51 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Waterloo at Laval
There is an arrangement between the Department and the Université Laval, at Québec, whereby Waterloo students may study fora year ora term at Laval. Further particulars may be obtained from the Department.
First-year French Courses
Students should read the following carefully in order to enrol initially in the appropriate course. When in doubt, consult the Department.
Level 1: Courses for students who have not studied French before
An elementary course, taught in English, designed to give the student a rapid and adequate reading knowledge of French. Basic elements of French sentence structure are explained, and reading passages from diverse academic disciplines are studied. This course will not give the student training in oral French.
3h. lect., lh. lab., Prereq: Consent of department. Fall term; Summer session
A continuation and completion of the work begun in
Winter term; Summer session
Note
Successful completion of French 102* will satisfy the “reading knowledge of French’’ requirement of University of Waterloo Graduate programmes.
An elementary course designed to give the student a solid beginning in oral expression in the French language, as well as an understanding of the basics of French sentence structure.
4h. lect., 1h. lab., Prereq: Consent of Department. Fall term; Spring term; Summer Session
A continuation and completion of the work begun in
Winter term; Summer session
Note 7
Students completing French 132* with very high standing may petition the Department for admission into the General French or Honours French Degree programmes.
Level 2: Courses for students who have studied French before but have not completed high school Year 5 French
Note
Students enrolling in these courses will be required to take the French Language Placement Test administered by the Department at the beginning of the Fall term.* (see note
below)
A comprehensive approach to language study. Involves reading, writing and speaking French.
3h. lect., Lh. lab., Prereq: Fr. 132* or consent of Department. Fall term; Spring term; Summer session
A continuation and completion of the work begun in
Winter term; Summer session
Note
Students completing French 152* with high standing may petition the Department for admission into the General French or Honours French Degree programmes.
Level 3: Courses for students who normally have completed high school Year 5 French, or who have otherwise acquired an equivalent command of French.
Note 1
Students wishing to enroll in these courses will be required to take the French Language Placement Test administered by the Department at the beginning of the Fall term, t (see note in following column)
Note 2 Credit will not be awarded to any student for more than one of French 190, 191, 192 or 195*/196*.
Note 3
Successful completion of any course at this level automatically entitles the student to register in the General or Honours Degree programme in French.
Course Descriptions - 231 Classics and Romance Languages
This intensive course taught in French, has two components.
a) French language: emphasis on oral expression, comprehension, reading and writing.
b) Lectures and discussion on a representative selection of French novels and short stories.
2h, language study, 1h. lab., 2 h. lect. and disc. Prereq: Year 5 Fr., Fr. 152* or consent of Department Year course: Fall and Winter terms
A very intensive French Janguage course, taught in French. Emphasis will be placed exclusively on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills.
3h. lect., 1 h. language techniques
Prereq: Year 5 Fr., Fr. 152* or consent of Department Year course: Fall and Winter terms; Summer session
Intensive oral and aural training in the classroom as well as in the language laboratory, exercises in comprehension and conversation.
2h. lect.,2h.lab., Prereq: Year5 Fr. or equivalent, French 152*, or consent of Department. Fall term; Winter term; Spring term
Note Students with credit for the former French 105* may not enroll in this course.
A continuation and completion of work begun in
French 195*.
2h. lect., 2h. lab. Prereq: Fr. 195*, Fr. 105* or consent of Department
Fall Term; Winter term; Spring term
Note Students with credit for the former French 106* may not enroll in this cours?
+The French Language Placement Test is designed to assist the student to find the French language course level best suited to his/her needs. The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to any of its language courses on any levelto a student who has, in the Department's view, attained a level of competence either inferior to or superior to the levels of competence outlined in each course description. In order to permit proper evaluation of performance in the French Language Placement Test, the Department reserves the right to delay as necessary the commencement of classroom instruction.
Second-year French Courses.
Intensive oral and aural training in the classroom. There will be particular emphasis on comprehension and conversation, with the class being divided into small groups for practice in speaking. These groups will be streamed according to the fluency of the students.
3h. lect., 1 h. lab.
Prereq: normally one of: Fr. 152; 190, 191, 192, 106* or 196*, or consent of Department
Fall term; Winter term; Spring term
Continuation and completion of work begun in
Winter term; Spring term
Note 1 Each classroom section of this course will be limited to a maximum enrolment of 12 students.
Note 2
A student may repeat the course, on successive levels of difficulty. He/she will, however, receive a maximum of I
credit for the course regardless of the number of times it is taken.
Note 3
A student registered in the General French or Honours French Degree programmes may include this course as one of hisfher non-French electives (regardless of the number of times he/she may repeat). He/she may not count this course as one of the French courses required to complete his/her degree..
Continued training in spoken and written French, with a concentration on more difficult problems of the language. 4h. per week, including language lab.
Prereq: Fr. 190 or Fr. 106* or consent of Department Year course: Fall and Winter terms
Fall term of French 250: see note below.
Winter term of French 250: see note below.
Note
These half-courses are available only to students in the co-operative System or with the permission of the Department.
Not offered in 1976–77.
The course will deal with about seven novels, including ones by Gabrielle Roy and Gérard Bessette. The themes of the ‘troman de la fidélité’’, the ‘‘roman social’’ and the
*‘roman intérieur’’ will be studied.
Taught in French; Winter term
A presentation of traditional and contemporary Québec in the fields of the Arts, literature, music, politics and society. Taught in French; Fall term
The study of a choice of plays representative of different periods and styles. Taught in French.
Prereq: Fr. 191, 192 or consent of Department
N.B. Not open to students who have taken French 200
An introduction to French poetry through the discussion of a representative selection of works. Taught in French. Prereq: Fr 191, 192 or consent of Department
N.B. Not open to students who have taken French 200
This course traces the cultural development of France and Québec from their origins to the beginning of the Napoleonic Empire. Emphasis is given to the study of music, art, architecture, literature, ideas and *‘daily life’’ in their historical context.
3 hours in classroom; Fall term
Note
This course will be taught in English except in the Correspondence programme, where lectures are in French. It is open to Arts students in second year and higher, and to others in any year. Open to students majoring or honouring in French only with the permission of the Department.
This course completes the study of cultural development of France and French Canada to 1900. After that the course emphasizes a study of life in these two areas today. Considerable attention will be paid to popular music, art, politics, industry, etc.
Course Admission Requirement: French 29]* is recommended
3 hours in classroom; Winter term
Note See note under French 291*.
Advanced Level French Courses Language Courses
Advanced grammar and composition, including translation; oral practice and corrective phonetics. 4h., including language lab.
Prereq: Fr. 250 or consent of Department
Year course
Fall term of French 300: see note below.
Winter term of French 300: see note below.
Note
These half-courses are available only to students in the Co-operative System or with the permission of the Department.
Consult the Department for further details of this course. Prereq: Fr. 300 or Fr. 350. Fall term
Consult the Department for further details of this course. Prereq: Fr. 401* or consent of Department
Winter term
Advanced training in stylistics and in problems of translation. Admission to the course by permission of the Department only.
Fall term
Advanced training in stylistics and in problems of translation. Admission to the course by permission of the Department only.
Winter term
Literature Courses
Period Numbering System
330-339, 430-439 17th Century French Literature
340-349, 440-449 18th Century French Literature
350-359, 450-459 19th Century French Literature
360-369, 460-469 20th Century French Literature
370-379, 470-479 French Canadian Literature (This area includes also 270-279)
470-479
Course Descriptions 233 Classics and Romance Languages
Courses offered in the Literature Courses number sequences may vary from year to year, and course numbers will be adjusted accordingly. Although there are no firm Course Admission Requirements, it is recommended that the student have completed a literature course on the 200 level.
Note 1
The Department requires that students registered in the General French degree programme complete, before graduation, at least three full credits in French on the 300 or 400 levels. Of these, one half-credit must be taken in at least three of the areas listed above.*
Note 2
The Department requires that students registered in the Honours French degree programme complete, before graduation, at least six full credits in French on the 300 or 400 levels. Of these, one half-credit must be taken in at least six of the areas listed above.*
Note 3
The Department requires that students registered ina Joint Honours programme combining French with another subject complete before graduation, atleast four credits in French on the 300 or 400 levels. Of these, one half-credit must be taken in at least five of the above areas.*
*The above requirements will apply only to students completing their second year in the Winter term of 1975, or later.
A study of those major authors of the seventeenth century who, by influence or by reaction, provide the foundations of many future literary works.
Taught in French; Fall term
Not offered in 1976–77.
A study of the French novel from 1800-1850. Selected authors will include Chateaubriand, Constant, Balzac, Stendhal, Hugo and Mérimé. Taught in French.
3h. in classroom; Fall term
A study of the French novel from 1850-1900. Authors studied will include Flaubert, Maupassant, Zola and Huysmans. Taught in French
3h. per week in classroom; Winter term
A study of selected texts by authors such as Sartre, Camus, lonesco, Robbe-Grillet, Vian. Taught in French.
Fall term.
Not offered in 1976–77.
A study of a limited number of texts by authors such as Gabrielle Roy; Anne Hébert: Jacques Godbout; André Langevin; Hubert Aquin: Gérard Bessette. Taught in French
Fall term
Not offered in 1976-77.
409* Medieval French Language An introduction to the early development of French. Fall term
421* French Prose of the Renaissance Not offered in 1976-77.
Readings in sixteenth century poetry: Marot, the Pléiade, the baroque poets, etc. Taught in French
Winter term
The rise and decline of classical French tragedy from Corneille to Voltaire. Taught in French
Winter term
441* “The Philosophes’’: French Prose Writers of the Eighteenth Century
Selected texts from Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, etc. Taught in French; Fall term
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
A study of some of the most significant literary works of the period in their historical, social and intellectual setting. Taught in French.
Winter term
Not offered in 1976–77.
A study of the themes, structures and evolution of Contemporary Québec theatre. based on the principal plays of authors such as: Gratien Gélinas; Marcel Dubé; Yves Thériault; Frangois Loranger; Anne Hébert; Jacques Ferron; Jacques Langirand; Michel Tremblay. Taught in French
Winter term
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
By arrangement with the Department, an individual student or a small group of students follows a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.