Summer 2010 Course Guide

Listed in this Summer 2010 Course Guide are the descriptions of the courses offered in FRANCE. We have listed both the University of New Orleans General Catalog description, which contains information on prerequisites and requirements, and the professor's addendum describing the course as it will be taught by the professor.

Guest students are responsible for securing approval from their own schools for the transfer of course credits . All credits from the University of New Orleans are fully transferable.

In keeping with the purpose of The Glories of France Program, the courses selected are those that can benefit from their setting in France and Europe. A concerted effort will be made in all courses to reinforce classroom instruction with the rich cultural surroundings. All courses listed within carry three hours of semester credit. The academic regulations currently in force at the University of New Orleans will apply in France as well. Freshmen and sophomores are eligible to enroll in courses numbered 1000 and 2000; and upperclassmen (over 59 semester credit hours) may take any of these courses as well as those numbered either 3000 or 4000. Graduate students are eligible to enroll in all courses offered in the program.

All students must enroll in at least 6 hours and maintain that throughout the program.

Please read the course descriptions very carefully and make decisions based on need and the advice given by your college or university advisor or department/college. It is the responsibility of all students, including continuing UNO students, to ensure that their courses fit into their chosen curriculum.

Proposed Courses

ENGL 2398: American Travelers in Fiction, Fact, and France
Prerequisite: ENGL 1158.  Reading, evaluation, and discussion of selected writers works or literary topics. May be repeated once for credit.  Topics vary from semester to semester.

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: In this course, we will explore the relationship between fiction and non-fiction by reading expat literature and travel writing by North Americans who have traveled to or lived in Europe.  We will examine the concept of the expat, the tourist, and the traveler, among other displaced American types.  We will also examine the construction of national character and other collective identities, including, the female, ethnic, and race traveler, as well as the effects these self-constructions have on narrative forms and strategies.  Some of the major questions the course will ask are: How do travelers use the Other (both the Other as character and the Other as Place) to form conceptions of their home country and their own notions of themselves?  What is the function of travel?  How do travelers represent a culture that is not their own?  Does one always, finally, end up projecting one’s fantasies, expectations, preconceptions onto the land and culture through which one is traveling? And what, after all, is the difference between fictional representations and non-fictional representations of experience. 

A further purpose of this course will be to read texts that help us reflect on our own experience as travelers in this country.  Pertinent field trips will be scheduled on site.

Required book (s):

Expatriate Fiction:
Henry James, Daisy Miller

Generational Autobiography and the Expatriate Experience:
Malcolm Cowley, Exile’s Return
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Picturesque Travel in France:
M.F.K. Fisher, Two Towns in Provence

French 1001 Basic French I           
The first in a sequence of courses developing all four language skills: speaking, understanding, writing and reading. Audio-visual items will be used to enhance the process of language acquisition.

French 2001 Intermediate French I
Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or consent of department. Continuation of the development of all four language skills: speaking, understanding, writing, and reading with special emphasis on the last skill.

French 3031 French Conversation
Prerequisite: FREN 2002 or consent of department. Conversation, interpretations and reports for practicing the spoken language. This course will give students of the language the opportunity to improve their oral proficiency in French.

FREN 3090 Advanced Practical French
Prerequisite:  Completion of beginning and intermediate level of the four-skills French sequence French 1001, 1002, 2001, and 2002, or equivalent credit. 

PROFESSOR'S ADDENDUM: This course offers intensive instruction in the French language, through the use of Montpellier itself as the textbook.  Students will read and discuss a pre-prepared packet of cultural readings and will complete a series of practical tasks in the city, (such as getting information at the tourist bureau, going to the grocery, buying public transportation tickets, and interviewing people).  Students will also complete brief assignments during excursions outside the city.  Particular emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency, socio-linguistic competence, and cultural awareness.  The class will be conducted in French.                                                                                                                                      

FTCA 2090, 2091, AND 2092 or FTCA 4540, 4090, 4090(G), 4091, 4091(G), 4092, 4092(G)
The Development of Western Cinema-A Historian’s Perspective
           
Prerequisite: Consent of the Department. Each course is offered for one-third of a semester. Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory weekly. Topics vary from semester to semester, therefore, individual course numbers may be repeated. A maximum total number of no more than six hours credit may be earned from the entire Special Topics group, 4090-92, 4093-5.

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: Particular attention will be given to the development of European Cinema from the early 20th Century to the present, with emphasis on the films of Renoir, The French New Wave, the German and Soviet Golden Ages and the impact of American Film. Films will be screened in class and discussed. This course may be taken in conjunction with the writing program for those interested in film history, theory, and criticism. We will discuss and analyze, through these representative films, the representation of continuity and change in Europe, particularly the issues of war, revolution, and society. Pertinent field trips will be scheduled on site.

Required book (s):

Flashback: A Brief History of Film
ISBN: 0205695906
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 6th

FTCA 2650 Oral Communications
An introductory course in oral communications. Chief emphasis is on communicating to the small group. Attention is given to public speaking, interpersonal communication, interviewing, and group discussion.

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: The Glories of France Orale! European travel provides the backdrop for many fascinating stories (some of them true). We will draw on our rich Mediterranean setting for topics and discussions in a small group setting.
Assignments will include a mid-term and final exam, a demonstrative speech, a descriptive speech, a speech of information and a persuasive speech. Pertinent field trips will be scheduled on site

Required book (s):
Public Speaking: Building Competency in Stages
ISBN: 978-0-19-518777-9
Publisher: Oxford
Edition: 1st

HIST 2991/4991 Special Studies in History: “Wine in France:  A Cultural and Social History”
Special Studies in History
Topic may vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated once for credit.

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: This is not a “wine appreciation” course, but instead an examination of how a single commodity – wine – has become so intimately tied up with the identity, culture and history of France and its regions.  As part of this class, students will read a number of recent historical texts and will screen several documentaries.  We will also visit a Languedoc winery to see how producers in this hyperproductive region understand the relationship between the contemporary global wine industry and this key French product.

Required book (s): TBA

HIST 3992 Special Studies in History: “The Birth of the Department Store:  Consumer Culture and History in Modern France”
Topic may vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated once for credit.

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: One of the revolutionary developments marking the emergence of modern France was the transformation of its commercial infrastructure through the key institution of the modern department store.  As part of this class, we will read Emile Zola’s Au bonheur des dames/Ladies’ Paradise) and several recent histories that trace the department store’s effects on French cities, women and the economy.  We will also visit some of the most important stores of this kind in Paris.

Required book (s): TBA

HRT 4290 Wines of the World
An in-depth study of wine from vine to table and its role in the hospitality industry.  

PROFESSOR’S ADDENDUM: The course will cover the wine regions of the world including, history, geography, climate, vineyards, producers, and styles of wine produced in each region.  Grape varietals, grape growing and wine making will be explored.  Field trips to the nearby wine regions of Southern France will also be organized.

This course will provide students the opportunity to learn the basics of the wines of the world but will naturally specialize in the wines of France including Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace, and Cotes du Rhone among others.

TOPICS                                                                                                                     
1.         Wine Making
2.         Viticulture
3.         Wine Chemistry
4.         Grape Varieties
5.         Wines of the New World
6.         Wines of the Old World
7.         Wine Service and Storage

Required book (s): TBA

HRT 2050 Principles of Travel and Tourism
An introduction to the principles of  domestic and international tourism, analyzing its history, organization and transportation modes; the motivation of travel and travel choice; tourism supply and demand; economic and social impact; tourism marketing and research; and the future of tourism in international social and economic development.

TOPICS
1.         History of Tourism     
2.         Tourism Organizations                        
3.         Transportation
4.         Hospitality Services    
5.         The Distribution Process         
6.         Attractions and Recreation      
7.         Types of Tourists, Motivations
8.         Tourism Components  and Supply     
9.         Demand                                  
10        Economic Impact of Tourism                         
11.       Tourism Marketing                 

Required book (s): TBA