French (FREN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

FREN 1220

FREN 1210-1220 is a two-semester sequence. This is the second half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. French is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8300 FREN 1220   SEM 101

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Hoferer, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8301 FREN 1220   SEM 102

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Lorusso, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8302 FREN 1220   SEM 103

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Hu, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8303 FREN 1220   SEM 104

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ruyer, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8304 FREN 1220   SEM 105

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Epperson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8305 FREN 1220   SEM 106

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Epperson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 1230

FREN 1230 is an all-skills course designed to improve oral communication, listening comprehension, and reading ability, to establish a groundwork for correct writing, and to provide a substantial grammar ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8306 FREN 1230   SEM 101

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8307 FREN 1230   SEM 102

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8308 FREN 1230   SEM 103

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Mottet, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8309 FREN 1230   SEM 104

    • MTRF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Kellogg, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 2080

This intermediate conversation and composition French course is designed for students interested in business fields such as Hospitality, Business Management, and Marketing, those looking for an internship ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8418 FREN 2080   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Glidja, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 2090

This intermediate-level course is designed for students who want to focus on their speaking and writing skills. Emphasis is placed on strengthening of grammar skills, expansion of vocabulary and discourse ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8310 FREN 2090   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Agbessi, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8311 FREN 2090   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8312 FREN 2090   SEM 103

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Choinet, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8313 FREN 2090   SEM 104

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8314 FREN 2090   SEM 105

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Finielz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 2095

This advanced-intermediate course is highly recommended for students planning to study abroad as it aims to develop the writing and speaking skills needed to function in a French speaking university ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8315 FREN 2095   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8316 FREN 2095   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 2180

In this course, furthering oral communication skills and writing skills is emphasized. A comprehensive review of fundamental and advanced grammatical structures is integrated through a variety of topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17498 FREN 2180   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Menard, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 2310

This course, designed to follow FREN 2095, introduces students to an array of literary and visual material from the French and Francophone world. It aims to develop students' proficiency in critical writing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8400 FREN 2310   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 3210

This course is designed to teach ways of reading and understanding works created from the Romantic period to the present day, in their cultural context. A range of texts from various genres is presented, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8317 FREN 3210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 3460

The concept of intellectual - the writer or scholar who takes a political commitment - was born in France at the end of the nineteenth century. From the Dreyfus Affaire to the recent polemics on French ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8416 FREN 3460   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 3837

Is Homo sapiens the only species capable of producing visual art? Nonhuman great apes, especially, seem to be able to draw, paint, and enjoy such works. Our prehistoric ancestors are responsible for the ... view course details

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  •  6091 FREN 3837   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 3921

This course examines a range of exciting and provocative 20th- and 21st- century theoretical paradigms for thinking about literature, language and culture. These approaches provide differing, though often ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6067 FREN 3921   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 4070

Madness fascinates, mental illness frightens. They are realms of scholarship as well as objects of practical knowledge and representation for the arts and the social actors themselves. This seminar aims ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8419 FREN 4070   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Molinie, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 4080

This course is a survey of feminist thinkers from North Africa and its diaspora, featuring both French and Arabic texts in English translation. The purpose of the course is to critically explore the competing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 6080

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8439 FREN 4080   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 4200

Guided independent study of special topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  8318 FREN 4200   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    See https://as.cornell.edu/registrar/independent-study for more information on applying for Independent Study.

FREN 4240

This seminar will explore some of the most important psychoanalytic approaches to politics and collective life. from Sigmund Freud's Mass Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego to works by Le Bon, Reich, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4243, GOVT 4246

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8425 FREN 4240   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 4300

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8323 FREN 4300   RSC 701

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Year-long course. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

FREN 4846

What is the “meaning of meaning,” exactly? Are signification, significance, sense, and meaning one and the same? Is “semantics” a sub-branch of linguistics, or what GPT “does,” or a path to poetry? This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6097 FREN 4846   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 6080

This course is a survey of feminist thinkers from North Africa and its diaspora, featuring both French and Arabic texts in English translation. The purpose of the course is to critically explore the competing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 4080

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8438 FREN 6080   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 6225

This course calls into question the public use of history. The past is permanently mobilized according to the culture and the problems of the present. Over the last decades, "memory" - a general concept ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8430 FREN 6225   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FREN 6400

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8370 FREN 6400   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FREN 6846

What is the “meaning of meaning,” exactly? Are signification, significance, sense, and meaning one and the same? Is “semantics” a sub-branch of linguistics, or what GPT “does,” or a path to poetry? This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6100 FREN 6846   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person