ROML 313 - French for the Professions II

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University of Pennsylvania

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Prerequisite(s): FREN 211 or permission of instructor. This content course has four components: (1) Using a video method, based on interviews with 30 businessmen and women at seven French companies, students will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of authentic business situations by using the professional language acquired in French 211; (2) As culture and commerce overlap, students will explore the following topics and their impact on the French business world: communication styles (French notion of time and space); individualism and hierarchical structures; attitudes towards money and business; intellectual elitism and formality; educational system and training of managers; women in the workplace -- the new law on sexual harassment; study of a socio-professional category: the cadres; (3) The French model of socio-market economy will be analyzed, emphasizing the present debate on state-industry relationship and social protection (health care debate). Some key industrial sectors, such as the high-tech industry and French investments in the U.S., will also be discussed; (4) Finally, the role of France in the European integration (from Common Market to European Community and European Union) will be explored. Students will have access to the instructor's research library. Students taking both courses 211 and 313 are advised to take the CCIP exam on completion of the second course.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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