Semester in France

The department sponsors a semester in Dijon, France, the site of a wellestablished French university. Students go as a group in the fall semester, accompanied by a departmental faculty member.

No particular major is required for eligibility. However, a student (1) should be of junior standing and (2) should have taken as prerequisite French 219 or its equivalent or at least one French course beyond the intermediate level.

Students are placed in language courses according to their level of ability in French, as ascertained by a test given at Dijon. Courses are taught by native French professors. The resident director supervises academic, residential, and extracurricular affairs and has general oversight of independent study projects.

2152. Studies in French Language and Culture. (6h) Familiarization with the language and culture of France and its people. Courses in conversational and idiomatic French,

practice in writing, participation in French family life, lectures on selected topics, and excursions to points of historical and cultural significance. Satisfies French 215 require ment for major or minor.

2202. Advanced Oral and Written French. (3h) Study of grammar, composition, pronun

ciation, and phonetics, with extensive practice in oral and written French. 2232. Contemporary France. (3h) A study of presentday France, including aspects of geography and consideration of social, political, and educational factors in French life today.

2402. Independent Study. (1.53h) One of several fields; scholar’s journal and research paper. Supervision by the director of the semester in France. Work may be supplemented by lectures on the subject given at the Université de Bourgogne Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines.

2742. Special Topics in French Literature. (1.5h) Selected topics in French literature; top

ics vary from year to year. Art 2712. Studies in French Art. (3h) Lectures and field trips in French painting, sculpture, and architecture, concentrating on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Counts for the major in French studies.