FR 502 Geography
Geog 195
Geog 322 Geog 341 Geog 342 Geog 352 Geog 411
French (FR)
55 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Waterloo at Laval
There is an arrangement between the Department and the Université Laval, at Québec, whereby Waterloo students may study for a year or a 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.
FR 151 Basic French
Listed without a description.
FR 152 Basic French Fri9a French Language, or French 151/152 if
Listed without a description.
FR 191 French Language
Listed without a description.
FR 192 French Language
Listed without a description.
FR 205 Spoken French
Listed without a description.
FR 101 Reading FrenchF 3C,1Lb 0.5
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.
Note This course is intended for students who have never had French before. - Prereq: Consent of Department.
FR 102 Reading FrenchW 3C,1L 0.5
A continuation and completion of the work begun in French 101.
Prereq: Fr101 or consent of Department.
Note 1 —
There is no follow-up to Fr 102. Students wishing a basic French course leading to further courses should see Fr151 below.
Note 2
Successful completion of Fr 102 will satisfy the “‘reading knowledge of French” requirement of University of Waterloo Graduate programmes.
Level 1: Courses for Students Who 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)
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
FR 151 Basic FrenchF,S 3C,1L 0.5
An elementary French language course designed to give a comprehensive approach to French language study to the student who does not have the equivalent of High School Year 5 French. Involves reading, writing and speaking French. Successful completion of Fr151 qualifies a student to take Fr 152.
Note
Students will be placed into sections appropriate to their ability and background in French. Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
FR 152 Basic FrenchW 3C,iL 0.5
A continuation of the work done in Fr151. Successful completion of Fr152 qualifies a student to take Fr191, Fr 192 or Fr 195.
Prereq: Fr 151 or consent of Department.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
Note
Students completing Fr152 with high standing may petition the Department for admission into the General French or Honours French Degree programmes.
Level 2: 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.** (see note in following column)
Note 2 Credit wil! not be awarded to any student for more than one of Fr191, 192, 192A/192B 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.
FR 191 French Language and LiteratureY 4C, 1b 1.0
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. 2 hours language study, Thour lab., 2 hours lecture.
Prereq: Year 5 French, Fr 152 or consent of Department. Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
FR 192 French LanquageY 4C,ib 1.0
A very intensive French language course, taught in French. Emphasis will be placed exclusively on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills.
Prereq: Year 5 French, Fr 152 or consent of Department.
Fri92A F 4C,1L 5 French Language
Fall term of Fr 192.
see note below
FR 192B French LanguageW 4C,iL 0.5
Winter term of Fr 192.
see note below
Note
These half-courses are available only to students in the co-operative System or with the permission of the Department.
FR 195 Oral French for Co-operative StudentsFLW 2C,2L 5
Intensive oral and aural training in the classroom as weil as in the language laboratory, exercises in comprehension and conversation.
Prereq. Year 5 French or equivalent, Fr 152, or consent of Department.
FR 196 Oral French for Co-operative StudentsF,W,S 2C,2L 0.5
A continuation and completion of work begun in French 195.
Prereq: Fr195 or consent of Department. .
Note Successful completion of this course does notqualify the student for admission to Fr 250.
**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 level to 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.
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Course Descriptions 259 Classics and Romance Languages
Second-Year French Courses Language
FR 205 Spoken FrenchF,W 3C,1L 0.5
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. Prereq: normally one of: Fr 152, 191, 192, 192B, 196, or consent of Department.
FR 206 Spoken FrenchW,S 3C,1L 0.5
Continuation and completion of work begun in French 205. .
Prereq: Fr 205 or consent of Department.
FR 207 Spoken French (Former level C of Fr 205)F,S 3C,1L 0.5
Continued 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.
Note
A student having taken Fr 205/206 at the C level may not register in Fr 207.
Prereq: Fr 206
FR 208 Spoken French (Former Level C of Fr 206)W 3C,1L 0.5
Continuation and completion of work begun in Fr 207. Prereq: Fr 207 or consent of the Department.
Note 1 Each classroom section of this course will be limited toa 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 1 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 his/her 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.
FR 250 French LanguageY 3C,1L 1.0
Continued training in spoken and written French, witha concentration on more difficult problems of the language.
Prereq: Fr190, 191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department.
FR 251 French LanguageF 3C,1L 0.5
Fall term of Fr 250.
see note below
FR 252 French LanguageW 3C,1L 0.5
Winter term of Fr250.
see note below
Note
These half-courses are available only to students in the co-operative System or with the permission of the Department.
Literature
Fr23i F 3C 5
Survey of Seventeenth Century French Literature This course will trace the development of French literature from 1600-1700. This course is taught entirely in French.
Prereq: Fr191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department..
N.B. Not open to students who have taken Fr 200, Fr 281 or Fr 282..
FR 232 Topics and Problems in Seventeenth Century French LiteratureW 3c 5 ;
A more detailed study of writers/works of the classical period. This course is taught entirely in French. Prereq: Fr191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department.
N.B. Not open to students who have taken Fr 200, Fr 287 or Fr 282.
FR 253 Survey of Nineteenth Century French LiteratureF 3C 0.5
This course will trace the development of French Literature from the French Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This course is taught entirely in
French, Prereq: Fr191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department. N.B. Not open to students who have taken Fr 200, Fr 281 or Fr 282.
Course Descriptions
Classics and Romance Languages
FR 254 Topics and Problems in Nineteenth Century French LiteratureW 3C 0.5
This course will study in depth one genre of the nineteenth century. This course will be taught entirely in French.
Prereq: Fr191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department.
N.B. Not open to students who have taken Fr 200, Fr 281 or Fr 283.
FR 273 Aspects of Québec
Listed without a description.
FR 274 Survey of French-Canadian LiteratureW 3c 0.5
This course will trace the development of French- Canadian literature from its origins to the present. This course is taught entirely in French.
Prereq: Fr 191, 192, 192A/192B or consent of Department.
N.8. Not open to students who have taken Fr 272.
FR 291 French and French-Canadian CivilizationF 3C 0.5
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.
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.
FR 292 French and French-Canadian CivilizationW 3C 0.5
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. Considerabie attention will be paid to popular music, art, politics, industry, etc.
Prereq: Fr 291 is recommended.
Note See note under French 291
Advanced Level French Courses Language
FR 300 French LanguageY 3C,1L 1.0
Advanced grammar and composition, including translation; oral practice and corrective phonetics. Prereq: Fr250 or consent of Department
FR 301 French LanguageF 3C,1L 0.5
Fail term of Fr300
see note below
FR 302 French LanguageW 3C,1L 0.5
Winter term of Fr300
see note below
Note
These half-courses are available only to students in the co-operative System or with the permission of the Department..
FR 401 Advanced Language StudyF 0.5
Consult the Department for further details of this course. Prereq: Fr 300
FR 402 Advanced Language Study *‘W 0.5
Consuit the Department for further details of this course. Prereq: Fr401 or consent of Department
FR 501 Problems of the French LanguageF 0.5
Advanced training in stylistics and in problems of ‘translation. Admission to the course by permission of the Department only.
FR 502 Problems. of the French LanguageW 5 ‘
Advanced training in stylistics and in problems of translation. Admission to the course by permission of the Department only.
Course Descriptions 261 Classics and Romance Languages
Literature Courses Period Numbering System
FR 409 -419 Medieval Language or Literature
Listed without a description.
FR 420 -429 Renaissance Literature
Listed without a description.
FR 331 Le Grand SiécleF 3C 0.5
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..
FR 341 Eighteenth Century Literature: The Aesthetic DimensionW 3c 0.5
Readings in the novel, drama, poetry, and criticism of the eighteenth century. Taught in French.
FR 351 RomanticismF 3 0.5
A study of the French novel from 1800-1850. Selected authors will include Chateaubriand, Balzac, Stendhal and Hugo. .
Taught in French.
FR 352 Realism and Naturalism—COWWi 8C—“‘“S
A study of the French novel from 1850-1900. Authors studied will include Flaubert, Maupassant, Zola and Huysmans.
Taught in French.
FR 361 Contemporary French LiteratureF 3C 0.5
A study of selected texts by authors such as Alain-Fournier, Gide, Apollinaire, the Surrealists, Malraux..
Fr362 OC WC 5
Gide, Proust and their Contemporaries
A study of selected texts by authors such as Alain-Fournier, Gide, Apollinaire, the Surrealists, Malraux.
FR 375 Contemporary French-Canadian NovelW 3C 0.5
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.
FR 409 Medieval French LanguageF 3¢ 0.5
An introduction to the early development of French. Offered at St. Jerome's College.
FR 421 French Prose of the RenaissanceF 3c 0.5
Readings in sixteenth century literature: Rabelais, Montaigne, etc.
FR 422 French Poetry of the Renaissance
Listed without a description.
FR 431 Classical French Tragedy
Listed without a description.
FR 443 W 3C 0.5
Comedy and “drame bourgeois” of the 18th Century A study of examples of the comedy and ‘‘drame bourgeois” of the 18th century: Marivaux, La Chaussée, Voltaire, Diderot, Palissot, Sedaine, Beaumarchais. Taught in French.
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
FR 451 Movements and Themes in Nineteenth Century PoetryF 3C 0.5
A survey of lyric poetry in the nineteenth century. Taught in French.
FR 461 French Literature between the WarsW 3C 0.5
A study of some of the most significant literary works of the period in their historical, social and intellectual setting.
Taught in French.
FR 471 French-Canadian PoetryF 3C 0.5
A study of its evolution from Octave Crémazie to Anne Hébert.
Taught in French
FR 472 Contemporary Quebec TheatreW 3C 0.5
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; Francois Loranger; Anne Hébert; Jacques Ferron; Jacques Langirand; Michel Tremblay. Taught in French
FR 473 Poetry and Song of Québec
Listed without a description.
FR 490 Senior Tutorials-498
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.
italian
The following courses are administered by St. Jerome’s College
Ital 100J Y 3C,1L 1.0
introduction to Italian (formerly ital 110J)
An intensive study of the fundamentals of grammar and conversation. The language laboratory will be used. In the first year of Italian, emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of grammar and speech.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
Ital 101J F 3C,1L 0.5 Introduction to Italian Fall term of Ital 100J: see note below.
Ital 102J W 3C,1L 0.5 Introduction to Italian Winter term of Ital 100J; see note below
Ital190J =Y 3C1L 1.0
Intermediate Italian (formerly Ital 210J)
Advanced study of grammar, conversation and an intensive study of one novel. Some finer points of grammar will be studied but will actually be a secondary aspect. A survey course in Italian literature of the Risorgimento (19th century) will be offered, giving special emphasis to the major writers of this period. Prereq: Ital 110J or consent of instructor. . Offered at St. Jerome's College.
Ital 191J F 3C,1L 0.5 Intermediate Italian . Fall term of Ital 190J: see note below
Ital 192J W 3C,1L 0.5 Intermediate Italian Winter term of Ital 190J: see note below
Note
Ital 101J, 102J, 191J and 192J are available only to students in the co-operative system or with the permission of the Classics and Romance Languages Department of St. Jerome's College.
Ital 212J Y 3C 1.0
Htalian Culture (formerly Ital 230J)
This course, given in English, aims at giving the studenta well-balanced view of Italy and her culture, through the study of her Geography, History, Religion, Literature, Art, Music and her contribution to the world and to North America in particular.
Prereq: Second Year standing.
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
Course Descriptions 263 Classics and Romance Languages
Ital310J Y 3C 1.0
Italian Literature
Continued survey of Italian literature with selected readings in prose and poetry, including one novel. One semester devoted to the Divina Comedia: Inferno. Prereq: Ital 190J, or 191J/192J
Offered at St. Jerome's College
Ital 320J Y 3C 1.0
italian Classical Literature
An anthology of Italian classics will be studied. A number of book reports and Italian essays are required. Two texts will be studied intensively : Divina Comedia: I! Purgatorio, and a modern novel.
Prereq: Ital 190J, or 191J3/192J
Offered at St. Jerome's College
Ital391J Italian Novel Not offered 1977-78
Ital392J ftalian Poetry Not offered 1977-78