2025-2026 Course List

A survey of the historical, philosophical, literary, and artistic development of France from the beginning to the present.

Systematic review of French grammar.

Study of current vocabulary, terminology, and practices used in the business world. Study of developments affecting the French business, industrial, and agricultural communities.

Study of France's position in the European Economic Community and of the development of French business law with an emphasis on the obligations and rights of business people, the classification and organization of the various types of companies, the emission of contracts, and other documents.

Practice in descriptive, narrative, and expository writing. Acquisition of vocabulary and advanced grammatical structures.

Practice in advanced conversational skills.

In-depth study of different aspects of contemporary French civilization.

In-depth study of an author, genre, movement, theme, or period.

Study of the major authors, works, and movements of two successive centuries of French literature.

Study of the major authors, works, and movements of two successive centuries of French literature.

Study of the major authors, works, and movements of two successive centuries of French literature.

Topics will vary. Study for credit must be approved by the department prior to departure.

Visits to the major churches, cathedrals, castles, monuments, museums, and neighborhoods in and around Paris.

Methods and tools of literary research.

Topics will vary.

Topics will vary. May be repeated.

Topics will vary. May be repeated.

Topics will vary. May be repeated.

Topics will vary. Study for credit must be approved by the department prior to departure.

First Year Seminar supports the development of student success skills, such as reading, writing and speaking; helps students gain intellectual confidence; builds in the expectation of academic success; and provides assistance in making the transition to the University.

An introduction to Geography and its themes of study. The course will familiarize students with where places are located in the world together with their cultural and physical features. Students will be tasked to think critically and diversely about various cultures and features of the modern world.