Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
French (FREN)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some FREN courses.
FREN 101 ELEMENTARY FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE I Credits 5.00 Spring 02
Introductory French. Concentration on all four language skills. Supplemented
by work in the language laboratory. Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 KH 107 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Staff Enr: 15 Max: 20
Staff
002 FL 414 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Staff Enr: 14 Max: 20
FREN 102 ELEMENTARY FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE I Credits 5.00 Spring 02
See Fren 101. Enrollemnt is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 101 or placement exam.
002 HUM 328 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Sow, Sadibou Enr: 17 Max: 20
003 RH 302 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Leduc, Natali Enr: 12 Max: 20
004 RH 304 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Tysor, Susannah Bartholom Enr: 8 Max: 20
FREN 201 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intense oral and written grammar review; literary and cultural readings serve
as basis for class discussions and compositions. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 102 or placement exam.
001 SH 207A - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Crull, Brigitte Enr: 17 Max: 20
FREN 202 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
See Fren 201. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 201 or placement exam.
001 HZ 119 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Bailar, Melissa Enr: 12 Max: 20
002 RH 204 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Nelson, Deborah H. Enr: 14 Max: 20
FREN 213 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH FOR ENGR. & SCIENCES Credits 4.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intense oral and written grammar review; literary and cultural readings serve
as basis for class discussions and compositions. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 114, or Fren 102, or consent of instructor.
001 TBA - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Crull, Brigitte Enr: 3 Max: 20
FREN 301 ADVANCED FRENCH FOR WRITTEN & ORAL COMMU Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The objective of the course is to stimulate language production at the advanced
level through the examination of the lexical, syntactic, and stylistic
characteristics of contemporary French. The course thus relates the contents
of descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts to specific functional and
grammatical objectives. The course also features an individual or group
research component through which students will be able to practice French in an
academic field of their choice. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- FREN 202 or placement exam.
001 RH 304 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Datta, Evelyne Enr: 9 Max: 20
FREN 303 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH: MUSIC IN FRANC Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Debussy, Ravel, Satie and Faure provoked a rupture in the history of music only
comparable to the one introduced in poetry by the symbolists, and to aesthetic
revolution of the impressionistic painters. Musical evolution will be examined
in its intimate relationship with poetry and painting. Live music will be
featured in a number of special sessions held in the Shepherd School. Knowledge
of music theory is not a requirement. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- FREN 202
001 HZ 117 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Sagot, Jacques Enr: 14 Max: 20
FREN 305 FRENCH FOR THE PROFESSIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Focused on the development of language competencies (oral and written
comprehension, oral and written espression) through the use of articles and
audiovisual documents dealing with current issues in the areas of technology,
ecology, and medicine. Introduction to the business world (resume, job
interview, communication in the workplace, cross-cultural topics). Enrollment
is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 301 or 304.
001 RH 202 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Datta, Evelyne Enr: 5 Max: 20
FREN 312 INTRO TO FRENCH LITERATURE II Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Main currents in French literature from the nineteenth century to the present.
Lectures and discussions in French.
Prereq- Fren 202 or placement exam.
001 RH 205 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Wood, Philip R. Enr: 5 Max: 0
FREN 314 ADVANCED FRENCH FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIE Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Focus on technical writing and oral presentation skills such as engineering
project descriptions and summaries of reports. Office communication. Designed
to prepare students for internships in a French-speaking country.
Prereq- FREN 313
001 RH 204 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Crull, Brigitte Enr: 6 Max: 0
FREN 351 PROVINCES OF FRANCE Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explore the development of the provinces from earliest times in order to arrive
a better understanding of France as it exists today.
Prereq- FREN 301
001 RH 204 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Nelson, Deborah H. Enr: 14 Max: 0
FREN 403 SPECIAL TOPICS: PARIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Nelson, Deborah H. Enr: 1 Max: NA
FREN 430 FREE-THINKERS AND MORALISTS IN THE 17TH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Thematic approach to examining the main political, religious, philosophical,
and literary dicourses of the golden age of absolutism.
Prereq FREN 301 and 311.
001 RH 202 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Alcover, Madeleine Enr: 8 Max: 0
FREN 555 FROM NOSTALGIA TO HYSTERIA: BALZAC, STEN Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Study of 19th-century fiction through its discourses of displacement.
001 RH 202 - TH 02:00PM - 05:00PM Harter, Deborah A. Enr: 14 Max: 0
FREN 572 PROUST Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Extensive close textual readings and broad-ranging meditations on the meaning
of A la recherche du temps perdu in terms of the history of artistic modernism
and social modernity. Taught alternately in French and English.
001 RH 202 - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM Wood, Philip R. Enr: 4 Max: 0
FREN 587 20TH CENTURY NOVEL IN FRENCH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Graduate version o FREN 487.
001 RH 202 - M 01:00PM - 04:00PM Huffer, Lynne Enr: 8 Max: 0
FREN 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 02
No Descrition
001 TBA - TBA Huffer, Lynne Enr: 4 Max: NA
002 TBA - TBA Huffer, Lynne Enr: 1 Max: NA
003 TBA - TBA Aresu, Bernard Enr: 3 Max: NA
004 TBA - TBA Nelson, Deborah H. Enr: 2 Max: NA
005 TBA - TBA Wood, Philip R. Enr: 2 Max: NA
FREN 800 THESIS RESEARCH (PhD) Credits Spring 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 9 Max: NA
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