Bachelor's degree

In Chicago (USA)

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    Bachelor's degree

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    Chicago (USA)

A recent grant from the French government has recognized UChicago as one of six Centres d’Excellence in French Studies in the U.S. French is one of five languages offered by the Romance Languages and Literatures department. Study of the French language offers students a pathway towards developing their linguistic competence, while also providing them a heightened knowledge of Francophone literature and culture.Students pursuing a major may, after having completed their introductory requirements, choose between two tracks:In this track an emphasis will be placed on literature and culture courses taught in French, in addition to an option to study language pedagogy.Sample courses include: Écrire en français; Expression orale et phonétique; Ancien français; Montaigne dans l’histoire littéraire; Baudelaire; Le livre antillais: culture, écriture, et politique.  This track will place an emphasis on French and Francophone culture, society, history, or arts, including up to three courses taught outside the department.Sample courses include: Jeanne d’Arc: histoire et légende; Flaubert and Marx; French Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s; Modes de raisonnement français (Paris Center Fall program).Additionally, students may minor in French and Francophone Studies.Through close departmental ties to the University of Chicago Center in Paris, UChicago French students have the opportunity to study abroad. Many majors and minors will decide to spend a quarter or academic year abroad at some point in their college careers. These periods abroad afford students valuable cultural and linguistic immersion. Additionally, the three civilization courses in the French-language European Civilization in Paris program can be used for credit in the French major or minor.

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5801 South Ellis Avenue, 60637

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Course programme

Ecrire en français
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
This must include at least one introductory-level course and at least three courses which include pre-nineteenth-century material. Courses must include a French language component.
Students writing a BA honors paper may include FREN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: French as one of their literature and culture courses.
Ecrire en français
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
 This must include at least one introductory-level course and at least three courses which include pre-nineteenth-century material. Up to three courses may be taken outside the department with approval from the French undergraduate adviser.
Students writing a BA honors paper may include FREN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: French as one of their literature and culture courses.
Ecrire en français
Expression orale et phonétique
Blinding Enlightenment (introductory-level course)
The Literary Avant-Garde
Montaigne dans l'histoire littéraire: inventions et récupérations
Beautiful Souls, Adventurers, and Rogues. The European 18th Century Novel
Ancien Francais/Old French
Baudelaire
Le Livre Antillais: Culture, Écriture, et Politique
BA Paper Preparation: French (if student wishes to qualify for honors)
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
L'écriture de l'histoire à la Renaissance
Litterature et societe: Flaubert et Marx
Jeanne d'Arc: histoire et legende. Cours introductorie
Les Revenants: histoire, fiction et société au 19e siècle
Pascal and Simone Weil
Liberalism Confronts Democracy: Tocqueville and Mill
Civilisation Européenne I (if not used to fulfill the general education civilization studies requirement)
Civilisation Europeenne-2 (if not used to fulfill the general education civilization studies requirement)
Civilisation Europeenne-3 (if not used to fulfill the general education civilization studies requirement)
Ecrire en français
French Cinema of the 1930s
A Topography of Modernity: Cinema in Paris, 1890-1925
Contemporary French Cinema
Introduction au théâtre français
Molière
Racine
Museums and Art
Before and After Beckett: Theater and Theory
Classical Film Theory
Ecrire en français
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
Corso di perfezionamento
Reading and Practice of the Short Story (or equivalent gateway course)
Students writing a BA honors paper may include ITAL 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Italian as one of their upper-level courses.
Corso di perfezionamento
Reading and Practice of the Short Story (or equivalent gateway course)
Composición y conversación avanzada I
Composición y conversación avanzada II
Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos
Discurso académico para hablantes nativos
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles clásicos
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles contemporáneos
Intro. a las lit. hispánicas: textos hispanoamericanos desde la colonia a la independencia
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: del modernismo al presente
 Students writing a BA honors paper may include SPAN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Spanish as one of their literature and culture courses.
 Students writing a BA honors paper may include CATA 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Catalan, PORT 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Portuguese, or SPAN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Spanish as one of their literature and culture courses.
Llengua, societat i cultura I
Llengua, societat i cultura II
Composição e Conversação Avançada
Curso de Aperfeiçoamento
Composición y conversación avanzada I
Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos
Composición y conversación avanzada II
Discurso académico para hablantes nativos
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles clásicos
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles contemporáneos
Intro. a las lit. hispánicas: textos hispanoamericanos desde la colonia a la independencia
Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: del modernismo al presente
Ecrire en français
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
Corso di perfezionamento
Composición y conversación avanzada I
Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos
Composición y conversación avanzada II
Discurso académico para hablantes nativos
For students studying Spanish as one of their two literatures, these courses must include three introductory Spanish literature courses (chosen from SPAN 21703 Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles clásicos, SPAN 21803 Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: textos españoles contemporáneos, SPAN 21903 Intro. a las lit. hispánicas: textos hispanoamericanos desde la colonia a la independencia, or SPAN 22003 Introducción a las literaturas hispánicas: del modernismo al presente).
Students writing a BA honors paper may include FREN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: French, ITAL 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Italian, or SPAN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Spanish as one of their literature courses.
Llengua, societat i cultura I
Llengua, societat i cultura II
Ecrire en français
Modes De Raisonnement Francais
Corso di perfezionamento
Composição e Conversação Avançada
Curso de Aperfeiçoamento
Composición y conversación avanzada I
Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos
Composición y conversación avanzada II
Discurso académico para hablantes nativos
Students who wish to combine two Iberian and/or Latin American literatures must choose the degree program in Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (see Undergraduate Programs in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies section).
Students writing a BA honors paper may include FREN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: French, ITAL 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Italian, or SPAN 29900 BA Paper Preparation: Spanish as one of their literature courses.

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