency in French. This course follows the 1999 ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines, using “post-intermediate lexicon building in addition to review and expansion of oral grammar elements that support conversation at the advanced level.” Prerequisite: FRE 202 or the equivalent. This class is conducted in French. (Fall)
This course is a study and practicum of French composition, with a review and expansion of supporting grammatical structure. With the focus on writing for varied audiences and tasks, students will also practice oral French and structure as needed to enhance advanced-level writing tasks. This class is conducted in French.
FRE 304INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE3
This is an introduction to the major literary periods and movements in France and the Francophone world. The course covers excerpts of texts taken from works of various authors from the major literary movements and periods in France and the Francophone world, such as medieval, renaissance, classicisme, romantisme, realisme, surrealisme, negritude, and nouvelle generation. This course will focus 242 2024-2025 Academic Catalog DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
This course introduces students to the social institutions and ways of life in the present- day French-speaking world in Africa and the Caribbean, focusing on cultural and linguistic identity as well as changing family structures, customs, and the challenges within increasingly multi-ethnic societies. Discussions are based on a variety of authentic sources: novels, internet, books, reviews, recordings, and interviews. This course is taught in English and fulfills a Cultural Diversity requirement of the WE.