AP/FR 1080 6.00
French Language and Culture (CEFR B1)
*Discontinued as of Summer 2026
This course is intended for students with grade 12 French or equivalent level and is mandatory for students majoring or minoring in French. It is designed to improve students' ability to speak, understand, read and write French. The focus is on improving listening and pronunciation skills, and on developing spontaneous expression, research skills, and the ability to explain fundamental concepts of French society.
The central objective of this course is to provide a strong foundation to successfully pursue upper-level courses in French. This entails several specific competencies: to read journalistic, scholarly and literary texts in French with the level of comprehension and attention to detail required for undergraduate study; to understand the underlying logic of French grammar in order to improve one's language ability through autonomous study outside of class; to apply this knowledge to write correctly, and to proofread one's own texts and the texts of others; to understand the oral production of Francophone speakers in a variety of registers; to speak and pronounce correctly and coherently in a register appropriate to academic discussion; to gain an elementary grounding in the cultural knowledge required to understand modern Francophone societies, including essential themes, historical figures and movements; and to become familiar with a number of methodological tools relevant to language learning specifically, and to academic study more generally. The course places roughly equal emphasis on written and oral production.
Prerequisites: AP/FR 0130 6.00 (with a minimum grade of C), or GL/FRAN 1830 3.00 (with a minimum grade of C), or GL/FRAN 1330 3.00 (with a minimum grade of C), or through language placement test
Course credit exclusions: AP/FR 1060 6.00, GL/FRAN 2805 6.00
Notes: Please note that if you have never taken a course with the Department of French Studies you must first complete a French placement test before enrolling in this course.