WFU IN DIJON

Courses

The following courses are offered as part of the curriculum and are taught in French either by the resident director or native French professors.  All courses count toward the major or minor in French, including the course in art.  All classes are conducted in French.

 

REQUIRED COURSES

 

FRH 3152: Studies in French Language and Culture (Taught by the Resident Director) [6 credits]

The “program course” includes a classroom component plus group excursions (late August through early October) as well as program activities throughout the fall, including group outings, activities, and participation in French family life through the homestay.  As an integral part of this course, we will make a number of excursions around France beginning in late August and continuing through September.  Destinations will include Burgundy, Provence, Normandy, the châteaux of the Loire Valley, and Paris.  During these visits to museums and monuments of historical, artistic and architectural interest, the events you’ve been reading about in books will seem to come alive before your eyes. Satisfies French 315 requirement for major or minor.

 

FRH 3202: Advanced Oral and Written French (Taught by professors of the Centre International d'Etudes Françaises [CIEF]) [3 credits]

Early October – early December

Study of grammar, composition, pronunciation, and phonetics, with extensive practice in oral and written French.

 

FRH 3242: Contemporary France (Professor Brigitte Sabard) [3 credits]

Late September – early December

A study of present-day France, including aspects of geography and consideration of social, political, and educational factors in French life today.

 

 

ELECTIVE COURSES

Course offerings may vary from year to year.

 

ART 2712: French Art (Professor Sebastiano Tomarchio) [3 credits]

Late September –early December

Lectures and field trips in French painting, sculpture, and architecture, concentrating on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Fulfills the Wake Forest fine arts divisional requirement.

 

FRH 3402: Independent Study [1.5-3 credits]

One of several fields, scholar's journal and research paper. Supervised 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 des Sciences Humaines.

 

Fall 2008 Independent Study:

Écouter et regarder à Dijon (FRH 3402) (Professor Stephen Murphy)

[3 credits]

Late September – early December

This course aims to take advantage of the many cultural opportunities in Dijon during the fall semester.  With the help of the teacher, students will choose from a “menu” of concerts, films, operas, plays, museums, literary events, etc.  Before each event, they will study background material to enrich their understanding; afterwards, they will write a descriptive and critical account of their experience.  What each student does in this course will be a function of his or her background and interests, and includes the possibility of individual projects.

 

FRH 3742: Special Topics in French Literature [1.5 credits]

Selected topics in French literature; topics vary.

 

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