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FLL – French and Francophone Studies Specialization

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Advanced Courses for Spring 2025

Check a list of Advanced Courses in French and Francophone Studies for Spring 2025

To learn more about the FLL – FFS Specialization, please contact the Undergraduate Coordinator:

Dr. Theresa A. Antes
212 Dauer Hall
(352) 273-3767
antes@ufl.edu

Required Preparatory Courses (not included in the 33 hours for the major)

  • FRE 1130 Beginning French 1 (5 credits)
  • FRE 1131 Beginning French 2 (5 credits)
  • FRE 2220 Intermediate French 1 (4 credits)
  • FRE 2221 Intermediate French 2 (4 credits) 

REQUIRED COURSES FOR THE MAJOR

I. ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (6 credits):

  • FRE 3300 Grammar and Composition (3 credits)
  • FRE 3320 Composition and Stylistics (3 credits)

II. ADVANCED ELECTIVE COURSES FOR THE MAJOR (18 credits distributed as follows):

Culture: 3 credits from the following

  • FRE 3500 France through the Ages (3 credits)
  • FRE 3502 Francophone Cultures (3 credits)
  • FRE 3564 Contemporary French Culture (3 credits)

Literature: 3 credits from the following

  • FRW 3100 Introduction to French Literature 1 (3 credits)
  • FRW 3101 Introduction to French Literature 2 (3 credits)

Linguistics: 3 credits from the following

  • FRE 4780 Introduction to French Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits)
  • FRE 4822 Sociolinguistics of French (3 credits)
  • FRE 4850 Introduction to the Structure of French (3 credits)
  • FRE 4501 French in the Americas (3 credits)

Required class 3 credits (offered in spring only):

  • FRW 4932 Senior Seminar in French Literature

6 credits from the following:

  • FRE 4411 French for Proficiency (2 credits)
  • FRE 4420 Writing in French (3 credits)
  • FRE 4501 French Language in the Americas (3 credits)
  • FRE 4780 Introduction to French Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits)
  • FRE 4822 Sociolinguistics of French (3 credits)
  • FRE 4850 Introduction to Structure of French (3 credits)
  • FRE 4905 Individual Work (3 credit max.)
  • FRE 4906 Honors Thesis (1-3 credits)
  • FRE 4930 Revolving Topics in French (3 credits)
  • FRT 4523 European Identities, European Cinemas (4 credits)
  • FRW 4212 Readings in 17th Century French Prose (3 credits)
  • FRW 4273 Readings in 18th Century French Literature (3 credits)
  • FRW 4281 Readings in 20th Century French Novel (3 credits)
  • FRW 4310 17th Century French Drama (3 credits)
  • FRW 4324 Readings in the 20th Century French Theatre (3 credits)
  • FRW 4350 Modern French Poetry from Baudelaire to the Present (3 credits)
  • FRW 4532 Survey of French Romantic Literature (3 credits)
  • FRW 4552 Introduction to Realism and Naturalism (3 credits)
  • FRW 4762 Readings in the Francophone Literatures and Cultures (3 credits)
  • FRW 4770 African and Caribbean Literatures (3 credits)
  • FRW 4822 Introduction to French Critical Theory (3 credits)
  • FRW 4931 Concepts of French Cinema (4 credits) 

III. CRITICAL CONCENTRATION (9 credits from ONE of the following concentrations):

  1. Intensive Area Studies: French and Francophone Studies (Recommended for those planning to pursue careers requiring advanced level skills in French or graduate work in French & Francophone Studies).  *Although courses may appear in more than one group they may be counted toward only one group.   
FRE 3070 Accelerated Intro French (5 credits)

FRE 3224 Applied French (1-5 credits)

FRE 3410 French Conversation & Interaction (3 credits)

FRE 3440 Commercial French (3 credits)

FRE 3442 Cont. French Commerce (3 credits)

FRE 3500 France through the Ages (3 credits)

FRE 3502 Francophone Cultures (3 credits)

FRE 3564 Cont. French Culture (3 credits)

FRE 3780L Corrective Phonetics (3 credits)

FRE 4411 French for Proficiency (2 credits)

FRE 4420 Writing in French (3 credits)

FRE 4501 French Lang. in Americas (3 credits)

FRE 4780 Intro. to French Phonetics & Phonology (3 credits)

FRE 4822 Sociolinguistics of French

FRE 4850 Intro. Structure French (3 credits)

FRE 4930 Revolving Topics in French (1-5 credits)

FRT 3004 Monuments & Masterpieces of France (3 credits)

FRT 3520 French Cinema

 FRT 3561 Women in French Lit./Cinema (3-4 credits)

FRT 4523 Euro. Identities, Euro. Cinemas (4 credits)

FRW 3100 Intro. to French Lit. 1 (3 credits)

FRW 3101 Intro. to French Lit. 2 (3 credits)

FRW 3282 Modern French Prose of Provencal Inspiration (3 credits)

FRW 3930 Rotating Topics in French & Francophone Lit. (3 credits)

FRW 4212 Readings 17th c. French Prose (3 credits)

FRW 4273 Readings 18th c. Literature (3 credits)

FRW 4281 Readings 20th c. French Novel (3 credits)

FRW 4310 17th c. French Drama (3 credits)

FRW 4324 Readings 20th c. Theatre (3 credits)

FRW 4350 Modern French Poetry: Baudelaire to Present (3 credits)

FRW 4931 Concepts of French Cinema (4 credits)

FRW 4532 Survey of French Romantic Literature (3 credits)

FRW 4552 Intro. to Realism & Naturalism (3 credits)

FRW 4762 Readings Francophone Lit. & Cultures (3 credits)

FRW 4770 African & Caribbean Literatures (3 credits)

FRW 4822 Intro. to French Critical Theory
  1. Comparative Cultural Studies
ABT 3500 Arabic Culture (3 credits)

ARA 3510 The Arab Woman (3 credits)

CHT 3500 Chinese Culture (3 credits)

CHT 3513 Taoism & Chinese Culture (3 credits)

CZT 3564 Modern Czech Culture & Society (3 credits)

FRT 3004 Monuments & Masterpieces of France (3 credits)

FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema (3-4 credits)

GET 3003 German Culture & Civilization 1 (3 credits)

GET 3004 Modern German Culture & Civilization (3 credits)

HAI 3930 Haitian Culture & Society (3 credits)

HAT 3503 Haitian Culture & Literature (3 credits)

HAT 3564 Haitian Culture & Society (3 credits)

ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy (3 credits)

ITT 3700 Italian Perspectives on Holocaust (3 credits)

 ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian (3 credits)

JPT 3500 Japanese Culture (3 credits)

JPT 4502 Japanese Folklore (3 credits)

PLT 3504 19th c. Polish Culture & Society (3 credits)

PLT 3564 Modern Polish Culture & Society (3 credits)

RUT 3500 Russian Cultural Heritage (3 credits)

RUT 3501 Cont. Russian Culture & Society (3 credits)

RUT 3503 Violence & Terror in Russian Experience (3 credits)

RUT 3504 Russia Today (3 credits)

RUT 3530 Russia’s Struggle with Nature (3 credits)

RUT 3600 20th Century through Slavic Eyes (3 credits)

VTT 3500 Vietnamese Culture (3 credits)

YOT 3500 Yoruba Diaspora in New World (3 credits)
  1. Film and Visual Culture
CHI 4930 Special Topics in Chinese (3 credits)

CHT 3391 Chinese Film and Media (4 credits)

CZT 3520 Modern Czech Cinema (4 credits)

FRT 3520 French Cinema (4 credits)

FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema (3-4 credits)

FRT 4523 Euro Identities, Euro Cinema (4 credits)

GET 3520 Early German Cinema (4 credits)

GET 3580 War in Lit/Visual Media (3 credits)

GET 3581 Lit and Arts of the Holocaust (3 credits)

GET 4291 Women and German Cinema (4 credits)

 GET 4293 New German Cinema (4 credits)

GET 4930 Variable Topics in German (3 credits)

HBR 4930 Special Topics (3 credits)

ITT 3521 Italian Cinema (4 credits)

ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy (3 credits)

ITT 3541 Italian Mafia Movies (3 credits)

ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian (3 credits)

JPN 4930 Special Topics in Japanese (3 credits)

JPT 3391 Intro to Japanese Film (4 credits)

PLT 3520 Polish Cinema (4 credits)

SSA 4930 Special Topics: African Film (3 credits)
  1. Literary Studies
ABT 3130 Arabic Literary Heritage (3 credits)

CHI 4930 Special Topics in Chinese (3 credits)

CHT 3110 Chinese Literary Heritage (3 credits)

CHT 3123 Pre-modern Chinese Fiction (3 credits)

CHT 3124 Modern Chinese Fiction (3 credits)

CHT 4111 Dream of the Red Chamber (3 credits)

CHT 4122 Religious Dimensions of Late Imperial Chinese Literature (3 credits)

CHT 4603 Journey to the West (3 credits)

FRT 3004 Monuments & Masterpieces of France   (3 credits)

FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema (3-4 credits)

GET 3200 Literature of Knighthood (3 credits)

GET 3501 History, Literature, Arts of Berlin (3 credits)

GET 3580 War in Lit/Visual Media (3 credits)

GET 3581 Lit and Arts of the Holocaust (3 credits)

GET 4930 Variable Topics in German (3 credits)

HAT 3503 Haitian Culture & Lit. in Translation (3 credits)

HBR 4930 Special Topics in Hebrew (3 credits)

HBT 3223 Identity/Dissent in Hebrew Short Story (3 credits)

HBT 3233 Israeli History & Cont. Novel (3 credits)

HBT 3562 Jews & Arabs in Mod. Hebrew Fiction (3 credits)

HBT 3563 Women in Mod. Hebrew Fiction (3 credits)

HBT 3564 Motherhood Mod. Hebrew Lit. (3 credits)

ITT 3431 Italy & Pilgrimages (3 credits)

ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy (3 credits)

 ITT 3700 Italian Perspectives Holocaust (3 credits)

ITT 3930 Special Topics Italian (3 credits)

JPT 3100 Tales of Kyoto (3 credits)

JPT 3120 Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation (3 credits)

JPT 3121 Contemporary Japanese Lit.: Postwar to Postmodern (3 credits)

JPT 3140 Modern Women Writers (3 credits)

JPT 3150 Classical Japanese Poetry (3 credits)

JPT 3300 Samurai War Tales (3 credits)

JPT 4130 Tale of Genji (3 credits)

JPT 4502 Japanese Folklore (3 credits)

PLT 3930 Special Topics in Polish (3 credits)

RUT 3101 Russian Masterpieces (3 credits)

RUT 3441 Tolstoy & Dostoevsky (3 credits)

RUT 3442 Themes from Russian Lit. (3 credits)

RUT 3452 20th c. Russian Literature (3 credits)

RUT 3503 Violence & Terror in Russian (3 credits)

RUT 3514 Russian Fairy Tales (3 credits)

RUT 3530 Russia’s Struggle with Nature (3 credits)

RUT 3600 20th c. Slavic Eyes (3 credits)

RUT 3930 Variable Topics Russian (3 credits)

RUT 4440 Pushkin & Gogol (3 credits)

RUT 4450 Russian Modernism (3 credits)

SST 4502 African Oral Literatures (3 credits)

SSW 3303 Swahili Oral Literatures (3 credits)

SSW 4713 African Women Writers (3 credits)

YOR 4502 Yoruba Oral Literatures (3 credits)
  1. Medieval and Early Modern Studies
CHT 4122 Religious Dimensions of Late Imperial China (3 credits)

GET 3200 Literature of Knighthood (3 credits)

ITT 3431 Italy and Pilgrimages (3 credits)

JPT 3300 Samurai War Tales (3 credits)

MEM 3003 Intro to Medieval World (3 credits)

MEM 3300 Castles and Cloisters (3 credits)

 MEM 3301 Palaces and Cities (3 credits)

MEM 3730 Studies in Holy Roman Empire (3 credits)

MEM 3805 Research Methods in Medieval & Early Modern (3 credits)

MEM 3931 Topics Medieval & Early Modern (3 credits)