Introductory Courses - Course Descriptions
The following course descriptions are from current college catalogue.
I. Introductory
105a-106b. Elementary French (1)
Fundamentals of the language. Students learn to understand spoken French, to express simple ideas both orally and in writing, and to read French of average difficulty. While enhancing their communicative skills, students acquire knowledge of France and the Francophone world. The department.
Enrollment limited by class.
Open to seniors by permission of the instructor.
Not open to students who have previously studied French.
Three 50-minute class periods, 2 hours of drill and oral practice.
183a. Fashion and Modernity (1)
In this Freshman Seminar we consider the intersection of fashion and modernity in France in a historical and cultural context from the end of the Old Regime to the early twentieth century. While the term fashion often implies surface, frivolity, and deception, in this course we analyze fashion in relation to some of the most important themes of modernity—social mobility, colonialism, industrialization, consumerism, and mass culture, for example—and place the discourses of fashion in a social context. By reading literature in conjunction with a study of historical documents and objects, fashion plates and other illustrations, and classic works of fashion theory, we explore how fashion can be used as a crucial prism through which to understand French culture. The course is taught in English. All works are read in translation. Ms. Hiner.
Open only to Freshmen.
Satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.