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General Elective, Undergraduate

Elemen French Level I (FREN-UA 1)

Open to students with no previous training in French and to others on assignment by placement test. Not equivalent to FREN-UA 10. Only by combining FREN-UA 1 with FREN-UA 2 can a student complete the equivalent of FREN-UA 10 and then continue on to the intermediate level. Offered every semester. 4 points.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2024)

FREN-UA 1-000 (14352)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Mercuri, Francesco

FREN-UA 1-000 (14353)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Rogulski, Audrey

FREN-UA 1-000 (14354)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Fishman, Helen

FREN-UA 1-000 (14355)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Ait Jafour, Samira

FREN-UA 1-000 (14356)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Gunter, Wesley

FREN-UA 1-000 (14357)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Gunter, Wesley

FREN-UA 1-000 (14358)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Aceves, Luis

FREN-UA 1-000 (14359)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Verneret, Nina

FREN-UA 1-000 (14360)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Verneret, Nina

FREN-UA 1-000 (14361)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Neal, Rhea

FREN-UA 1-000 (14362)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Mena Serrania, Alejandra

FREN-UA 1-000 (14363)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Tue,Thu,Fri
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Sellami, Hayet

FREN-UA 1-000 (24247)
09/03/2024 – 12/12/2024 Mon,Wed,Fri
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Jones, Steven

Expressive Culture, Undergraduate

Reading in French Lit: The Modern Era (In French) (FREN-UA 9121)

In this course students read masterpieces of French literature from the French Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. Works are considered from various historical, aesthetic and theoretical perspectives. Texts include: Le Père Goriot (Balzac); Madame Bovary (Flaubert); Les Faux-Monnayeurs (Gide); La Nausée (Sartre); Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein (Duras), and Du côté de chez Swan I (Proust), which will be the subject of a final essay. Conducted in French.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2019)

FREN-UA 9121-000 (10584)
02/04/2019 – 05/16/2019 Tue,Thu
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by

Cultures and Contexts, Undergraduate

France and Islam (FREN-UA 9806)

Islam is the second most important religion in France (after Roman Catholicism) and France has the highest Muslim population in Europe. Complex events from the mid-20th century forward have led to continuous heated debate and controversy about the place of Muslim citizens within the secular Republic. France’s interwoven history with Islam dates back, however, to the first Umayyad conquests of the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century and then to the period of the Crusades. Through the use of primary sources, literary and filmic texts, and critical readings (notably in history, sociology and cultural studies), this course traces the complexity and heterogeneity of French perceptions of Islam within a broad historical perspective beginning with these early encounters and continuing up to the present day.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

FREN-UA 9806-000 (2402)
01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Wed
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by Champion, Renee

Expressive Culture, Undergraduate

Studies in Prose Genres: Postcolonial Readings of Classic Texts (FREN-UA 9833)

In this course we focus on four contemporary novels in which the world of the character, the narrator, or the author, is read through the lens of a literary classic. In each case, the reading and rewriting of the primary text involves temporal and spatial displacements (from the 18th to the 20th century, from Europe to the Caribbean and to the South Pacific) that generate shifting perspectives and a constant reshuffling of center and periphery. Between a reverential affiliation to the past and a creative misreading and rewriting of it, these intertextual encounters with « great » Western literary works insistently raise the questions of identity, originality, and “writing back”. Exploring these questions will therefore also involve drawing on comparative, translation, and postcolonial studies.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

FREN-UA 9833-000 (2380)
01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by De Obaldia, Claire

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Theatre in The French Tradition (FREN-UA 829)

Study of the theatrical genre in France including the Golden Age playwrights (Corneille, Racine, and Moli?re); 18th-century irony and sentiment; and the 19th-century theatrical revolution. Topics: theories of comedy and tragedy, development of stagecraft, romanticism and realism, the theatre as a public genre, its relationship to taste and fashion, and its sociopolitical function.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2020)

FREN-UA 829-000 (10201)
01/27/2020 – 05/11/2020 Tue,Thu
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Miller, Judith

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Acting French (FREN-UA 109)

Use of dramatic situations and readings to help students overcome inhibitions in their oral use of language. The graduated series of exercises and activities is designed to improve pronunciation, intonation, expression, and body language. These include phonetic practice, poetry recitation, skits, improvisation, and memorization of dramatic texts. Reading, discussion, and performance of scenes from plays by renowned dramatists. Extensive use of audio and video material.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 109-000 (21236)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Prost, Anna-Caroline

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Existentialism & The Absurd (FREN-UA 867)

Main expressions of existential thought in Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. Attention to the French existentialists? concern for commitment in political and social affairs of the times. Examines absurdist literature since the 1950?s in the ?theatre of the absurd,? in fiction, and in critical work of other contemporary French writers. Covers Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Robbe-Grillet, and Barthes; precursors of the absurd such as Kafka and C?line; and practictioners of the absurd outside of France (e.g., Pinter, Albee, Barthelme).

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Intens Intermed French (FREN-UA 20)

Completes the equivalent of a year’s intermediate level in one semester. Offered every semester. 6 points.

French (Undergraduate)
6 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 20-000 (8291)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Ait Jafour, Samira

FREN-UA 20-000 (8292)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Bali, Fatiha

FREN-UA 20-000 (8293)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Prost, Anna-Caroline

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Business French (FREN-UA 110)

Designed for students who wish to learn the specialized language used in French business. Emphasis on oral and written communication and the acquisition of a business and commercial vocabulary dealing with the varied activities of a commercial firm (e.g., advertising, transportation, banking). Stresses group work in simulated business situations and exposure to authentic spoken materials.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 110-000 (8814)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Dubois, Stephanie

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

French: Approaches to Francophone Literature (FREN-UA 145)

Offered every year. 4 points. Examines literature from a network of French-speaking countries that form a Francophone space. Addresses the colonial past as well as the anticolonial and postcolonial situations in which French colonialism is replaced by more complex relationships and ideologies. Special attention is paid to language and the role of the writer in elaborating a postcolonial national identity. Writers studied may include Edouard Glissant and Patrick Chamoiseau of Martinique, Jacques Roumain of Haiti, Ahmadou Kourouma of the Ivory Coast, and Assia Djebar of Algeria.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 145-000 (21231)
09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Kirby, Elizabeth

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Elem French II (FREN-UA 9002)

Continuation of FREN-UA 9001. To continue on to the intermediate level, a student must complete both FREN-UA9001 and FREN-UA 9002. This two-semester sequence is equivalent to FREN-UA 9010.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

FREN-UA 9002-000 (4347)
01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Mon,Wed
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by

FREN-UA 9002-000 (22178)
01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Spoken Contemporary French (FREN-UA 9101)

This course is designed to help students to develop vocabulary, learn new idiomatic expressions, and improve fluency and pronunciation. The emphasis is on the understanding and production of contemporary spoken French through a study of authentic documents such as radio and television interviews, advertisements, and spontaneous oral productions.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

FREN-UA 9101-000 (2357)
01/20/2025 – 04/29/2025 Tue,Thu
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by

FREN-UA 9101-000 (2358)
at NYU Paris (Global)
Instructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Written Contemporary French (FREN-UA 105)

Designed to improve the student’s written French and to provide advanced training in French and comparative grammar. Students are trained to express themselves in a variety of writing situations (for example, diaries, transcriptions, narrations, letters). Focuses on the distinction between spoken and written styles and the problem of contrastive grammar. Emphasis on accuracy and fluency of usage in the written language.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

FREN-UA 105-000 (8228)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by LaPorta, Kathrina

FREN-UA 105-000 (8229)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by LaPorta, Kathrina

FREN-UA 105-000 (8230)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed,Fri
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Sánchez-Reyes, María

FREN-UA 105-000 (8231)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed,Fri
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Baehler, Aline

FREN-UA 105-000 (9669)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by LaPorta, Kathrina

FREN-UA 105-000 (9670)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by LaPorta, Kathrina

FREN-UA 105-000 (9671)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Sánchez-Reyes, María

FREN-UA 105-000 (9672)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Baehler, Aline

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

French Thought from Montaigne to Sartre (FREN-UA 562)

Deals with the various currents of ideas and the transformations in values, taste, and feeling that constitute the Enlightenment in France. Particular attention to the personality, writings, and influence of the following authors: Montaigne, Descartes, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Sartre. Significant works by these thinkers and others are closely read and interpreted.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

FREN-UA 562-000 (20871)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Kirby, Elizabeth

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Intermediate French I (FREN-UA 11)

Not equivalent to FREN-UA 20. Only by combining FREN-UA 11 with FREN-UA 12 can a student complete the equivalent of FREN-UA 20 and then continue on to the post-intermediate level. Offered every semester. 4 points.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

FREN-UA 11-000 (9650)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Ait Jafour, Samira

FREN-UA 11-000 (8204)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Sellami, Hayet

FREN-UA 11-000 (8205)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Krimper, Michael

FREN-UA 11-000 (8206)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Berthe, Olivier

FREN-UA 11-000 (8207)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Berthe, Olivier

FREN-UA 11-000 (8208)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Bali, Fatiha

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Intermediate French II (FREN-UA 12)

Continuation of FREN-UA 11. In order to fulfill the MAP requirement and continue on to the post-intermediate level, a student must complete both FREN-UA 11 and FREN-UA 12. This sequence is equivalent to FREN-UA 20. Offered every semester. 4 points.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

FREN-UA 12-000 (8209)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Verneret, Nina

FREN-UA 12-000 (8210)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Dubois, Stephanie

FREN-UA 12-000 (8211)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Dubois, Stephanie

FREN-UA 12-000 (8212)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Schwarzer, Pierre

FREN-UA 12-000 (8213)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Root, Jamie

FREN-UA 12-000 (8214)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu,Fri
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Root, Jamie

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate

Intens Elementary French (FREN-UA 10)

Open to students with no previous training in French and to others on assignment by placement test. Completes the equivalent of a year’s elementary level in one semester. Offered every semester. 6 points.

French (Undergraduate)
6 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

FREN-UA 10-000 (8201)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Irwin, Jessamine

FREN-UA 10-000 (8202)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Bournery, Alex

FREN-UA 10-000 (8203)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Rizy, Kathleen M

FREN-UA 10-000 (8706)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Bali, Fatiha