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Techniques de lecture à voix haute, exploration des ressources corporelles, vocales, musicales, visuelles et spatiales pour la lecture devant public. Survol historique de la lecture, interprétation de textes divers et procédés de mise en lecture publique. Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant suivi ADRAM 310. Préalable(s): 6 crédits de niveau 200 parmi FRANC, ADRAM ou l'équivalent.
Perfectionnement du français (parlé, lu et écrit) et intégration culturelle en contexte francophone majoritaire. Par le biais d'activités langagières et culturelles variées, ce cours vise à permettre aux futurs enseignants de vivre la francophonie canadienne au quotidien et d'acquérir une aisance et une spontanéité dans diverses situations de communication sociale et professionnelle. Préalable: Affectation par l'évaluation initiale au début du programme. Note : Ce cours est réservé aux étudiants inscrits au BEd et est offert dans le cadre du Programme Explore pour les étudiants en éducation.
Panorama d'ensemble d'une ou de plusieurs littératures maghrébine, africaine, antillaise, ou des les de l'Océan Indien.
Théorie et pratique du processus créatif dans l'écriture; introduction aux procédés discursifs de la poésie, du roman et de la pièce de théâtre. Préalable(s): 3 crédits de littérature niveau 200 ou 3 crédits ADRAM niveau 200. Note: Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant ou postulant des crédits pour ADRAM 484.
Ce cours viseà permettre aux étudiants d'approfondir un sujet de leur choix en langue française ouen littérature française ou francophone. Préalable(s): 6 crédits en langue française ou en littérature française ou francophone de niveau 300.
Préparation du mémoire requis en quatrième année du programme de spécialisation en Français-langue et littérature.
Préparation du mémoire requis en quatrième année du programme de spécialisation en Français-langue et littérature.
Intended for students with no previous knowledge of the language and designed to develop basic skills: listening, reading, speaking, writing, and intercultural competence. Note: not to be taken by students with native or near native proficiency, or with French 30 or its equivalents in Canada and other countries.
Prerequisite: FREN 111 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with native or near native proficiency, or with French 30 or its equivalents in Canada and other countries.
Intended to expand comprehension and production skills in written and oral French with a focus on intercultural competence. Prerequisite: French 30 (or equivalent) or FREN 112 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in FRANC 116.
Prerequisite: FREN 211 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in FRANC 117.
Prerequisite: FREN 297. This course can also be applied to the MLCS Certificate in Translation Studies.
Effective: 2026-09-01 FREN 254 - Introduction to Translation Theory and Practice: French-English-French
Prerequisite: FREN 212.This course can also be applied to the MLCS Certificate in Translation Studies.
Designed to improve the student's command of French through intensive oral practice and advanced written exercises. Prerequisite: FREN 212 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in FREN 297, 298 or FRANC 216, 217, 226.
Tools necessary to conduct literary analyses and essay writing. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300.
Mythology, the supernatural, and superstition as cultural and literary phenomena in the French-speaking world. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Functions and manifestations of the food paradigm in Francophone cinematographic and narrative texts. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Francophone cultural texts from a postcolonial perspective with a focus on migration, community, exile, and identity. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
The evolution of Francophone societies from a multidisciplinary perspective. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Addresses either a given period or a particular facet of Francophone literary texts tied to three loosely connected themes that go back to the very origins of French as a language and continue to shape cultural expression. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Effective: 2026-09-01 FREN 321 - Migrant Voices in the French-Speaking Literary World: From Here, There and Elsewhere
View Available ClassesThrough novels, plays, and films, the course aims to explore migrant literature. The transcultural themes of (im-)migration, exile, assimilation challenges, identity formation, xenophobia and racism will be examined, and topics such as the importance of sensorial memories and representations of cultural belonging will be discussed. Prerequisite: FREN 297 or FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of the Department.
Effective: 2026-09-01 FREN 322 - Climate Change and Beyond
This course examines how authors across different eras and genres address climate change and other environmental concerns, while sometimes offering solutions through fiction. Topics will include nature preservation, ecological degradation, rethinking the relationship between humans and non-humans, climate change and gender inequalities, decolonial ecology, and AI's environmental impact. Prerequisite: FREN 297 or FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of the Department.
Effective: 2026-09-01 FREN 323 - AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the Francophone World
View Available ClassesThis course examines how the Francophone world participates in the construction of technologies (from Minitel to French Start-ups) and in the debates surrounding ethical, economic, political, and environmental issues raised by AI (e.g., techno-capitalism, environmental impact). Prerequisite: FREN 297 or FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of the Department.
Uses the study of various intellectual and historical events to provide students with a window into the French world. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department. Offered in La Rochelle, France only. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.
French & Francophone cultures as expressed in media other than literature, from the invention of cinema through contemporary artistic, socio-cultural, and political forms. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Prerequisite: FREN 254 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in FREN 353. This course can also be applied to the MLCS Certificate in Translation Studies.
Overview of the pronunciation of Standard French. Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Prerequisite: FREN 297, FREN 298 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
Interactions between language and society in the Francophone world. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or FREN 300 or consent of Department.
An experiential study of La Rochelle, its people and history. Prerequisite: FREN 299 or consent of Department.
Emphasis on the representation and evolution of society in French cinema over the last 20 years. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
Prerequisite: FREN 254 or consent of Department. Note: This course can also be applied to the MLCS Certificate in Translation Studies.
Colonialism, identity, diaspora and cultural diversity in French Caribbean literature, films, and music. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
Texts written in various Francophone parts of the world from different periods. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
Prerequisite: 6 units from FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
From medieval times through the 19th century. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
From the 20th through the 21st century. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
Study of French oral, materials, and popular culture in various parts of the Francophone world. Variable content; may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 6 units from: FREN 301, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 333, 345, 399 or consent of Department.
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
Introduction to basic formal concepts in film analysis including mise-en-scène, cinematographic properties, editing, and sound, as well as narrative qualities.
A survey of world cinema from 1890 to 1950, with emphasis on major historical developments and important individual films. Prerequisite or corequisite: FS 100. Not to be taken by students with credit in FS 200.
A survey of world cinema from 1950 to present, with emphasis on major historical developments and important individual films. Prerequisite: FS 100. Not to be taken by students with credit in FS 200.
The socio-cultural role of TV from the network to multi-platform eras with an emphasis on theories of power and representation. Prerequisite/Corequisite: FS 100.
General survey of major currents and debates in film theory, including early theories on the ontology of the film image, semiotic approaches to film as language, Marxist and psychoanalytic concepts of spectatorship and the film image, the intersections of film and ideology, and the phenomenological theory of film as an embodied experience. Prerequisite: FS 100.
History and aesthetic developments in Quebec film, from 1930s to present. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Major trends in English Canadian film, such as documentary, feature film, animation, and experimental film. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examining the ways in which crime and criminality have been represented in narrative cinema across cultures and nationalities. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Survey of the cinematic Western from the silent period to the present, with emphasis on the decades between 1930 and 1970. Prerequisite: FS 100.
A study of the stylistic, thematic, and ideological features of the melodrama as a film genre with strong ties to the woman's film and the general mode of storytelling of Hollywood cinema. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Survey of the Hollywood gangster film and related forms from the 1930s to the present. Prerequisite: FS 100.
A study of the Science Fiction film genre as an imaginative displacement of social and cultural concerns that define the context in which the films emerge. Prerequisite: FS 100.
A study of the stylistic, thematic, and ideological features of the American film genre known as film noir. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examines the aesthetic, cultural and political principles animating the films of the 1960s cinematic movement known as the French New Wave. Prerequisite: FS 100. Not to be taken by students with credit in FS 362.
An overview of the development of the animated film in a global context. Production practices may include pin screen, cell, clay, collage, stop-motion, and computer animation. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Intersections between film and cultural notions and practices of gender and sexuality. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examines the history of comedy across cinema, television, and digital platforms, drawing on theories of humor and laughter. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examines the horror genre from the silent era to the present. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Theory and history of the documentary film, with emphasis on Flaherty, the Documentary Movement in Britain, the National Film Board of Canada, and recent developments in the field. Prerequisite: FS 100.
An investigation of silent film treated as a form distinct from sound film. Historical developments, important genres and major individual films with emphasis on American and European film. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Avant-garde, abstract and structural film. The history and changing conceptions of experimental film, with examples from the silent era to the present. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examines the cultural and industrial dimensions of televisual production and distribution into the post-network era. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Analysis of specific genres within their cultural, historical, and industrial contexts. Prerequisite: FS 100.
An overview of the development of French cinema from the beginning of cinema to the present including major film movements such as Surrealism, Poetic Realism, Cinema Verité, the Nouvelle Vague, and contemporary movements. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Survey of German cinema, with emphasis on the films of the Weimar era (1918-1933) and the New German Cinema of the 1970s. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Historical and aesthetic developments in the cinemas of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary from the early years of cinema to the post-1989 period. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Survey of East Asian cinemas such as mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Concentrates on commercial American filmmaking since the 1960s. Special attention will be given to defining Postmodernism and to historically situating its rise within the development of American cinema. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Examines representations of race, ethnicity, and identity on screen with an emphasis on critical race theories. Prerequisite: FS 100.
An examination of how technology influences the patterns of film production. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Prerequisite: FS 100.
Concentrated study of a specific problem in film history, either a historical period or a problem in historiography. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Concentrated study of the works of individual filmmakers. The course will deal with one to three important filmmakers through representative films. Prerequisite: FS 100.
A seminar-based examination of specialized topics in film. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Transnational flows of popular entertainment and their relationship to local and global cultural identities. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Critical studies of televisual narratives, ideologies, discourses, and audience reception practices. Prerequisite: FS 100.
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
Les concepts de base de l'organisation du matériel génétique et de son expression seront développés à partir d'expériences sur les bactéries et les virus. Préalable(s) ou concomitant(s): BIOL ou BIOLE 207. Note: Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant ou postulant des crédits pour GENET 270.
Basic concepts on the organization of genetic material and its expression will be developed from experiments on bacteria and viruses. Prerequisite: BIOL 207.
This course explores the genetically tractable model systems of budding yeast and select metazoans to understand eukaryotic cell function and human disease. Topics typically include the genetics of mitochondria and their role in the evolution of the eukaryotic cell, the application of genomics and molecular cell biology to understand eukaryotic chromosome structure, DNA replication, cell division, cell-cell communication, and aging. Prerequisite: GENET 270. BIOL 201 or CELL 201 is recommended.
Analysis of how the nuclear chromosomes in multicellular eukaryotes are organized, inherited, studied, and manipulated. Topics typically include classical and current techniques, mouse genetics, epigenetics, sex chromosomes, dosage compensation, genomic imprinting, transposable elements, centromeres, telomeres, and stem cells. Prerequisite GENET 270.
The molecular biology of the processes by which the base sequence of genes is expressed as cellular phenotype will be examined. Emphasis will be placed upon the similarities and differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and upon the mechanisms that regulate the operation of particular genes. Prerequisite: GENET 270.
Analysis of gene functions in animal model systems. Mutational analysis; gene dosage; chromosome mechanics; transgenics; forward and reverse screens; dominant modifier screens; epistasis; genetic mosaics, meiotic recombination. Prerequisite: GENET 270. Credit cannot be obtained for both GENET 275 and 305.
This course examines in detail: how to induce mutations in plants by means of chemicals and transgenes; how to use mutagenized and transgenic plant populations for forward and reverse genetic approaches; how to molecularly identify genes defined by mutations in plants; how to infer gene functions and genetic interactions from single and double-mutant phenotypes, respectively, with emphasis on genetic redundancy and functional compensation; and how to visualize gene expression and protein localization with fluorescent proteins. Prerequisite: GENET 270.
A laboratory course in which students will be introduced to modern techniques in molecular genetics. These may include cytogenetics, recombinant DNA techniques, PCR, DNA sequencing, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, methods of detecting gene expression, and genome analysis. Prerequisites: GENET 270, MICRB 265, and a 300-level GENET course, or consent of department.
Examination of fundamental techniques employed in molecular biological research relevant to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. Topics will provide the theoretical basis appropriate for molecular research in a diverse range of fields including genetics, microbiology, cell biology, biotechnology, evolution and population biology. Prerequisite: BIOL 207; BIOCH 200 or 205 or BIOCH 220; GENET 270 recommended.
Gene action during development; identification and analysis of the networks of genetic elements regulating developmental decisions. The course will focus on processes that have been elucidated from genetically tractable and model systems. Prerequisites: any two GENET 300-level lecture courses, or any GENET 300-level lecture course and ZOOL 303. Credit cannot be obtained for both GENET 412 and 512.
The goal of the course is to build knowledge about conserved, fundamental cellular processes uncovered using genetic approaches to study bacteria and to develop an appreciation for the application of this information to the development of technology and the understanding of human diseases. Prerequisites: Two GENET 300 level courses or MICRB 316 and one GENET 300 level course; this course is normally recommended for fourth-year students. Credit cannot be obtained for both GENET 415 and 515.
A survey of human genetic variation and mutation in a molecular genetics context. Molecular basis of diseases and applications to genetic counseling and screening, chromosomal abnormalities, genomic imprinting, cancer genetics, gene mapping, population genetics, multifactorial inheritance, gene therapy, and ethical issues. Prerequisites: any two GENET 300-level lecture courses, GENET 302 is recommended. Credit cannot be obtained for both GENET 418 and 518.
A laboratory course teaching modern techniques in molecular biology with emphasis on the analysis of gene expression in animal systems. Prerequisites: GENET 390 and any other GENET 300-level lecture course. GENET 375 recommended. Enrolment is limited and registration is by consent of instructor. Designed for senior undergraduate and graduate students in programs with molecular biological orientation. May not be taken concurrently with BIOL 391.
Discussion of selected topics in developmental biology with an emphasis on the cellular and genetic mechanisms used to uncover regulatory pathways. Selection of topics will depend, in part, on the interests of the students enrolled. Peer evaluation will be an integral part of the course and an introduction to the review process in science will be included. Critical reading and analysis of the primary literature, research proposal-based reading and writing, and classroom presentation skills may all be used as means of evaluation. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and GENET 412 or ZOOL 303 or equivalent course in developmental biology.
A seminar and discussion course where students will use their existing knowledge of genetics to investigate, evaluate, and discuss how the field of genetics affects society. Students participate in classroom presentations, written submissions and discussions that may include medical research ethics, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), gene patenting, and other current topics. Prerequisite: Any two GENET 300-level lecture courses or consent of Department.