FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PROGRAM
The Language and Culture program is modeled after the American way of organizing college courses and is more suitable for those who desire the option of electives or for more generally advanced students.

200 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Intermediate level assumes the student has already completed one year of college level French. Advanced level students should have already completed at least two years of college level French.

Contact hours and credits for the intermediate level
The required courses include: Travaux Pratiques de Langue (8h/week), Techniques d'Expression Ecrite et Orale (2h/week), and the choice between Cours de Traduction or Vocabulaire et Langue Française (2h/week).  Thus, the 12h/week of these required courses adds up to 192 contact hours for the sixteen week language and culture program.  In addition to the required courses, students must choose 3 electives (each being 1h30/week, except where noted) from the proposed list: French and Francophone Literature, Politics and Economy of Contemporary France, History of Contemporary France, The World of Business and Economics, History of French Cinema (2h/week + film viewings), French Culture and Society, Introduction to French Art History.  The three elective courses of 4h30/5h/week make up an additional 80 contact hours over the duration of the program.  In total, a student in the advanced level of this program will have 272 contact hours.  The number of credits awarded to a student varies depending upon their host institution, but usually ranges between 17 and 19 credits.  Before arriving in Grenoble, a student should check with their host institution regarding credit transfer policies.

Required classes for the Intermediate level
FLC 201 - French Grammar (Fall & Spring)
This ten hour a week course will build upon the advanced student's knowledge of the French language, with specific concentration on written and oral expression. This will be accomplished through work on primary source documents from the media (radio, television, and film) and periodic engagement in classroom discussion, debate, and exposés, focusing on current events and social issues. Comprehension and written expression activities, often taken from newspaper articles, will be an integral part of the course and will also help to facilitate a more profound study of sentence structure, the overall objective being to improve the student's ability to communicate his/her ideas fluently in the French language. This course assumes a strong knowledge of grammar, including a firm vocabulary and a grounded knowledge of verb tenses. One to two hours a week will be spent in the language laboratory with additional reinforcement work in class.

FLC 202 - Translation (Fall & Spring)
The aim of this course is the development of better insight into the meaning of the French language with regards to its English counterpart. Translations are from French to English and then from English to French. The focus in Translation tends towards grammar in the process of translating a text and conveying its proper meaning. This class meets for two hours per week.

Electives for the intermediate level
Students in the Language and Culture program, intermediate level are required to choose four electives from the following list.

FLC 331 Introduction to French Art History (Fall)
FLC 332 Introduction to French Art History (Spring)
This course examines trends in French painting, sculpture, and architecture based both on national examples and local ones found in Grenoble. Topics of study are subject to change and may vary from one semester to another. Students may be required to write a research paper.

FLC 341 - History of French Cinema (Fall)
FLC 342 - History of French Cinema (Spring)
(2h/week + film viewings)
This course takes an in-depth look at French cinema through the works of some of its most representative and meaningful movie directors (François Truffaut, Claude Autant, Lara, etc …). Each movie is subject to an in-depth analysis as they will be used as a vehicle for on screen study of French social and artistic history. This course meets once a week for about three hours. This includes the time it takes to watch the film. EU StudyAbroad students taking this course must be able to remain the full required time to watch the films. Films and subsequent topics are subject to changes from one semester to another. Students will be required to write a research paper.

FLC 351 - Politics and Economy of Contemporary France (Fall)
FLC 352 - Politics and Economy of Contemporary France (Spring)
This course will look at the French society of today by way of its political and economic institutions. An in-depth study of France's political history forms the basis for the study of critical events such as the founding of the Fifth Republic and the events of May, 1968. Additional study will focus on France's role in both Europe and the world. This course is designed to give the student a gradual and comprehensive understanding of modern French society. A detailed syllabus is available upon request.

FLC 361 - French Culture and Society (Fall)
FLC 362 - French Culture and Society (Spring)
An in-depth introduction to the France of today. Students will have the opportunity to learn about a variety of interesting facets of modern French culture and everyday life. This will be accomplished through the examination of topics such as social and political situations, pop culture, the administrative system, and the French way of life.

FLC 371 - Regions of France (Fall)
FLC 372 - Regions of France (Spring)
This course will devote itself to a study of the individual regions of France by concentrating on a multitude of different aspects. These include the individual image of each region, its history, landscape, economy, culture, way of life, art movements, monuments, and famous personalities. Regions studied are: the Rhône-Alpes, L'Île de France, Val de Loire, Limousin and Auvergne, Normandy, Brittany, Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Provence, the Alpes, Bourgogne and Franche-Comté, Alsace-Lorraine, Champagne-Ardennes, Northern France, Pas de Calais, and France's overseas territories, la Guyane, la Reunion, la Martinique and la Guadeloupe.

FLC 381 - French and Francophone Literature (Fall)
FLC 382 - French &Francophone Literature (Spring)
This course will examine the literary diversity of the French-speaking world and includes the regions and countries of Belgium, Switzerland, Africa, French speaking Canada, Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies. Sembene Ousmane (Mali), Aimé Cesaire (Martinique), Leon-Gontran Damas (Guyane), Jacques Roumain (Haïti), Leïla Sebbar (Algeria), Henri Michaux (Belgium), Albert Cohen (Switzerland) and Anne Hebert (Quebec) are some of the authors that have been studied in the past.

FLC 391 – History of Contemporary France (Fall)
FLC 392 - History of Contemporary France (Spring)
This course reviews the main events in French history, culture, society, the arts, and politics. It will attempt to demonstrate and track the changes France endured from the days of the monarchy to the French revolution and the subsequent formation of a republic. Other topics covered are Napoleon and his wars as well as modern events that have shaped France's history.

FLC 393 - The World of Business and Economics (Fall)
FLC 394 - The World of Business and Economics  (Spring)
This course focuses on the French business environment. In the first part it gives a detailed description of the French system by studying the administrative subdivision such as the departements, the regions and then the administration itself. In the second part, the course is geared toward a comprehensive study of the French business environment as it reviews the following:

• the legal aspects of companies in France
• the French corporate world
• French employees, dues, social benefits
•  French taxes
• The banking system
• The French stock exchange

300 ADVANCED LEVEL
Advanced level assumes the student has completed at least two years of college level French.

Contact hours and credits for the advanced level
The required courses include: Travaux Pratiques de Langue (6h/week), Techniques d'Expression Ecrite et Orale (2h/week), and the choice between Cours de Traduction or Vocabulaire et Langue Française (2h/week).  Thus, the 10h/week of these required courses adds up to 160 contact hours for the sixteen week language and culture program.  In addition to the required courses, students must choose 3 electives (each being 1h30/week, except where noted) from the proposed list: Initiation à l'histoire de l'art français, Histoire du cinéma français (2h/week + visionnement des films), Mondes des affaires et environnement économique, Histoire de la France contemporaine, Littérature française contemporaine, and Cultures et Littératures francophones.  The three elective courses of 4h30/5h/week make up an additional 80 contact hours over the duration of the program.  In total, a student in the advanced level of this program will have 240 contact hours.  The number of credits awarded to a student varies depending upon their host institution, but usually ranges between 15 and 17 credits.  Before arriving in Grenoble, a student should check with their host institution regarding credit transfer policies. 

Required classes for the advanced level
FLC 301 - French grammar (Fall & Spring)
This course meets for a total of eight hours per week. Six hours are devoted to grammar reinforcement and lab work. Grammar study focuses on the different types of linguistic expression. Speech articulation, logical speech organization, and other forms of complex sentence production are further concentrations. Oral comprehension and oral expression are studied through different types of media including radio, television, and film. The two remaining hours of class time are devoted to oral and written expression aimed at preparing students for the A5 and A6 sections of the DELF 2.

FLC 302 - Translation (Fall & Spring)
The aim of this course is the development of better insight into the meaning of the French language with regards to its English counterpart. Translations are from French to English and then from English to French. The focus in Translation tends towards grammar in the process of translating a text and conveying its proper meaning. This class meets for two hours per week.

Electives for the advanced level
Students in the Language and Culture Program, advanced level are required to choose four electives from the following.

FLC 431 Introduction to French Art History (Fall)
FLC 432 Introduction to French Art History (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)

This course examines trends in French painting, sculpture, and architecture based both on national examples and local ones found in Grenoble. Topics of study are subject to change and may vary from one semester to another. Students will be required to write a research paper.

FLC 441 - History of French Cinema (Fall)
FLC 442 - History of French Cinema (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)

This course takes an in-depth look at French cinema through the works of some of its most representative and meaningful movie directors (François Truffaut, Claude Autant, Lara, etc …). Each movie is subject to an in-depth analysis as they will be used as a vehicle for on screen study of French social and artistic history. This course meets once a week for about three hours. This includes the time it takes to watch the film. EU StudyAbroad students taking this course must be able to remain the full required time to watch the films. Films and subsequent topics are subject to changes from one semester to another. Students will be required to write a research paper.

FLC 493 - The World of Business and Economics (Fall)
FLC 494 - The World of Business and Economics (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)
This course focuses on the French business environment. In the first part it gives a detailed description of the French system by studying the administrative subdivision such as the departements, the regions and then the administration itself. In the second part, the course is geared toward a comprehensive study of the French business environment as it reviews the following: the legal aspects of companies in France

The French corporate world,
French employees, dues, social benefits
French taxes
The banking system
The French stock exchange

FLC 461 - History of contemporary France (Fall)
FLC 462 - History of contemporary France (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)
This course reviews the main events in French history, culture, society, the arts, and politics. It will attempt to demonstrate and track the changes France endured from the days of the monarchy to the French revolution and the subsequent formation of a republic. Other topics covered are Napoleon and his wars as well as modern events that have shaped France's history.

FLC 471 - Twentieth Century French literature (Fall)
FLC 472 - Twentieth Century French literature (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)
The focus of this course will be the study of different genres of modern day French literature. The first semester covers the period from 1900 to 1950 and includes works by Marcel Proust and Gullaume Appolinaire. The Surrealistic Revolution is targeted with works by Paul Eluard and André Malraux. Additionally Existentialism is covered through the study of authors such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. The second semester will cover 1950 to the present.

FLC 481 - French and Francophone Literature (Fall)
FLC 482 - French &Francophone Literature (Spring)
(1h30/semaine)
This course will examine the literary diversity of the French-speaking world and includes the regions and countries of Belgium, Switzerland, Africa, French speaking Canada, Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies. Sembene Ousmane (Mali), Aimé Cesaire (Martinique), Leon-Gontran Damas (Guyane), Jacques Roumain (Haïti), Leïla Sebbar (Algeria), Henri Michaux (Belgium), Albert Cohen (Switzerland) and Anne Hebert (Quebec) are some of the authors that have been studied in the past.,

400 SUPERIOR LEVEL

Students are placed in groups of homogenous level.

Contact hours and credits for the superior level
The required classes make a total 168 contact hours and a suggested 10 to 12 credits. The four electives students must choose make a total 56 contact hours and a suggested total of 3 to 5 credits. Overall, in the superior level, students have 224 contact hours and 14 to 16 credits. However the amount of credits to be awarded the students is entirely up to the discretion of the student's home institution.

Required Classes

Travaux Pratiques
Students are integrated into the University's French department and/or the department of Linguistics.

Self-learning facilities
Under permanent supervision by a teacher each student can access different learnings facilities for individual work. These are: a multimedia room, language laboratory, a video room, University libraries (French library, Law library and science library. This supervised work can be reported on the final transcript.

Certificates and diplomas
Students can sit exams toward the following diplomas: