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Placement in French language courses: The placement of students in French language, literature, and civilization courses is explained under “Placement Examinations” in the Academic Policies section of this bulletin.

Fulfillment of the Morse Academic Plan (MAP) language requirement: The language requirement in French may be fulfilled either by an intensive sequence of two 6-point courses (FREN-UA 10 and FREN-UA 20) for a total of 12 points, or by an extensive sequence of four 4-point courses (FREN-UA 1, FREN-UA 2, FREN-UA 11, and FREN-UA 12) for a total of 16 points. With departmental approval, a student may follow a plan of study combining two 4-point courses with one 6-point course (FREN-UA 1, FREN-UA 2, FREN-UA 20, or FREN-UA 10, FREN-UA 11, FREN-UA 12) for a total of 14 points. All students planning to continue their study of French beyond the MAP requirement are strongly advised to follow the intensive sequence since this permits completion of the intermediate level in two semesters.

INTRODUCTORY LANGUAGE COURSES

INTENSIVE SEQUENCE

Intensive Intermediate French
FREN-UA 20 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 10 or FREN-UA 1, 2. Open to students who have completed the equivalent of a year’s elementary level and to others on assignment by placement test. Completes the equivalent of a year’s intermediate level in one semester. Offered every semester. 6 points.

EXTENSIVE SEQUENCE

Elementary French I
FREN-UA 1 Open to students with no previous training in French and to others on assignment by placement test. Not equivalent to FREN-UA 10. Only by combining FREN-UA 1 with FREN-UA 2 can a student complete the equivalent of FREN-UA 10 and then continue on to the intermediate level. Offered every semester. 4 points.

Elementary French II
FREN-UA 2 Continuation of FREN-UA 1. In order to continue on to the intermediate level, a student must complete both FREN-UA 1 and FREN-UA 2. This sequence is equivalent to FREN-UA 10. Offered every semester. 4 points.

Intermediate French I
FREN-UA 11 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 1, 2 or FREN-UA 10. Open to students who have completed the equivalent of a year’s elementary level and to others on assignment by placement test. Not equivalent to FREN-UA 20. Only by combining FREN-UA 11 with FREN-UA 12 can a student complete the equivalent of FREN-UA 20 and then continue on to the post-intermediate level. Offered every semester. 4 points.

Intermediate French II
FREN-UA 12 Continuation of FREN-UA 11. In order to fulfill the MAP requirement and continue on to the post-intermediate level, a student must complete both FREN-UA 11 and FREN-UA 12. This sequence is equivalent to FREN-UA 20. Offered every semester. 4 points.

LANGUAGE COURSE WITH SPECIAL PREREQUISITES

Conversation and Composition
FREN-UA 30 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 11, 12 or FREN-UA 20. Open to students who have completed the equivalent of a year’s intermediate level and to others who have passed the proficiency examination but who wish to review their French in order to take advanced courses in language, literature, and civilization. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Systematizes and reinforces the language skills presented in earlier-level courses through an intensive review of grammar, written exercises, an introduction to composition, lexical enrichment, and spoken skills.

ADVANCED LANGUAGE COURSES (ELECTIVES)

Spoken Contemporary French
FREN-UA 101 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 30, assignment by placement test, or approval of the department. Assumes a mastery of the fundamental structures of French. May be taken concurrently with FREN-UA 105. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Helps the student to develop vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and learn new idiomatic expressions. Introduction to corrective phonetics and emphasis on understanding contemporary French through a study of such authentic documents as radio and television interviews, advertisements, and spontaneous oral productions.

Phonetics
FREN-UA 103 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 12, FREN-UA 20, or permission of the instructor. Offered at least once a year. 4 points.
Provides advanced French language students with the opportunity to improve their pronunciation through a detailed analysis of the sound systems of both French and English.

Written Contemporary French
FREN-UA 105 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 30, assignment by placement test, or approval of the department. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Designed to improve the student’s written French and to provide advanced training in French and comparative grammar. Students are trained to express themselves in a variety of writing situations (for example, diaries, transcriptions, narrations, letters). Focuses on the distinction between spoken and written styles and the problem of contrastive grammar. Emphasis on accuracy and fluency of usage in the written language.

Translation
FREN-UA 107 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 105. Offered in the fall. 4 points.
Practice of translation through French and English texts taken from a variety of sources to present a range of contrasting grammatical and stylistic problems. Also stresses acquisition of vocabulary.

Advanced Techniques of Translation
FREN-UA 108 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 107. Offered every year. 4 points.
Course in translation method based on an intensive practice of translating. Every week is devoted to a different genre of writing (poetry, prose, journalism, subtitling, etc.) or a different set of issues related to translating (cultural, grammatical and sentential, phonic/graphic and prosodic, language variety, etc.).

Acting French
FREN-UA 109 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 30 or permission of the department. Offered in the spring. 4 points.
Use of dramatic situations and readings to help students overcome inhibitions in their oral use of language. The graduated series of exercises and activities is designed to improve pronunciation, intonation, expression, and body language and includes phonetic practice, poetry recitation, skits, improvisation, and memorization of dramatic texts. Reading, discussion, and performance of scenes from plays by renowned dramatists. Extensive use of audio and video material.

Business French
FREN-UA 110 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 30 or permission of the department. Offered in the spring. 4 points.
Designed for students who wish to learn the specialized language used in French business. Emphasis on oral and written communication and the acquisition of a business and commercial vocabulary dealing with the varied activities of a commercial firm (for example, advertising, transportation, banking). Stresses group work in simulated business situations and exposure to authentic spoken materials.

CORE COURSES (TAUGHT IN FRENCH)

Readings in French Literature I: From the Middle Ages to the French Revolution
FREN-UA 120 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 105 or permission of the department. Offered in the fall. 4 points.
Introduction to central works in medieval and early modern French literature. By analyzing plays, chronicles, poems, and novels, students explore the role and status of literature within the era’s larger intellectual, political, and social framework. Critical study of key themes, genres, and styles; focuses on analytical writing and literary analysis. Authors studied may include Marie de France, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne, Corneille, Diderot, and Voltaire.

Readings in French Literature II: From 1800 to the Present
FREN-UA 121 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 105 or permission of the department. Offered in the spring. 4 points.
Introduction to central works in modern French literature. By analyzing plays, chronicles, poems, and novels, students explore the role and status of literature within the era’s larger intellectual, political, and social framework. Critical study of key themes, genres, and styles; focuses on analytical writing and literary analysis. Follows but does not require completion of Readings in French Literature I. Authors studied may include Colette, André Malraux, Céline, Simone de Beauvoir, Kateb Yacine, Georges Perec, and Marguerite Yourcenar.

Approaches to Francophone Literature
FREN-UA 145 Prerequisite: FREN-UA 105 or permission of the department. Offered every year. 4 points.
Examines literature from a network of French-speaking countries that form a Francophone space. Addresses the colonial past as well as the anticolonial and postcolonial situations in which French colonialism is replaced by more complex relationships and ideologies. Special attention is paid to language and the role of the writer in elaborating a postcolonial national identity. Writers studied may include Edouard Glissant and Patrick Chamoiseau of Martinique, Jacques Roumain of Haiti, Ahmadou Kourouma of the Ivory Coast, and Assia Djebar of Algeria.

French Society and Culture from the Middle Ages to 1900
FREN-UA 163 Offered in the fall. 4 points.
Retrospective and introspective view of French civilization from the early period to 1900 through the interrelation of history, literature, fine arts, music, and philosophy. Study of major historical forces, ideas, and tensions; the formation of collective identities (territorial, religious, political, and so on); France’s diversity and formative conflicts; the Republican model; France and the outer world; and the relationship between state, nation, and citizenry. Primary sources and documents such as chroniques, mémoires, journaux, revues, and correspondances.

Contemporary France
FREN-UA 164 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 864. Offered in the spring. 4 points.
An introduction to French history, politics, and social relations from 1900 to the present. Attention is paid to the successive crises that challenged France’s stature, its national identity, and its Republican model. Topics include the French political and social systems; France’s “exceptionalism” and relationships with Europe, the United States, and globalization; colonialism, immigration, and postcolonialism; and gender and class relations.

ELECTIVES IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (TAUGHT IN FRENCH)

Versailles: Life as Art in the Age of Grandeur
FREN-UA 150 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 850 and also open to French majors who read the works in the original and do their written work in French. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Fabulous Versailles, the synthesis of baroque and classical aesthetics and the cult of kingship, serves as an introduction to the study of major aspects of 17th- and 18th-century culture and French influence on European civilization. This course views the intellectual, artistic, and social complexities of the period through the works of contemporary philosophers, dramatists, artists, memorialists, and historians from Descartes to Voltaire. Films, field trips, and multimedia presentations of music and art.

Classicism
FREN-UA 462 Offered every other year. 4 points.
Studies French classical literature as one of the summits of the struggle of human beings to understand themselves and their place in the universe. Authors studied include Descartes, Pascal, Madame de Sévigné, Madame de Lafayette, La Fontaine, Molière, Corneille, Racine, La Bruyère, and La Rochefoucauld.

The 18th-Century French Novel
FREN-UA 532 Offered every other year. 4 points.
The novel comes into its own during the 18th century. It fought for recognition as a “worthy genre.” The development of the novel as an aesthetic form and the social and moral preoccupations it reveals are studied in a variety of authors, such as Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Laclos, and Sade.

French Thought from Montaigne to Sartre
FREN-UA 562 Offered every other year. 4 points.
Deals with the various currents of ideas and the transformations in values, taste, and feeling that constitute the Enlightenment in France. Pays particular attention to the personality, writings, and influence of the following authors: Montaigne, Descartes, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Sartre. Significant works by these thinkers and others are closely read and interpreted.

19th-Century French Novel and Society
FREN-UA 632 Offered every other year. 4 points.
Study of Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, and Zola as a means of identifying the individual’s changing relationship to the environment and the social, political, and intellectual contexts of his or her epoch. Problems of the 19th-century novel, narrative structure, point of view, invention, and observation.

Literature and the Arts in the Age of Surrealism
FREN-UA 722 Offered every other year. 4 points.
The historical framework of this course is the period between the two World Wars, a time in which the spirit of surrealism dominated the intellectual and artistic aspects of French culture. Studies the “surrealist revolution” through both detailed analyses of texts by Breton, Aragon, Eluard, and Desnos, and of painting and cinema. Explores the relation between theory and practice in literature and the arts.

Contemporary French Novel
FREN-UA 731 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 831. Offered every other year. 4 points.
The major French novelists of the 20th century have moved the novel away from the traditional 19th-century concept. Proust and Gide developed a first-person-singular narrative in which the reader is participant. Breton uses the novel for a surrealist exploration. With Céline and Malraux, the novel of violent action becomes a mirror of man’s situation in a chaotic time and leads to the work of Sartre and Camus, encompassing the existentialist viewpoint. Covers Beckett’s sparse, complex narratives and Robbe-Grillet’s “new” novels. Novels are studied with respect to structure, technique, themes, language, and significant passages.

French Poetry from Baudelaire to the Present
FREN-UA 741 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 841. Offered every year. 4 points.
Major trends in French poetry from the late 19th century to the present. Beginning with the precursors of contemporary poetry in France and other countries—Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, and Laforgue—innovation is studied in the 20th-century writers: Apollinaire and the New Spirit; the surrealist poets, including Aragon and Breton; Saint-John Perse; Michaux and exorcism through the word; Ponge and the world of things; and the postwar poets. Includes textual analysis, poetic theory, and relationships of the works to their literary environment.

New Novel and New Theatre
FREN-UA 763 Offered every other year. 4 points.
Reaction in the post–World War II novel against traditional 19th-century novels. The novelist no longer controls his characters but limits himself to what can be seen. Emphasis on the world of objects and the difficulty of literary creation. The novels of Robbe-Grillet, Butor, Sarraute, Duras, Simon, and Pinget. On stage, the theatre of the absurd, antirealistic, with startling techniques, downgrading of language, and a stress on action; the theme of lack of communication in the world. The theories of Artaud and the plays of Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Adamov, Vian, and others.

Existentialism and the Absurd
FREN-UA 767 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 867. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Main expressions of existential thought in Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. Attention to the French existentialists’ concern for commitment in political and social affairs of the times. Examines absurdist literature since the 1950s in the “theatre of the absurd,” in fiction, and in critical work of other contemporary French writers. Covers Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Robbe-Grillet, and Barthes; precursors of the absurd such as Kafka and Céline; and practitioners of the absurd outside of France (such as Pinter, Albee, and Barthelme).

Proust
FREN-UA 771 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 871 and also open to French majors who read the work in the original and do their written work in French. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Reading of Remembrance of Things Past. Major topics include the novel as confession, the unconscious and creation, perception and language, sexuality, decadence, the artistic climate in Europe and France from the end of the 19th century through World War I, and the hero as artist.

Beckett
FREN-UA 774 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 874. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Study of Samuel Beckett’s diverse work and the unifying element of the human condition as two complementary components—the impossibility of existence and the need to voice that impossibility. Works include Molloy, The Unnamable, Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Cascando, Not I, How It Is, Krapp’s Last Tape, and First Love.

History of French Cinema
FREN-UA 778 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 878. Offered every year. 4 points.
Surveys French cinema from 1895 to the present day. Formal issues are discussed in the context of French civilization. Students are required to regularly cross the perspectives of history and cinema studies. The following movements and schools are discussed: the Lumière brothers’ realism versus Méliès’s transformation of reality; the international avant-garde of the 1920s (impressionism, surrealism, Dadaism); poetic realism (Vigo, Carné, Renoir); the New Wave (Truffaut, Godard, Resnais); political modernism in the context of May 1968; the advent of the “Cinéma du Look”; and postmodernity (Besson, Beineix).

Theatre in the French Tradition
FREN-UA 929 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 829 and also open to French majors who read the works in the original and do their written work in French. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Study of the theatrical genre in France, including the golden age playwrights (Corneille, Racine, Molière), 18th-century irony and sentiment, and the 19th-century theatrical revolution. Topics include theories of comedy and tragedy, the development of stagecraft, and romanticism and realism. Also, the theatre as a public genre, its relationship to taste and fashion, and its sociopolitical function.

The Image of Human Experience in the French Novel
FREN-UA 932 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 832 and also open to French majors who read the works in the original and do their written work in French. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Man’s attempt to come to terms with himself and his universe has been the central impetus of all great literature. Covers the changing image of man through the centuries in the works of French writers of international repute: Voltaire in his philosophical tales; Diderot as a precursor of the modern novel; Stendhal in The Red and the Black; Flaubert in Madame Bovary; and Proust, Camus, and Beckett, all of whom have attempted to define man in relation to the major problems of his existence.

Women Writers in France
FREN-UA 935 Identical to SCA-UA 740. When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 835 and also open to French majors who read the works in the original and do their written work in French. Offered every year. 4 points.
The rich and diverse literary works by women express their individuality and their important social and cultural role in France from the 12th century to the present. Studies both the changing sociohistorical context of these writers and the common problems and themes that constitute a female tradition. Writers include Marie de France, Christine de Pisan, Marguerite de Navarre, Madame de Sévigné, Germaine de Staël, George Sand, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and Marguerite Duras.

Modern Criticism and Theory of Literature
FREN-UA 863 Prerequisite: two advanced literature courses or permission of the department. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Introduction to contemporary methods of criticism and an approach to problems in the theory of literature. Readings of a few primary authors, such as Racine, Proust, Baudelaire, and Flaubert, who have recently been the object of major critical reevaluation, along with the works of such pertinent critics as Mauron, Jakobson, Sartre, and Barthes. Emphasis is on a clear understanding of the critical methods and their theoretical implications.

Topics in French Culture
FREN-UA 965 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 865. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Courses on subjects of special interest by either a regular or visiting faculty member. For specific courses, please consult the class schedule. Recent topics include Paris in history, art, and literature; la Belle Époque; and Paris and the birth of modernism.

Topics in French Literature
FREN-UA 968 When conducted in English, numbered FREN-UA 868. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Courses on subjects of special interest by either a regular or visiting faculty member. For specific courses, please consult the class schedule. Recent topics include French 17th-century masterpieces and the theatre of the absurd.

Internship in French
FREN-UA 980, 981 Prerequisite: permission of the department. Offered every semester. 2 or 4 points per term.
Offers upper-level students the opportunity to apply their studies to the “outside world.” Working closely with a sponsor and a faculty adviser, students pursue internships in such diverse areas as international trade, banking, publishing, and law. Interested students should apply to the department early in the semester before they wish to begin their internship.

Senior Seminar
FREN-UA 991, 992 Prerequisite: permission of the department. 4 points.

Honors Senior Thesis
FREN-UA 995 Prerequisites: FREN-UA 991 or FREN-UA 992 and permission of the department. Offered in the spring. 4 points over two semesters.

Independent Study
FREN-UA 997, 998 Prerequisite: permission of the department. Offered every semester. 2 or 4 points per term.

COURSES CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH

The following courses, numbered in the FREN-UA 800s, are conducted in English. Majors may count one of these courses toward the major if they complete all the written work in French. (Permission of the director of undergraduate studies is required.) These courses may be counted toward the minor in French literature in translation and the minor in literature in translation, both of which are described in the section Literature in Translation. No knowledge of French is required.

Metaphors of Modern Theatre
FREN-UA 822 Identical to DRLIT-UA 267. Offered every year. 2 points.
A close reading of the classics of contemporary theatre, with emphasis on their use of vivid metaphors of the human condition and the theatre as metaphor and artistic process. Analyzes plays in detail, thematically and stylistically. Views each play as a highlight of nonrealistic theatre and as a brilliant example of the sensibilities of European artists and thinkers in the period beginning just after World War I (Pirandello) to World War II (Sartre) and the postwar period, the post-Hiroshima generation (Beckett).

Theatre in the French Tradition
FREN-UA 829 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 929. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Theatre in the French Tradition (FREN-UA 929), above.

Contemporary French Novel
FREN-UA 831 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 731. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Contemporary French Novel (FREN-UA 731), above.

The Image of Human Experience in the French Novel
FREN-UA 832 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 932. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see The Image of Human Experience in the French Novel (FREN-UA 932), above.

Women Writers in France
FREN-UA 835 Identical to SCA-UA 740. When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 935. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every year. 4 points.
For description, see Women Writers in France (FREN-UA 935), above.

French Poetry from Baudelaire to the Present
FREN-UA 841 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 741. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see French Poetry from Baudelaire to the Present (FREN-UA 741), above.

Versailles: Life as Art in the Age of Grandeur
FREN-UA 850 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 150. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Versailles: Life as Art in the Age of Grandeur (FREN-UA 150), above.

Contemporary France
FREN-UA 864 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 164. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Contemporary France (FREN-UA 164), above.

Topics in French Culture
FREN-UA 865 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 965. Offered every semester. 4 points.
The department offers occasional courses on subjects of special interest to either a regular or visiting faculty member. For description, see Topics in French Culture (FREN-UA 965), above.

La Belle Époque: Modes of Artistic Expression and Life
FREN-UA 866 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 166. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every year. 4 points.
Focuses on the dazzling cultural life of turn-of-the-century Paris. Explores the ascent of symbolism, postimpressionism, art nouveau, cubism, futurism, and other creative concepts. Views the social, intellectual, and artistic aspects of the period through the works of contemporary writers, dramatists, and artists such as Zola, Huysmans, Maupassant, Proust, Colette, Apollinaire, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Picasso, Debussy, Diaghilev, Sarah Bernhardt, and Gertrude Stein. Extensive use of audio and video material.

Existentialism and the Absurd
FREN-UA 867 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 767. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Existentialism and the Absurd (FREN-UA 767), above.

Topics in French Literature
FREN-UA 868 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 968. Offered every semester. 4 points.
The department offers occasional courses on subjects of special interest to either a regular or visiting faculty member. For specific courses, please consult the class schedule.

Proust
FREN-UA 871 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 771. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Proust (FREN-UA 771), above.

Beckett
FREN-UA 874 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 774. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every other year. 4 points.
For description, see Beckett (FREN-UA 774), above.

History of French Cinema
FREN-UA 878 When conducted in French, numbered FREN-UA 778. Only counts toward the major if course work is done in French (permission of the director of undergraduate studies required). Offered every year. 4 points.
For description, see History of French Cinema (FREN-UA 778), above.

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES

The Department of French sponsors the following interdisciplinary courses and, in some cases, cosponsors them with other departments. No knowledge of French is required. Courses may be counted toward the minor in French literature in translation or the minor in literature in translation, but not toward the major in French.

The Age of Romanticism
FREN-UA 501 Identical to COLIT-UA 501. Offered every other year. 4 points.
Designed to examine a specific period of European culture and history in several distinct national traditions, through a variety of methodologies. The focus is both broad and specific. The uniqueness of separate romantic manifestations (prose, poetry, theatre, music, and the plastic arts), as well as the relationships between them, constitute the core of inquiry.

Cinema and Literature
FREN-UA 883 Identical to DRLIT-UA 504. Offered by the Department of French. Conducted in English. Does not count toward the major in French but does count toward the minor in French literature in translation or the minor in literature in translation. Offered every semester. 4 points.
Exposes the student to various modes, such as expressionism, social realism, and the projection of the hero. One film is viewed per week and analyzed with reading assignments that include novels, plays, and poems. The objective is to exploit the potentiality of different media and to make vivid and intellectual the climate of Europe on which these media so often focus.

GRADUATE COURSES OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES

Courses in the Graduate School of Arts and Science are open to seniors with a 3.5 average in three 4-point courses (12 points) of advanced work in French. If these courses are offered toward the requirements for the baccalaureate degree, no advanced credit is allowed for them in the graduate school. Before registering for these courses, students must obtain the permission of the director of undergraduate studies.

A complete list of graduate courses open to qualified seniors is available in the department each semester.