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3 credits The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to analyze modern financial methods, tools and procedures for identifica tion, measurement, and management of financial risk faced by corpora tions and institutional investors; in particular, as related to the application of futures, forwards, options, swaps, and other derivatives. Both theoreti cal models and practical applications will be presented. Prerequisite: FIN 4092N or permission of instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits Through the examination of examples from France's literature, cine ma, art, and architecture, students study the broad outlines of the coun try's history and culture. Students maintain a journal in French and par ticipate in online or live discussions in French with French-speaking peers about topical issues relating to French civilization. Topics included in the course are major historical periods, evolution of the monarchy, constitu tional France, development of the educational system, and varieties of ter ritorial representation and identity. Prerequisite: Two semesters college level French or the equivalent. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits This course is designed to improve fluency and comprehension in standard conversational French as it is used orally and on the Internet. Students use role-playing, listen to media presentations, and read Internet texts for main ideas and their supporting information, engaging in oral presentations, discussions, conversations and Internet exchanges in appropriate standard French, with appropriate verb tenses, and using appropriate standard conversational expressions. They develop strategies for guessing and confirming the meaning of unfamiliar material and main tain a journal in French to reinforce and improve language usage. Prerequisite: FRN 2006A or the equivalent May be taken concurrently with FRN 2006A. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits Through writing in standard French, students expand their knowledge of grammar and usage. Specifically, the focus is on appropriate and accu rate usage of past, present, and future tenses and on vocabulary registers. Students analyze media presentations for main ideas and discuss them; first in spontaneous oral and Internet exchanges, then in prepared essays written in formal French. Initial material and assignments are on simple ideas. As the semester progresses, students address more complex mate rial and develop more elaborate arguments in their essays. Prerequisite: Two semesters of college level French or the equivalent. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits Students use their experience in studying media presentations, writ ing essays, keeping journals, and engaging in Internet exchanges as a springboard to the comprehension of complex reading material. In the material, students encounter additional past tenses, uses of the subjective voice and expanded vocabulary, which they then integrate into their writ ten and oral assignments. They begin by reading editorials on topics of current worldwide concern, sharing their views online in French, dis cussing the material in class, and recording their analyses and responses in a journal in French. Specific topics are then examined more carefully in units, using online and library resources. Essays in French based on per sonal views of these topics conclude each unit. Prerequisite: Three semes ters of college level French or the equivalent. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits The francophone literatures and media of Quebec, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Maghreb are considered in their cultural con texts. Students compare and contrast colonial and post-colonial experi ences of these traditions and examine linguistic differences arising from those experiences. Prerequisite: Three semesters of French or the equivalent. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits French literature has its origins in oral traditions of poetry, epics and drama. We study how authors used these traditions in early French liter ature, developing distinct notions of heroism, loyalty and love. Prerequisite: FRN 2016A and FRN 2018A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits French society during the Classical Period and the Age of Enlightenment is studied through the literature, art, music, and architec ture of the time. The course traces the rise and fall of Ancient Regime cul ture in France. Prerequisite: FRN 3108A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits In this course, students examine the Romantic, Realist, Naturalist and Symbolist Movements in the context of the 19th Century French society, from the Napoleonic Period through the end of the century. Prerequisite(s): FRN 3108A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits This course retraces the path of French literary history from the early years of the 20th century and the publication of works by Andre Gide and Marcel Proust, through mid-century literary masterpieces by Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. The course considers the relationship of these modernist authors to the narrative innovations of Michel Butor, Helene Cixous, Annie Ernaux and Nathalie Sarraute, and to their emergent post-modern perspective. The contributions of visual art, film and graphic narrative to this perspective are examined in the con text of literary history. Prerequisite: Four semesters of college-level French or the equivalent. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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