This online French course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of French and aims to provide them with basic language skills to enable them to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases in everyday situations. Intended for students with no background in French or with no more than grade nine Core French or equivalent. Students will need to sign a solemn declaration to this effect at the start of the course.
Learning Hours: 144 (132 Online Activity, 12 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None. One-Way Exclusion May not be taken with or after any FREN or FRST course (exception - FREN 106/3.0 can be taken after FRST 105/3.0).
Note: This course cannot be used as credit towards any FREN Plan.
Only offered online, consult Arts and Science Online.
This online French course is designed for students with a basic knowledge of French to supplement their language skills by enabling them to engage in everyday interactions. For students with up to three years of high school Core French (grade 10 or 11) or equivalent with no immersion background. Students will need to sign a solemn declaration to this effect at the start of the course.
Learning Hours: 144 (132 Online Activity, 12 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None. One-Way Exclusion May not be taken with or after any FREN or FRST course (exception - FREN 107/3.0 can be taken after FREN 106/3.0).
Note: This course cannot be used as credit towards any FREN Plan.
Only offered online. Consult Arts and Science Online.
Cours de communication et culture, le FREN 219 est conçu pour permettre aux etudiant.e.s ayant déjà des bases en français intermédiaire de parfaire leurs connaissances linguistiques et de développer de nouvelles habiletés en expressions orale et écrite par une pratique soutenue en atelier et un travail de groupe sur de nombreux thèmes riches et variés favorisant une formidable ouverture sur le monde francophone.
For students with immersion background.
LEARNING HOURS: 114 (36L;18Lb;60P)
ONE WAY EXCLUSION: May not be taken with or after FREN 320/3.0.
This course is designed to provide students with foundational French oral and written skills to successfully navigate through a range of professional workplace environments. It will expose students to professional situations and enable them to actively engage in real life scenarios; from applying and interviewing for a position when entering the workforce, to chairing meetings and conducting routine business as an active member of a professional organization.
NOTE: This course is not intended for fluent French speakers.
NOTE: Not available for credit towards any Plan in FREN.
NOTE: Only offered online. Consult Arts and Science Online.
LEARNING HOURS: 120 (30O;90P)
PREREQUISITE: FREN 118/3.0 or FREN 150/6.0.
ONE-WAY EXCLUSION: May not be taken with or after any FREN 200 or FREN 300 level course except for FREN 219/3.0 and/or FREN 320/3.0
The methodology of literary analysis. Assignments may include textual analysis and dissertation.
LEARNING HOURS: 120 (30L;6O;84P)
PREREQUISITE: FREN 150/6.0 or FREN 100/6.0 or (FREN 101/3.0 and FREN 102/3.0) or FREN 110/6.0.
EXCLUSION(S): FREN 220/6.0; FREN 221/6.0.
A presentation of the principles of textual production in French as applied in the production of various types of texts.
LEARNING HOURS: 120(24L;12G;84P)
EQUIVALENCY: FREN 330/3.0
PREREQUISITE: FREN 150/6.0 or FREN 100/6.0 or (FREN 101/3.0 and Fren 102/3.0) or FREN 110/6.0
EXCLUSION(S): FREN 201/3.0; FREN 330/3.0
An introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth Century stressing how tensions generated between different ideas within a period determine the aesthetic, philosophical, and literary choices made by major authors.
LEARNING HOURS: 120 (36L;84P)
PREREQUISITE: FREN 150/6.0 or FREN 100/6.0 or (FREN 101/3.0 and FREN 102/3.0) or FREN 110/6.0.
EXCLUSION(S): FREN 212/6.0.
Communication et culture V est un cours axé sur la compréhension et la production orales. Les étudiant.es auront l’occasion de s’exprimer en français dans le contexte de discussions et d'exposés sur une variété de sujets d'actualité passionnants (les enjeux de genre, de classe sociale, de presse, de médias sociaux, etc.). Nous aurons recours, entre autres, à des films, des documentaires, des entretiens, des articles, des poèmes et à des extraits de romans pour enrichir notre vocabulaire, développer une perspective critique et pour capter l’essentiel de certaines controverses et problématiques.
For advanced students.
LEARNING HOURS: 114 (36L;18Lb;60P)
A detailed analysis of French grammar based on the description of language structures.
Learning Hours: 126 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 78 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite FREN 231/3.0 or FREN 330/3.0*. Equivalency FREN 250/3.0*.
A study of significant trends in the novel of 18th century France with special emphasis on historical and aesthetic changes in the relationship between fiction and its social context. Travaux pratiques include essays and tests.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite FREN 230/3.0 and FREN 241/3.0.
Montreal is a converging point for immigrants. We will explore significant texts that represent this diversity, from a migrant perspective or one of majority, and the political implications that arise in a pluralistic context, seeking to identify the model of interculturalism, and its links with notions such as hybridity adopted by migrant writers.
NOTE This course is offered in French. Students registered in FREN 394 will read texts in their French original version and write their quizzes, essay and exam in French. Those registered in FRST 294 may read texts in translation, and write their quizzes, essay and exam in English. English version of PowerPoint presentations will be available on onQ. Students registered should understand oral French at an intermediate level.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite FREN 230/3.0 and FREN 241/3.0. Exclusion FRST 294/3.0.