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Subject: Administered by the Department of French Studies.
Plan: Consists of 42.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, in combination with a Joint Honours Plan in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units (114.00 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.1
Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| A. Complete the following: | ||
| FREN 150 | Français intermédiaire | 6.00 |
| B. Complete the following: | ||
| FREN 219 | Communication et culture IV | 3.00 |
| FREN 230 | Analyse textuelle et étude de la langue | 3.00 |
| FREN 231 | Rédaction et style | 3.00 |
| C. Complete the following: | ||
| FREN 320 | Communication et culture V | 3.00 |
| FREN 341 | Histoire culturelle et littéraire de l'Ancien Régime | 3.00 |
| FREN 342 | Histoire culturelle et littéraire de la France moderne et contemporaine | 3.00 |
| FREN 343 | Histoire culturelle et littéraire de la francophonie et du Québec | 3.00 |
| FREN 360 | Grammaire avancée | 3.00 |
| D. Complete the following: | ||
| FREN 450 | Travaux pratiques: stylistique et traduction | 3.00 |
| 2. Option | ||
| A. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list: | 9.00 | |
FREN_Options | ||
| Electives | ||
| Elective Courses 1 | 78.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
3. Substitutions
A. Students who spend their third year on exchange at a French-speaking university may be exempt from FREN 320 based on oral examination. An alternate FREN course may be substituted with the permission of the Undergraduate Chair.
B. Francophone students or students with native proficiency in French are not permitted to take FREN 219 or FREN 320. Alternate FREN courses may be substituted with the permission of the Undergraduate Chair.
4. Notes
A. Students should note that FREN 106; FREN 107; FREN 118; FREN 225; FREN 236; FREN 237; FREN 238 and FREN 239 may not be used towards the requirements of this Plan. Students may not register for, or receive credit for, courses that are at a level lower than their current level of ability. This is particularly true of the 100-level course sequence that contain One-Way Exclusions.
B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
French Studies Course Lists
The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
FREN_Options
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the FREN Major and Joint Honours Plans | ||
| FREN 304 | Introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age | 3.00 |
| FREN 305 | Le théâtre depuis 1945 | 3.00 |
| FREN 315 | Littérature française de la Renaissance | 3.00 |
| FREN 324 | Le roman français du 20e siècle | 3.00 |
| FREN 325 | Littérature contemporaine | 3.00 |
| FREN 327 | Le Cinéma aujourd'hui: Études thématiques | 3.00 |
| FREN 329 | Corps politiques | 3.00 |
| FREN 331 | Rédaction et style II | 3.00 |
| FREN 350 | Littérature autochtones comparées en Amérique du Nord | 3.00 |
| FREN 351 | Ecrits de la Francophonie | 3.00 |
| FREN 352 | Vers de nouveaux récits pour Haïti: Une introduction aux études haïtiennes | 3.00 |
| FREN 363 | Histoire de la langue française | 3.00 |
| FREN 387 | Littérature du 17e siècle | 3.00 |
| FREN 388 | Littérature du 18e siècle | 3.00 |
| FREN 389 | Special Topics in French Language and Literature | 3.00 |
| FREN 390 | Genre et littérature | 3.00 |
| FREN 391 | Auteurs et thèmes en littérature québécoise | 3.00 |
| FREN 392 | Paris Through Literature, Painting, Cinema, and Photography | 3.00 |
| FREN 394 | Montréal interculturel: une métropole en représentation | 3.00 |
| FREN 396 | Cinéma et culture québécoise | 3.00 |
| FREN 397 | Les humanités médicales | 3.00 |
| FREN 498 | Séminaire de lecture | 6.00 |
| FREN 499 | Apprentissage et enseignement du français langue seconde | 6.00 |