Spring 2018  |  FREN 1501 Section 001: Gateways to French and Francophone Studies: English Only (52339)

Instructor(s)
https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/wallr007" target="lookup">Christophe Wall-Romana
Class Component:
Field Work
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Closed (22 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
What are French and Francophone Studies? What can you do with a minor or major in French? This course taught in English answers these questions by letting you discover the diverse cultures of France and French-speaking countries (such as Senegal, Canada or Belgium), and the ways we study them in the humanities. You will encounter texts, visual material, films, music, and historical events from various eras and learn how to make sense of them in small groups. Faculty from the French program will come and share with you what they research and why. Alumni will tell you how studying French has benefited their professional careers We will engage in a role-playing game around the 1889 art exhibition in Paris to understand debates about art, esthetics and urbanism: do you want to be a traditional painter, Van Gogh, an art critic, a woman patron, an anarchist, or a worker on the Eiffel Tower? You can take French 1501/1502 as a freestanding class or at the same time as a language class (French 1001 - 1004 or 3015 - 3016, depending on your level). The class is required for new majors and minors in French Studies, but you can take it simply to discover the fascinating cultures of French-speaking communities worldwide!
Class Notes:
Please check out more information on this course! http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cherbuli+FREN1501+Spring2018
Class Description:
What are French and Francophone Studies? What can you do with a minor or major in French?
This course taught in English answers these questions by letting you discover the diverse cultures of France and French-speaking countries (such as Senegal, Canada or Belgium), and the ways we study them in the humanities. You will encounter texts, visual material, films, music, and historical events from various eras and learn how to make sense of them in small groups. Faculty from the French program will come and share with you what they research and why. Alumni will tell you how studying French has benefited their professional careers. We will engage in a role-playing game around the 1889 art exhibition in Paris to understand debates about art, esthetics and urbanism: do you want to be a traditional painter, Van Gogh, an art critic, a woman patron, an anarchist, or a worker on the Eiffel Tower?
You can take French 1501/1502 as a freestanding class or at the same time as a language class (French 1001 - 1004 or 3015 - 3016, depending on your level). The class is required for new majors and minors in French Studies, but you can take it simply to discover the fascinating cultures of French-speaking communities worldwide!
Prerequisites: no prereqs for 1501 (all work in English) French 1004 or LPE for 1502 (some reading/writing in French)

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14 December 2017

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