Prerequisite: FR 202. Intermediate oral proficiency in French required. Designed to develop oral proficiency through intensive phonetic training, and by exposing students to advanced and superior linguistic functions. This course prepares students for the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Repeatable, may be taken two times.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study the importance of selected periods of French history. Examine the role and the art, literature and philosophy of these periods in the development of contemporary French civilization. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study the political and social systems of modern France. Learn of France's involvement in the European Community and the implications of this involvement for French politics and society.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study the differing cultures of countries and/or regions of the non-European francophone world, in particular Quebec, the French West Indies, and French speaking Africa.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study areas of the evolving French language relative to contemporary French society. Topics include commercial French, French in the popular press, familiar language and slang, and regionalism.

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study the masterpieces and literary movements of French literature. Learn to read and discuss complete works of literature in French. Acquire the skills to write research papers on course topics. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent. Study thematically related literary, historical, cultural and contemporary texts. Develop, express and critique textual interpretation and analysis in a research paper. In French and English. Repeatable, under different subtitles.