Faculty of Arts and Science
Beginners' French I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
Fundamentals of spoken and written French. Use of the language laboratory.
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:For students with little or no knowledge of French. To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the French Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. Credit for French 1000 will not normally be granted to students with French 30, 30-6Y, 30-9Y, 31 or equivalent. Students may be able to take this course for credit with permission of the Department of Modern Languages if high school French courses were completed more than five years ago.
Beginners' French II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
Continuation of French 1000.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 1000 with a minimum grade of 'C-', French 10, French 20, or French 30-3Y
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the French Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes.
Intermediate Language for Immersion Graduates
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
A language course for French immersion graduates with an emphasis on written skills and grammatical concepts. Use of the language laboratory.
Prerequisite(s):One of French Language Arts 30 or Français 30
Substantially Similar:
French 2020
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:May not be taken for credit by students with French 2010 or French 2020.
Intermediate Language I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
Development of language skills; oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing. Use of the language laboratory.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 1100 with a minimum grade of 'C-', French 30, French 30-6Y, French 30-9Y, or French 31
Equivalent:French 1500 (prior to 2021/2022)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the French Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. May not be taken for credit by students with French Language Arts 30 or Français 30.
Intermediate Language II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
Further development of language skills; oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing. Use of the language laboratory.
Prerequisite(s):French 2010 with a minimum grade of 'C-'
Equivalent:French 2000 (prior to 2021/2022)
Substantially Similar:
French 2001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:May not be taken for credit by students with French Language Arts 30 or Français 30 or equivalent.
Culture and Civilization I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Aspects of French culture and civilization.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 2020, French Language Arts 30, or Français 30
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
French Immersion
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: Immersion in a francophone milieu
Academic and living experiences in a francophone milieu. Institution to be approved by the Department. For students taking part in the French Visiting Student Programme only.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 2020 or French 2001 with a minimum 'C-' grade AND
Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours)
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:It is recommended that Modern Languages Education: French majors successfully complete French 2250 before enrolling in Professional Semester I.
Introduction to Modern Literature and Literary Analysis
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Improvement of reading, writing and analytical skills in the French language. Appreciation and understanding of French literature from 1789 to the present day.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 2020, French Language Arts 30, or Français 30
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Communication ecrite et orale
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-1-0
Study of a variety of discourses in order to develop French oral and written rhetorical skills in an academic environment. Emphasis on communication strategies, methodology, and production of different genres in oral and written form.
Prerequisite(s):French 2020 or French 2001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Students who do not have French 2020 or French 2001, but have some knowledge of French at the intermediate level may be allowed to enrol after taking a required placement test. Such students may be required to complete an intermediate language course simultaneously. Please contact the French 2700 instructor for more information.
Advanced Language I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Structural and stylistic nuances of French.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 2020 or French 2001, with a minimum grade of 'C-'
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Survey of Pre-Revolutionary French Literature
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
A survey of French literature before the revolution of 1789. Study of a variety of genres and major authors.
Prerequisite(s):French 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Culture and Civilization II (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Selected periods, themes, sociopolitical, and cultural aspects of the Francophone world.
Prerequisite(s):French 2200
Recommended Background:
One of French 2001 or French 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Phonetics and Diction
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 2-1-0
The theory and practice of phonetic features of the French language. Topics may include: sounds, stress, rhythm, intonation, syllabification, liaison, acoustic analysis, phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet. English-French comparative phonetics. Use of the language laboratory.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 2020 or French 2001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Literary Genres (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Nature and development of a specific genre: novel, drama, poetry, short story, essay, biography, song, children's literature or film. Appreciation and understanding of characteristic elements of the genre. Representative works by major francophone artists.
Prerequisite(s):French 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Guided Readings in French Literature I
Credit hours: 1.50
Contact hours per week: Variable
Students will follow an established program of independent reading, comprised of French and francophone literary works representing major genres and periods.
Prerequisite(s):French 3100 with a minimum grade of 'C+'
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Students should be aware that this course involves independent work.
Guided Readings in French Literature II
Credit hours: 1.50
Contact hours per week: Variable
Students will follow an established program of independent reading, comprised of French and francophone literary works representing major genres and periods.
Prerequisite(s):French 3901
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Students should be aware that this course involves independent work.
Advanced Language II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Further study of the structural and stylistic nuances of French.
Prerequisite(s):French 3001 with a minimum grade of 'C-'
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Advanced Studies in Language (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Aspects of the French language. Topics to be covered may include composition, translation, stylistic analysis, syntactic analysis and history of the French language.
Prerequisite(s):French 3001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Seminar in Literature (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Selected and representative works of major authors or literary movements of a specific period or century.
Prerequisite(s):One of French 3100 or French 3600
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Undergraduate Thesis
Credit hours: 6.00
Contact hours per week: Variable
This is a challenging, work-intensive, research-oriented course in which students will conduct research, report orally and submit a report in the form of an Undergraduate Thesis which will be made publicly available.
Prerequisite(s):Fourth-year standing (a minimum of 90.0 credit hours) AND
A minimum GPA of 3.30 calculated on all completed University of Lethbridge courses or calculated on all University of Lethbridge and transferable courses taken within the terms containing the last 20 courses (60.0 credit hours), whichever is higher AND
A minimum GPA of 3.50 calculated on all French courses completed AND
French 3001 AND
At least one French course (3.0 credit hours) at the 3000 or 4000 level in a field relevant to the thesis
Note:Contact hours will vary. Students should be aware that this course involves regular contact with the Thesis Supervisor as well as considerable independent work.