49 courses in the 1983–84 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
FR 151Basic FrenchF,W,S 4C 0.5
For students with little or no high school French. An elementary course designed to give a comprehensive approach to French language study to the beginning student of French. Involves reading, writing and speaking French. Successful completion of FR 151 qualifies a student to take FR 152. The Placement Test is not required but students must consult the Department before enrolling.
FRi51A 0.25
Language Workshop
A two hour per week tutorial workshop, concurrent with FR 151.
FA 152 F,W,S 4C 0.5
Basic French
A continuation of the work done in FR 151. Successful completion of FR 152 qualifies a student to take FR 192. Prereq: FR 7151 or consent of Department.
Normally, students with up to Ontario Grade 12 French are placed in this course. A one-term course which gives an intensive review of French language study for students who do not have the equivalent of Ontario Grade 13 French. Prereq: The equivalent of Ontario Grade 12 French or consent of the Department. Not open to students who have
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completed FR 151/152. The Placement Test is not required, but students must consult the Department before enrolling.
For students with Ontario Grade 13 French. An intensive French language course. Emphasis will be place on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills. Taught in French. Ail Students enrolling in FR 192 must take the French Placement Test to be held on Thursday, September 8th, 1983, in Arts Lecture Building Room 116 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Prereq: Grade 13 French, FR 152, 155 or consent of the Department.
For students with Ontario Grade 13: French. A study of various critical approaches and their application to French literature, with emphasis on the literature of French Canada. Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French or equivalent, FR 152, 155 or consent of Department.
For students with Ontario Grade 13 French. A study of various critical approaches and their application to French literature, with emphasis on the literature of France. A continuation of FR 195, Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French or equivalent, FR 152, 155 or consent of Department.
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 inorat French. Successful compietion of
FR 198/199 will satisfy the “reading knowledge of French” requirement of the University of Waterloo Graduate program.
Prereq: Consent of Department.
Not open to students with Ontario Grade 13 French, or with FR 151, 152, 155 or 192.
Linguistics and Literature courses are listed separately below. Please refer to the degree requirements outlined in the Faculty of Arts Program Section, Chapter 8. Students in a Major or Honours program may count only one of FR 207, 208, 252, 255 in their French requirements, but may include several of these as elective credit. Please consult Departmental brochure for more details.
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, 155, or consent of Department.
Advanced level for 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. Prereq: FR 192, 195/196, 206, 251 or consent of Department.
This course is designed to give students practice in the research, the organization and the writing of a variety of reports in the French language. Prereq: FR 192, 195/196 or consent of Department.
May only be used for elective credit by French Major and Honours students.
Advariced grammar and composition, including translation, oral practice and corrective phonetics. Taught in French. Prereq: FR 250, 252, or consent of Department.
Advanced grammar and composition, including translation, oral practice and corrective phonetics. Taught in French. Prereq: FR 250, 252, or consent of Department. —
FR 203Introduction to the Phonetics of FrenchW 3C,1L 0.5
The essential practical objectives of this course will be to present the complete phonetic system of contemporary French, including the system of intonation, and to study the relationship between the spoken and written forms of the language. Taught in French. Prereq: FR 192 or consent of Department..
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 291French and French-Canadian Civilization 1F 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. ‘
FR 291 and 292 taught in English. 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 292French and French-Canadian Civilization 2W 3C 0.5
This course completes the study of the 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 art, politics, industry, etc.
This course will introduce students to a basic theoretic reflection on tanguage. Beginning with an analysis of various linguistic studies dealing with French, it will present the basic terminotogy of contemporary linguistics in the areas of phonology, mythology and syntax. Taught in French.
A general introduction to modern linguistic thought as developed principally by Saussure and the Structuralists, as well as the new tendencies in linguistics ({socio-linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis). Taught in French.