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Oral Communications, Cultural Diversity. Reading of contemporary texts with conversation and composition. Directed toward the development of a speaking, writing, and reading knowledge of French. Three (3) class periods and one supervised conversation each week.
Language lab.
Oral Communications, Cultural Diversity, Arts & Letters-Literature. Reading of contemporary texts with conversation and composition. Directed toward the development of a speaking, writing, and reading knowledge of French. Three (3) class periods and one supervised conversation each week.
Language lab.
This program consists of three levels of proficiency:
FR 150 for students with no prior knowledge or experience with French,
FR 250 for students who have successfully completed
FR 102 or have the equivalent knowledge or experience with French, and
FR 350 for students who have successfully completed
FR 204 or have the equivalent knowledge or experience with French. The program offers the student the opportunity to become immersed in the French language while experiencing the cultural and societal conditions of the country where the program takes place. The methods used in this program are intended to foster the acquisition of French both in and out of the classroom. The acquisition will take place through students' and teachers' active interaction with the language and daily life in the host country. Students will read, write, and speak French on a daily basis and will be required to analyze social, political, and cultural aspects of their surroundings. Through this process, students also will have the opportunity to develop new perspectives with regard to peoples of other cultures and a point of comparison upon which to base questions of human existence.
Special Topics courses include ad-hoc courses on various selected topics that are not part of the regular curriculum, however they may still fulfill certain curricular requirements. Special topics courses are offered at the discretion of each department and will be published as part of the semester course schedule - view available sections for more information. Questions about special topics classes can be directed to the instructor or department chair.
Cultural Diversity. This course facilitates cross-cultural exchange and collaboration through a comparative analysis of two case studies, those of the United States and France. The course will first provide students with basic historical backgrounds of these two case studies. We will then examine the ways in which this history informs global issues today, focusing in on both the local case studies of Montana and Le Havre, and looking outwards as to how the United States and France interact with the world more broadly. The course is conducted in English, and co-taught by professors from Carroll College and the Université du Havre in France. Enrolled students will be both from the Université du Havre and from Carroll College. Although the course is conducted entirely online, we meet regularly via remote instruction, and privilege intercultural and international exchange between the French and American students. Students are placed early on with a partner, with whom they are expected to meet on a regular basis to discuss the current course readings and lectures, and to share their distinct perspectives on the issues. Each semester will select a more specific focus for this cross-cultural exchange; examples include globalization, gastronomy, and second language learning. Offered at the discretion of the French & Francophone Studies Program. The course is conducted in English.