Category: Courses

French 102: Second Semester French

French 102 is the continuation of French 101 and is intended for students with limited study of French (e.g., 1-2 years of high school level study). Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative skills and cultural awareness of the French-speaking world. Topics explored in the course include travel, fashion, media, and housing.

French 101: First Semester French

French 101 is intended for students with no previous study of French. Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative skills and cultural awareness of the French-speaking world. Topics explored in the course include personal identity, daily life, youth culture, and education.

French 901: Seminar-Materials and Methods of Research

French 821: Issues in Methods of Teaching French and Italian

This course is meant to be a workshop where students will be able to evaluate and develop materials and activities for language instruction. Students will be responsible for readings, discussion, development of some lesson plans and assessments. They will explain the rationale underlying their lesson plans and assessments during brief comment sessions during class. Mondays …

French 820: College Teaching of French

French 804: Interdisciplinary Western European Area Studies Seminar

taught by Pamela Potter, cross-listed in French, German, History, Political Science and Sociology. pmpotter@wisc.edu

French 793: Professional French Masters Program Internship

Professional internship abroad, in a French-speaking business or organization, in the student’s professional field. Limited to students in the Professional French Masters Program and Capstone Certificate of Professional French Studies.

French 640: La Littérature du XVIIe siècle

(continuation of French 639)

French 615: Grammaire avancée

Advanced course in French grammar and style, with a special focus on various critical and professional applications. For students in the Professional French Masters Program.

French 465: French/Francophone Film

Representative French-language films will be studied from an esthetic and a cultural perspective. Choice of themes and periods studied will vary, and may range from historical surveys to a close examination of films from a particular time or place.