FR 198Reading French
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1988–89
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1979–80 to 1988–89; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A course for graduate students with no — knowledge of French who wish rapidly to develop an adequate reading knowledge of French. Not open to undergraduate or post-degree students except with the written consent of the Department of French. This course may be taken on a CR/FAIL basis only. There is no grade assigned. Students who do not yet have this knowledge should enrol in FR 198/199. Successful completion of FR 198/199 satisfies the requirement for a reading knowledge of French in some disciplines. Graduate students should consult their home departments on this matter.
As printed in the 1987–88 to 1988–89 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Note to Graduate Students: The Department of French provides a written “French Reading Proficiency Test" for graduate students wishing to prove an already acquired reading knowledge of French.
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1979–80 to 1988–89, 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.
1987–88 to 1988–89 2 calendars
A course for graduate students with no — knowledge of French who wish rapidly to develop an adequate reading knowledge of French. Not open to undergraduate or post-degree students except with the written consent of the Department of French.
This course may be taken on a CR/FAIL basis only. There is no grade assigned.
Students who do not yet have this knowledge should enrol in FR 198/199. Successful completion of FR 198/199 satisfies the requirement for a reading knowledge of French in some disciplines. Graduate students should consult their home departments on this matter.
Note to Graduate Students: The Department of French provides a written “French Reading Proficiency Test" for graduate students wishing to prove an already acquired reading knowledge of French.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1979–80 to 1986–87 8 calendars
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. Successful completion of FR 198/199 will satisfy the “reading knowledge of French” requirement of the University of Waterloo Graduate program
Not open to students with Ontario Grade 12 French or above, or with FR 151, 152, 155 or 192.
16.57
Prereq: Consent of Department
Offered Fall · 3 class, 1 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit