FR 192French Language
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1983–84
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1975–76 to 1983–84; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A very intensive French language course, taught in French. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills. Taught in French.
As printed in the 1975–76 to 1983–84 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Grade 13 French, FR 152, 155 or consent of the Department..
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
16 posts and comments in 13 threads mention FR 192, May 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2021
Please Help 1 point, 2 comments
u/neenavt: “… Since arts students need 2 classes to meet the language and culture requirement, I'm stuck on whether I should take FR 192 or take SPAN 101? SPAN 101 would be easier, I'm just scared at how hard FR 192 would be. …”
Spring 2021
How is FR 192a online? 6 points, 14 comments
u/__carla: “… Is FR 192a a good option for me? What are the assignments/midterm/exams like? Also, how are french courses online and asynchronous? I get that you can't just break easily into discussion groups, but is it practicing conversations that difficult? …”
Fall 2020
Need help w/ improving my terrible French conversational skills 8 points, 13 comments
u/FacePalm124lr: “… I was hoping to improve my conversational skills and was recommended FR192. …”
u/VerifiedPost: “It's not really oral tests in FR192. You take a seperate lab with maybe 10 students and it's taught by a grad student. You watch little movies and then there are class discussions. It's essentially participation marks and nothing to worry about. …”
Fall 2019
WHAT IS THE MOST RETARDED COURSE EVER 0 points, 9 comments
u/spidersun: “ANS: FR192 AVOID AT ALL COST https://preview.redd.it/nyx1hghk8rv31.png?width=1278&format=png&auto=webp&s=45d1960649a189ecf14f96ba1fcfb3be21b68ebf”
Spring 2019
French course??? 0 points, 26 comments
“Yo hey guys my second post! wanting to take French as my elective course for my freshman year, but i dont trust the Canadian French teaching system, so:)) im here to ask if you get to actually learn …”
u/richbarn: “… This will determine what difficulty you’ll be placed in, you will probably be taking either FR 151 (the very lowest level course) or FR 192 (this one is a bit more advanced). …”
u/richbarn: “… to get a French Language Certificate or even pick it up as a minor, then maybe think about FR 192. I still think you should enrol in the less advanced section, though. …”
u/richbarn: “… FR 192 is normally for students who took French throughout high school (grade 10, 11, and 12 French). …”
Winter 2019
FR192a 3 points, 2 comments
u/ty123ty: “Hey guys anyone take Fr192a, how was the final? lmao struggling badly here :(((( thanksss”
Fall 2018
Sup? 4 points, 88 comments
u/Compiments: “zero motivation to write my essay 💛😥”
u/Compiments: “True true 😊np (if you do happen to decide on either FR192a or b and don't need the online access code for activities etc lmk bc I had 2 copies of the textbook 😅 (was forced to buy it again as a package deal w the Vista higher learning access codes bc I took the 2nd one online)) …”
Spring 2018
FR192 Question 2 points, 2 comments
u/lros33: “I took french immersion through high school but my school's program was a joke and I have lost a lot of it since then. I am trying to take a french class this year and am wondering if I'm able to take FR192a despite having taken immersion french?”
Winter 2018
Whats a competitive CGPA to graduate with for Grad School 13 points, 20 comments
“If I want to go the States for grad school either for Stats or Ops Research what kind of CGPA would be competitive (just so it doesn't disadvantage me).”
u/celsius--273: “Overheard a conversation between profs in M3 lounge earlier this term for MMath Stats and MMath Actsc admission decisions. Apparently you'll get in if you have:”
u/celsius--273: “… Also I should have mentioned but these are the marks for the stat/actsc courses and they don't really take into consideration if you failed like, FR192 or whatever and that's making your CAV low.”
Spring 2017
What's the dumbest reason you've heard of someone dropping for? 71 points, 53 comments
“My friend recently dropped out of CS to pursue a career in LoL full-time. He's now unemployed and lives off ramen, and can't afford internet to play LoL.”
u/middlingartsstudent: “Me: Dropped out of a class in my first semester because it was at 8:30. I haven't taken a 8:30 class since. Dropped put of taking FR 192B online because I didn't feel like doing an assignment. …”
u/mishin_n: “I too dropped FR 192 for that reason”
Fall 2016
Dropping FR192A 2 points, 3 comments
u/uwaterloo_student: “… - Anyone have good recommendations for a online credit that doesn't have an exam, that I could take in place of FR192?”
Spring 2015
What courses are you taking this fall? 10 points, 69 comments
“So what courses is everyone taking this fall? I'm entering 2A Math with intentions of Statistics or Applied Math as my major, with either a minor or joint biology major. …”
u/dcbaa: “Math 235 Math 237 Stat 231 Actsc 231 Thinking maybe FR192A/B”
u/DeestInfection: “Same courses except sub FR192 with Econ 201”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1975–76 to 1983–84, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1975–76 to 1983–84 9 calendars
A very intensive French language course, taught in French. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills. Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French, FR 152, 155 or consent of the Department..
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.