USC Schedule of Classes

For graduate students who wish help in meeting the French reading requirement for the Ph.D. degree. Synoptic presentation of French grammar. Emphasis on development of reading skills. Not available for degree credit. Graded CR/NC.

Introduction to current French. Oral practice, listening and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression.

Continuation of 120.

Continuation of FREN 150. Review of structural patterns of French; selected cultural and literary readings; conversation and composition.

Designed for non-majors/minors interested in maintaining and developing French language competency. Builds vocabulary, ease of communication, and cultural knowledge through discussion of contemporary topics. Graded Credit/No Credit. Not available for credit to French majors. Not open to French majors.

Introduction to French literature through the study of texts and audiovisuals organized around a central theme; develops close-reading techniques and discursive skills; reviews French grammar. Prerequisites: FREN 220 or French placement exam.

Grammatical structure and vocabulary building with practical application to written composition. Prerequisites: FREN 250.

Practice in sustained conversation. Emphasis on spoken sentence patterns. Prerequisites: FREN 250.

Critical reading of literary texts; comprehensive analysis of difficult grammatical structures and stylistics; advanced composition. Prerequisites: FREN 300.

Study of France's cultural development to the end of the Ancien Regime. Special attention to events, trends and ideas that helped shape today's France. Conducted in French. Corequisites: FREN 330.

Selected topics from literature of the French-speaking community. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 330.

Introduction to important trends in recent French philosophy, political and social theory, psychoanalysis, ethnology, semiotics, and media studies. Readings in structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, and deconstruction. Conducted in English.

(Paris Semester only) An analysis of the prestige of Paris, past and present, based upon close examination of literary texts and graphic materials, and visits to sites and monuments. Recommended preparation: FREN 300

Selected topics such as the press, educational institutions, French cinema today, and French colonial history. Conducted in French. Prerequisites: FREN 330.

Study of modernized versions of major medieval and Renaissance texts. Conducted in French. Prerequisites: FREN 330.

Texts selected from the works of Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Zola,Hugo, Musset, and Baudelaire, illustrating the century's major literary movements. Conducted in French. Prerequisites: FREN 330.

Representative novels, plays, and essays exemplifying such movements as Modernism, Surrealism, Existentialism, the Theatre of the Absurd, and Post-modernism. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 330.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Survey-like review of the interaction between verbal and other artistic media such as print, music, dance, theater, and painting and the visual arts.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptantace of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.