2009-2010 UNK Graduate Catalog/ FREN Courses

Offered by Department of Modern Languages
College of Fine Arts and Humanities

FREN Courses

FREN 800P - The French Drama - 3 hours: The drama in France before the 20th Century.
FREN 802P - Twentieth Century Literature - 3 hours: Writers of this century, their ideas and principal works.
FREN 803P - Contemporary French Drama - 3 hours: Modern plays and their writers along with ideas and trends in today's French theatre.
FREN 814P - Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours: Designed to take the student beyond the functional ability gained in the lower level French conversation course. Topics of discussion to be political, literary, religious, and social.
FREN 815 - Seminar in Contemporary French Thought - 3 hours: A survey of the most prominent French writers and philosophers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
FREN 816 - Seminar in Contemporary Francophone Literature - 3 hours: A study of major contemporary Francophone writers from countries other than France.
FREN 820P - The French Novel I - 3 hours: The novel and study of its development in France (1600-1850).
FREN 821P - The French Novel II - 3 hours: The study of the novel from 1850 to the present.
FREN 860P - History of the French Language - 3 hours: A study of the development of the French language since its origins and as related to linguistic changes throughout the different literary periods.
FREN 870P - Seminar in French / Francophone Studies - 3 hours: The study of literary works and cultural contexts, topic is to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. May be taken more than once.
FREN 875 - Graduate Study Abroad - 3 hours: Prereq: FREN 814P or permission of French graduate faculty
A study of the language and culture of French-speaking countries. This study will be conducted mainly in France and requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty. Offered in Summer.
FREN 876 - Graduate Study Abroad - 3 hours: Prereq: FREN 814P or permission of French graduate faculty
A study of the language and culture conducted in a French-speaking country. This study requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty. Offered in Summer.
FREN 896 - Thesis - 6 hours
FREN 899 - Independent Studies in French - 1-3 hours: Individual studies and research under the guidance of a graduate faculty member. May be taken twice for two separate studies or research in French.