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(B.A.)
Supervisor of Studies: S. Mittler
Supervisor of Study Elsewhere: K. McCrindle (416-287-7163)
Studies in French allow for a wide range of interests: the enhancement of practical language skills, including translation, pronunciation and business French (A17, B08, B17, B18, B44, C09, C18); the study of how the language is structured (B45, C46, C47); the development of approaches to the teaching of French (B20, C11); and the exploration of the rich literatures and cultures of French Canada, France and other parts of the francophone world.
The following Programs are offered at University of Toronto at Scarborough: a Minor Program in French; a Minor Program for francophone students; a Minor Program in French as a Second Language; a Major in French with four streams (French Studies, International French Studies, French and Business, French and the Arts); a Joint Specialist Program in Management and Language (see: Management); and the Specialist Program: Education of Teachers in French. (The Specialist Program in French, the Major Program in French Language and Literature and the Major Program in French Language are no longer offered. Students already enrolled in one of these Programs will be able to complete it; please consult the Supervisor of Studies for further information).
French studies normally begin with FREA01H, Language Practice I, which serves to consolidate previous knowledge, and is the prerequisite for more advanced courses in all areas. FREA01H is designed primarily for students with Grade 12/OAC French or equivalent competence. Those who have significant "immersion" or "enriched" high school experience, or who have native or near-native abilities in French, should consult the faculty member responsible for FREB01H or FREC01H about the appropriate entry course(s). Students without Grade 12/OAC French or equivalent may wish to take LGGA21H, Introductory French I or LGGA22H, Introductory French II. Note that the Language Practice courses A01 and A02, B01 and B02, and C01 and C02 must be taken in sequence. Normally, an A-level FRE course should not be taken at the same time as, or after, a B-level FRE course. Please do not hesitate to consult Program Supervisors and other faculty members for further advice about course selection and Programs.
The Study Elsewhere Program offers ideal opportunities for students of French to earn academic credit while studying in another province or country. For further information about this Program and about Letters of Permission, please refer to "Study at Other Universities" in this calendar, and speak to our Supervisor of Study Elsewhere.
Students with Grade12/OAC French who took Summer Bursary Program courses prior to attending U of T, must see the Supervisor of Study Elsewhere during the first week of classes. After assessing the course, the Supervisor of Study Elsewhere will advise the student as to the appropriate level in which to register. Failure to seek advice at that time may result in a loss of credit to which the student is entitled.
Students must consult the Supervisor of Studies about possible exclusions if they are considering registering in French courses in the Faculty of Arts and Science or at UTM. Failure to do so may leave the student short a course for degree credit and thus delay graduation and increase tuition fees.
Note that two of our courses (FREB84 & FREC83) are conducted in English; readings and assignments for these courses are done in French by those who wish credit toward a French Program, and in English by those who wish general credit toward a degree.
This eight-session Program is designed and offered jointly by the Department of Humanities, University of Toronto at Scarborough, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto (OISE/UT) in order to meet the need for French teachers at all levels in the school
system. It provides a comprehensive education for those intending to continue their studies at OISE/UT as well as for anyone broadly interested in the teaching of French as a second language. Emphasizing both content and methodology, it includes academic courses in French and other subjects as well as practicum placements.
Students may apply to the Program directly from secondary school. When applying, they must indicate the special code for this UTSC Program on the Application For Admission To An Ontario University. Once the University of Toronto is notified of the application, candidates are sent information on how to download the supplementary application from our website; the supplementary application will require them to explain in French in approximately 200 words why they are interested in the ETFP.
UTSC, other U of T and transfer students may also apply to the Program after their first two sessions (or first year) of study Consideration is given to overall achievement (a GPA of at least 2.5 in at least 8 credit courses is a minimum level) as well as achievement in French courses.
To remain in the Program, students must maintain a minimum average of 2.5. Students who successfully complete the Program and who meet the admission requirements of OISE/UT will be admitted to OISE/UT.
Several bursaries are available for study in France or Quebec.
Students in this Specialist Program must complete a total of 20 full credits chosen from the two main categories below:
The Division of Management and the Department of Humanities have co-operated to develop a Program in Management and French. The Management requirement for this Program is the first five requirements for the Specialist in Management.
Language requirements consist of five full credits as follows:
The major Program in French provides a simple structure that students can readily customize to meet their needs. The Supervisor of Studies welcomes opportunities to help students tailor this flexible Program to match their strengths and goals.
Students must complete seven full credits in French, including:
Literature courses are: FREB20H, FREB35H, FREB36H, FREB37H, FREB50H, FREB51H, FREB60H, FREC38H, FREC56H, FREC61H.
Culture courses are: FREB22H, FREB27H, FREB28H, FREB84H, FREC83H.
Students may create a "classic" major in French Studies with a language and literature focus by including FREB50H and FREB51H and one and one half further credits in literature in their Program.
Those wanting a major with a business focus should include one credit from among FREC05H, FREC01H and FREC02H as well as FREB18H, FREB19H and FREC18H in their Program.
Students wanting a major with international breadth should include one credit from among FREC05H, FREC01H and FREC02H as well as one credit in French and/or French Canadian and/or francophone literature (FREB50H and FREB51H can serve this purpose) and one half-credit in each of French, French Canadian and other francophone cultures.
Those wanting a major with arts and cultures breadth should include two credits in literature and culture in addition to the courses used to fulfill requirement (3) of the major. Consult the Supervisor of Studies.
NOTE: Only courses for which the student does assignments in French can be counted towards a French Program; at the A-level, only FREA01H and FREA02H may be counted.
The Supervisor of Studies can provide students who complete a major in any of these streams (French Studies, French and Business, International French Studies, French and the Arts) with a letter explaining their Program. Such a letter could be useful when applying for a job or for admission to a post-BA Program. (Students interested in graduate studies in French however, should be aware that they will probably need further course work in French.)
NOTE:
For Co-op opportunities related to the Major Program in French please see the Calendar entry for the Humanities Co-operative Program, page 124.
Students should complete four full credits including: FREA01H, FREA02H, FREB01H and FREB02H, plus two further credits in French. At least one full credit must be at the C-level.
Students in this Program should complete at least four full credits including FREA01H, FREA02H, FREB01H, FREB02H, FREC01H, FREC02H, and one other credit in French at the B-level or higher.
LGGB23H and LGGB24H may be included if taken before FREA01H.
Students in this Program must complete at least four full credits at the B- and C-levels, excluding FREB01H, FREB02H and FREB17H. At least one full credit must be at the C-level.
The course includes grammar review (written and oral), various exercises both traditional and internet-based, and reading and discussion of texts from different francophone cultures. FrenchA10H is a prerequisite for all B-level courses.
Exclusions: Native or near-native fluency in French; (FREA10Y), FSL161Y, FSL181Y, (FSL182H)
Prerequisites: OAC French or Grade 12 French or equivalent or permission of instructor
Through oral practice based on common situations, students will learn vocabulary, syntax and grammar essential for communication. The course also involves supportive in-class written work and listening comprehension exercises. It may but does not have to accompany FREA01H and FREA02H.
Exclusions: Native or near-native proficiency; FSL161Y, FSL163H or equivalent; FREB01H, FREB02H [FREB10Y], FREB17H, FREC05H, FREC01H, FREC02H [FREC10Y], FREC18H
Prerequisite: OAC French or Grade 12 or equivalent
The course will use a wide selection of short texts dealing with a variety of topics. Grammatical and lexical problems will be examined with special attention to interference from English.
Exclusions: FREC18H, FRE480Y, FRE481Y or equivalent or native proficiency
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
Texts from fields such as literature, business, politics, technology and advertising will be translated and analyzed in terms of accuracy and lexical resourcefulness. Attention will be paid to multiple variants as well as interference from English
Limited enrolment: 40.
Exclusions: FREC18H, FRE480Y & FRE481Y or equivalent or native proficiency
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
It involves a series of seminars as well as preparation for observations in local schools throughout the duration of the course.
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
Controlled situational work, discussion groups and a variety of exercises designed to improve lexical and syntactical resourcefulness will provide an opportunity for a reasonable degree of confidence when speaking about everyday life and contemporary topics. FREB17H can also be taken under Study Elsewhere.
Exclusion: (FSL283H)
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent
Of interest, among others, to students in French, Business, Accounting, Management, Economics and Journalism, this course emphasizes commercial writing techniques and exercises that include the vocabulary and structures of business language primarily as found in the Canadian francophone community.
Exclusion: FSL366H
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
This course is of interest to students in French, Journalism, New media, Political Science and Business, and all who wish to improve their skills in preparation for entry into the media area of the job market.
Exclusion: FSL262Y
Prerequisites: FREA02H or equivalent or permission of instructor
The course examines different texts in terms of target age, pictorial illustrations, didactic bent, socio-cultural dimensions etc., focusing on, among other things, fairy tales urban and otherwise, cartoons, detective stories, adventure tales, and art, science and history books.
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
Factors including history, demographics, politics, language, literature, music, art and architecture, the "RÈvolution tranquille", the creative outburst of the 1960s and 1970s and issues of linguistic and cultural survival will be examined.
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
A discussion-seminar course, with various options for evaluating individual student performance. Special attention is paid to the historical, cultural and political contexts in which literature evolved in French Canada from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the RÈvolution tranquille.
Exclusions: (FREB38H), (FREB39H), FRE210Y, FRE310H
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y)
Corequisites: FREB51H or (FREB50Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
A discussion-seminar course, with various options for evaluating individual student performance. Special attention is paid to the socio-political context in which recent literature has evolved, including the effects of the RÈvolution tranquille, Feminism and Post-modernism on French Canadian literary creation.
Exclusions: (FREB38H), (FREB39H), FRE312H
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y)
Corequisites: FREB51H or (FREB50Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
We explore ways in which quite simplified linguistic tools shed light on the apparent complexity of French grammar, and examine parts of speech, grammatical features and functions, subordination, clause types, and more.
Exclusions: FRE172H
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent
The course will acquaint student with acoustic phonetics and the basic concept and features of the French phonetic system. Phonological interpretation of phonetic data (from speech samples) and prosodic features such as stress and intonation will be examined.
Exclusions: (FREB25Y), FRE272Y, FRE376H
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
Covered are topics including word formation, grammatical categories, syntactic structure of simple and complex clauses, and grammatical relations of subject, predicate and complement.
This course complements FREB43H and FREB44H.
Exclusion: FRE272Y
Prerequisite: FREB43H or permission of instructor
Using short works by authors such as Maupassant and MÈrimÈe plus examples from other media, we examine how personalities like Mesmer and Baudelaire inaugurated a new perspective on unreality.
Prerequisites: [FREB50H & FREB51H] or (FREB50Y)
Myths and folktales from Canada, the U.S., French Guyana, North and West Africa will be examined in terms of form, function, psychological dimensions and cultural interpretations of, for instance, life, death, food and individualism. Taught in English.
Prerequisites: [FREA01H & FREA02H] or (FREA10Y) for students enrolled in French programs or two A-level courses in Humanities or permission of instructor
The course will focus on acquisition of the appropriate means of expression through practice in text summary, composition, error analysis, review of
specific grammar points and discussion of recorded material, articles and films.
Exclusions: (FREC10Y), FSL316Y, FSL382Y, FSL383H or equivalent.
Prerequisites: [FREB01H & FREB02H] or (FREB10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
The class features small groups in "real-life" situations (e.g. legal cases, social work, immigration, annual business meetings). Practice in interpreting will focus on retention, accuracy of expression, lexical resourcefulness, cultural "reformatting" and speed of delivery.
Prerequisite: FREB17H or equivalent or permission of instructor
Students will have the opportunity to widen their knowledge of the vocabulary and structures particular to the language of business as well as to such fields as industrial relations, insurance, software, health care, social work and finance.
Exclusions: (FRE480Y), (FRE481Y)
Prerequisites: [FREB01H & FREB02H] or (FREB10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
Topics include grammatical patterns of sentences, how and why basic patterns are transformed, grammatical constraints on such transformations, and distinctive features that pose problems for FSL learners.
Exclusion: FRE378H
Prerequisite: FREB45H
The course will introduce students to the complex grammars of French-based Creoles. This approach will be largely synchronic, but will include some socio-historical discussion. Different regional varieties will be examined.
Prerequisites: [FREB01H & FREB02H] or (FREB10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
We examine how language use is influenced by social factors such as socio-economic status, types of situation and gender of speaker. Other topics include dialect, languages in contact, language shift, social codes and pidgin and Creole languages.
Exclusion: FRE479H
Prerequisites: [FREB01H & FREB02H] or (FREB10Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
The bases and functions of literary humour in the last several decades will be studied in works by authors both French and francophone as we consider culture's influence and how and why satire, parody and pastiche make us laugh.
Prerequisites: [FREB50H & FREB51H] or (FREB50Y) or equivalent or permission of instructor
The course examines language and culture, and the historic role of Eurocentrism and colonialism in the construction of cultural stereotypes. "Others" considered include the "noble savage", the "Oriental", the "country bumpkin" and the "foreigner".
Taught in English.
Prerequisite: Two Humanities courses or permission of instructor.
Students are advised that they must obtain consent from the supervising instructor before registering for these courses. Interested students should contact the Discipline Representative or Supervisor of Studies for guidance.
Prerequisite: One B-level course in the group FREB01-B84, except FREB17 & FREB18.
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