Courses
Introduction
For course offerings and schedule in the French Basic Language Program, click here.
Spring 2026 Course Schedule
| CRN | Course Number | Course Title | Notes | Days | Time | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49243 | FR 200 | French Creative Writing and Translation | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Rose E. Gérazime | |
| 49242 | FR 201 | French Theatre Workshop | TR | 12:30-1:45 | John Ireland | |
| 47522 | FR 295 | Science Fiction and Fantasy in the French-Speaking World | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Ellen McClure | |
| 33948 | FR 296 | Peer Tutoring Workshop | Taught in English: Click here to apply | W | 12:00-12:50 | Elizabeth Weber |
| 48706 | FR 297 | Paris in Literature, Film, and Culture | Taught in English | MW | 3-4:15 | Yann Robert |
| 24955 | FR 302 | Topics in French and Francophone Literature | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Rose E. Gérazime | |
| 29782/29783 | FR 440 | The Memory of Two World Wars in French and Francophone Cinema | T | 3:30-6:00 | John Ireland | |
| 12449 | FR 448 | Foundations of Second Language Teaching | R | 3:30-6:00 | Inma Taboada | |
| 24991 | FR 510 | Topics in Francophone Literature | W | 5:30-7:00 | Yann Robert | |
Spring 2025 Course Descriptions
Click the dropdown menu below to view this semester’s upper-level French courses.
Spring 2025 courses
FR 210: French Conversation
TR 12:30-1:45
3 credits
Instructor: Elizabeth Weber
Get ready to chat in French! We’ll build vocabulary and communication skills, expand grammar skills, and explore songs, short stories, films, and current events from the French-speaking world. What’s your goal with French? Let’s get there together!
Prerequisite(s): FR 104, appropriate score on the department placement test, or consent of the instructor.
FR 214: Conversational French through Popular Culture and Media
TR 9:30-10:45
3 credits
Instructor: Ellen McClure
Join us as we explore French popular culture through music, comics, film, television, and the internet. From the gilets jaunes to the banlieue, we’ll discuss what’s happening in France today and compare it to American popular culture and to France’s recent past.
Prerequisite(s): FR 104, appropriate score on the department placement test, or consent of the instructor.
FR 215: Paris in Film
MW 3:00-4:15
3 credits
Instructor: Rose Gérazime
Explore multicultural Paris in French films, while practicing your speaking, listening, writing, and grammar skills. Paris, like Chicago, has many neighborhoods and many different stories. Join us on our tour of Paris in film!
Prerequisite(s): FR 104, appropriate score on the department placement test, or consent of the instructor.
FR 295: Science Fiction and Fantasy in the French-Speaking World
TR 3:30-4:45
Taught in English
3 credits
Instructor: Carly Lapôtre
Creative Arts & World Cultures course
Imaginary worlds, fantastic voyages, strange creatures, wild machinery and technology are some elements of French sci-fi and fantasy that we’ll explore in FR295. We’ll look at graphic novels, comics, movies and more. Whether you’re new to fantasy and sci-fi, or eager to compare the French versions to what you already know, join us on the voyage!
Recommended background: Successful completion of a 100-level class in the Humanities and ENGL 160 and ENGL 161.
FR 296: Language Peer Tutoring Apprenticeship
Wednesday 12:00-12:50
Taught in English
1 credit
Instructor: Elizabeth Weber
Hands-on apprenticeship course to learn how to be a language peer tutor and Language Learning Assistant. Click here to find out what Language Learning Assistants and Tutors do and how it helps your own résumé as well as 100-level French students.
To register, first fill out the short application on our Become a tutor/LLA page. Contact lclc@uic.edu with questions.
Prerequisite: French 104 or tested into upper-level French.
FR 300: FR Crime and Gangsters in Movies
MW 2:00-3:15
3 credits
Instructor: John Ireland
We think of “gangsters” as an American thing. But France is fascinated by its own underworld. What can French crime tell us about “respectable” French society? A lot of French films grapple with that question.
Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level French courses (or equivalent); or one 200-level French course plus concurrent registration in a second 200-level French course; or consent of the instructor.
FR 302: Topics in French and Francophone Culture
MW 11:00-12:15
3 credits
Instructor: John Ireland
(Description coming soon.)
Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level French courses (or equivalent); or one 200-level French course plus concurrent registration in a second 200-level French course; or consent of the instructor.
FR 418: The Dark Side of Enlightenment
M 5:00-7:30
3 credits
Instructor: Yann Robert
(Description coming soon.)
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better or concurrent registration in a 300-level French course (or equivalent); or consent of the instructor.
FR 449: Teaching Second Language Literacy and Cultural Awareness
R 3:30-6:00
3 credits
Instructor: Inma Taboada
(Description coming soon.)
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above, consent of the instructor, and three courses at the 200 and 300 levels.