Foundation U0

For new students as of Fall 2025: you must complete at least one Faculty of Arts program- as part of your Multi-Track, Honours or Joint-Honours requirements - to graduate with a B.A. degree.

What is the Foundation Program U0?

The U0 year is the first component of your B.A. degree, designed to provide a broad foundation for your further studies in the Faculty of Arts.


Program Requirements

  • The U0 year is usually comprised of 24 - 30 credits,
  • Includes of 18 credits (usually 6 courses) of core requirements.

Who needs to complete U0?

Course options

You will choose one of the following options:

  1. General Option

    You will choose courses from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Languages, and/or Math and Sciences.

  2. En Français

    You will choose from a variety of courses conducted in French.

Example of the General Option

General Option
(Categories: Humanities;Languages;Social Sciences;Mathematics & Science)

18cr core:

6cr:

Free choice of courses from Category 1 (eg. Humanities)

6cr:

Free choiceof courses from Category 2(eg. Social Sciences)

6cr:

Free choice of courses from Category 3(eg. Languages)

Advancing Standing Exemption

  • As of Fall 2025, the maximum permissible total aggregate number of pre-admission advanced standing credits to be accorded to a non-CEGEP and non-University Transfer student – at the time of admission or interfaculty transfer to an Arts degree - is limited to 30cr, and in adherence to the Faculty of Arts Online Education policy. Note that credits earned via intermediary study abroad organizations or companies will not be approved for advanced standing nor for transfer credit.
  • If you have receivedAdvanced Standing—such as APs, IBs, ALs, or university transfer credits—you may be exempt from part or all of the B.A. Foundation Program requirements(except for the Foundation Year Program Pilot, see below).
  • Courses taken to fulfill the core requirements in either option must be passed with a grade of “C” or better.
  • Courses must not be taken under theSatisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade mode.
  • You are eligible to register inFirst-Year Seminars, which are small-enrolment classes offered by several departments exclusively for Foundation Year students.

Course selection

  • Your courses must be chosen from those offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Science.
    • U0 students are not permitted to take courses offered by other faculties.
    • Courses listed under another Faculty’s offerings are considered to be a Faculty of Arts courses if they are listed in the Faculty of Arts section of theeCalendar.
  • Aside from the 18 credits of core requirements, the remainder of your 24 to 30 credits in your first year at (ie. U0 year) must be chosen from theApproved Foundation Course List.
  • Your courses should generally be at the introductory level (ie.course numbers listed at the 100 or 200-level).

Further Program Requirements

  • A course taken in U0 - and/or being used towards your 18 credits of core requirements - can also count towards future program requirements (if applicable).

Advancing to U1

If you have earned 24 or more credits - including advanced standing credits at the time of admission - after successful completion of your first term (Fall):

  • You are eligible to advance to U1and to select your programs of study.For new students as of Fall 2025:you must complete at least oneFaculty of Arts program- as part of yourMulti-Track, Honours or Joint-Honoursrequirements - to graduate with a B.A. degree.
  • Ensure that all of your final grades for your first term at are showing on your record.
  • Submit a "" formto change your year (from U0) to U1 as of the Winter term.
    • You may still request this change even if your 18 credit core requirements are not yet fully met.

Foundation program courses incomplete warning

  • It's placed on the records of all newly admitted students entering the Bachelor of Arts degree with less than 24 credits:
  • It's featured at the top of your student record.
  • It indicates that Foundation Program courses are in progress.
  • This is actually a warning, not a hold, and will not block you from course registration.
  • It does not prevent you from advancing to U1 if you have reached 24 or more credits.
  • It does not prevent you from declaring your programs of study if you have advanced to U1.

Structure of Foundation program

Option 1 - General Option

  • 18 credits of core requirements:
    • 6 credits in three of the following four categories:
      • Social Sciences
      • Humanities
      • Languages
      • Mathematics & Science
  • A maximum of 18 credits may be chosen from any one category (eg. Social Sciences) but no more than 12 credits may be taken in one department (eg. History).
    • Courses must be selected from the Approved Foundation Program Course List.
    • Some courses may be offered under two different categories. The selected course may be used to fulfill requirements in the category needed.

I. Social Sciences

African Studies (AFRI 200 only)
Anthropology
Canadian Studies (CANS 200 only)
Economics
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
Geography
History
Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Linguistics
Political Science
Psychology
Quebec Studies (QCST 200 only)
Sociology


II. Humanities

African Studies
Art History & Communications Studies
Canadian Studies
Catholic Studies
Classics
Communication Studies
East Asian Studies
English (and English as a Second Language)
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
History
Indigenous Studies
Islamic Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Music
Philosophy
Quebec Studies
Religious Studies
Russian & Slavic Studies


LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION courses ONLY from the following departments and programs:

Classics
East Asian Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
Islamic Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Russian Studies


III. Languages

Acquire or improve your language skills. Literature and civilization courses offered by these departments count as Humanities, not as Language courses. A placement test and/or approval from the appropriate department may be required.

Classics (Latin, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek)
East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
English as a Second Language
French Language & Literature
French as a Second Language
German Studies
Hispanic Studies (Portuguese, Spanish)
Islamic Studies (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu)
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies (Hebrew, Yiddish)
Religious Studies (New Testament Greek, Sanskrit)
Russian & Slavic Studies
(Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Armenian, Czech)


IV. Mathematics and Science

Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Geography
Math & Statistics
Philosophy (PHIL 210 only)
Physics
Psychology (selected courses only)
Psychiatry

Option 2 - En Français

  • 18 credits of core requirement of courses conducted in French.
    • Credits may be comprised entirely:
      • Of language courses; or
      • Of substantive content courses conducted in French; or
      • Acombination of the two.
    • You may be required to take a proficiency test.
  • Depending on your level of proficiency:
    • Permitted to enroll in a maximum of 12 credits of intensive French language courses.
      • An intensive language course is a 6 credit term course.
    • If you are at the introductory level, you must take at least 6 credits in French in your Foundationyear, but you may be permitted to complete the remaining core requirement credits in year U1.


French Language and Literature

FREN 199

FREN 201. Le français littéraire (français langue seconde).

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Perfectionnement de l'expression écrite au contact d'une variété de textes littéraires et par la rédaction de courts textes d'invention.
  • Cours réservé aux Etudiants inscrits au programme de Concentration mineure langue et littérature française - Langue française ou au programme de Concentration mineure langue et littérature française - Langue française et traduction.
  • Préalable: avoir réussi le FRSL 431 ou avoir réussi ou être inscrit-e à au moins un des cours suivants : FRSL 445, FRSL 446, FRSL 449 ou FRSL 455. L'étudiant-e n'ayant complété ou n'étant inscrit-e à aucun de ces cours devra passer un test de classement. Effectifs contingentés. Autorisation départementale requise.
  • Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-es inscrit-e-s au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue & littérature françaises ; Langue française ou au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue & littérature françaises ; Traduction.

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FREN 203. Analyse de textes (français langue seconde) .

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Perfectionnement de l’expression écrite : analyse et apprentissage des règles de composition de divers genres de discours (textes argumentatifs, lettres, dialogues, récits, descriptions ou portraits).
  • Cours réservé aux Etudiants inscrits au programme de Concentration mineure langue et littérature française - Langue française ou au programme de Concentration mineure langue et littérature française - Langue française et traduction.
  • Préalable: avoir réussi le FRSL 431 ou avoir réussi ou être inscrit-e à au moins un des cours suivants : FRSL 445, FRSL 446, FRSL 449 ou FRSL 455. L'étudiant-e n'ayant complété ou n'étant inscrit-e à aucun de ces cours devra passer un test de classement. Effectifs contingentés. Autorisation départementale requise.
  • Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-es inscrit-e-s au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue et littérature françaises ; Langue française ou au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue et littérature françaises ; Traduction.

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FREN 231. Linguistique française.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Bref historique de la linguistique française de F. de Saussure à nos jours. Description linguistique du français moderne (éléments de phonologie, de phonétique normative, de lexicologie, de sémantique évolutive et synchronique, de syntaxe et de morphologie).

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FREN 239. Stylistique comparée.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Initiation aux principes de la traduction par une étude systématique des contrastes entre les structures linguistiques de l'anglais et du français. Une bonne connaissance des deux langues est nécessaire au départ.
  • Préalable : Test de classement. Autorisation départementale requise.
  • Priorité donnée aux étudiant·es inscrit·es dans un programme du Département des littératures de langue française, de traduction et de création.

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FREN 245. Grammaire normative.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Révision des principales difficultés de la langue française.
  • Ce cours est donné en français.
  • Préalable : Autorisation départementale requise.
  • Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-e-s inscrit-e-s à l'un des programmes du Département de langue et littérature françaises.

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French as a Second Language

FRSL 101. Beginners French 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French-speaking environment. Short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice.
  • Prerequisite: Placement test
  • Language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor if available.
  • Placement test. No knowledge of French.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 101D1/D2, FRSL 103, FRSL 104, or FRSL 105.

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FRSL 105. Intensive Beginners French.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French social milieu, short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice and conversation class.
  • Fall
  • 6 hours, plus language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor
  • Prerequisite: Placement test
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 201 or FRSL 205 or FRSL 101 or FRSL 102.

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FRSL 206. Elementary French.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This one-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisites: FRSL 101 and FRSL102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent or FRSL 207. Only with special permission of the department.

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FRSL 207. Elementary French 01.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This two-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent
  • Language laboratory
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 101 and FRSL 102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test required.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent

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FRSL 208. Intensive Elementary French.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

This one-term intensive course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
  • 6 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisites: FRSL 101 and FRSL 102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent or FRSL 207

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FRSL 211. Oral and Written French 1.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions.
  • Restriction: Not open to students from Québec
  • Language laboratory
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test
  • Restriction: Not open to students from Québec

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FRSL 212. Oral and Written French 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Equivalent to the first half of . Only with special permission of the Department.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisite: Placement test

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FRSL 215. Oral and Written French 1 - Intensive.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions.
  • Fall
  • 6 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test
  • Restriction: Not open to students from Québec

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Course information not available.

FRSL 302. Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Focus on oral discrimination, global comprehension and corrective phonetics.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisite: Placement test. For students who have reached a good standard in grammar and written French but who have difficulty in understanding spoken French and therefore cannot communicate effectively

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FRSL 303. Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression 2.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Emphasis will be on the development of oral communication skills, laboratory exercises, vocabulary building, discussions.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours, plus language laboratory
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 302, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required.

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FRSL 321D1. Oral and Written French 2.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Oral work involving discussion and exposés, cultural and literary readings, grammar review. Methodological component integrated in classwork and developed in frequent workshop sessions.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required.
  • Students must register for both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2.
  • No credit will be given for this course unless both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
  • FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 together are equivalent to FRSL 321

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FRSL 322. Oral and Written French 2.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Equivalent to the first half of . Only with special permission of the Department.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours

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FRSL 325. Oral and Written French 2 - Intensive.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

The program of will be covered in one semester.
  • Winter
  • 6 hours
  • Prerequisites: FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required

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FRSL 326

FRSL 332. Intermediate French: Grammar 01.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Grammar review, using both a theoretical and a practical approach. Reading materials, in addition to their cultural interest, are selected to illustrate grammatical usage, provide models of writing techniques and aid in vocabulary development.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: Placement test. For those who have attained relative fluency but lack accuracy in speaking and writing

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FRSL 333. Intermediate French: Grammar 02.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Second part of .
  • Winter
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 332, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required.

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FRSL 407. Compréhension et expression orales.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Identification des niveaux de langue et prononciation du français familier; amélioration de la compréhension auditive par l'écoute d'une variété de documents audio-visuels du Québec et d'ailleurs.
  • Fall
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Préalable : test de classement. S'adresse aux étudiants qui ont déjà une bonne maîtrise du français écrit.

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FRSL 408. Français oral: Textes et expressions.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Suite du cours . Cours de perfectionnement de l'expression orale et écrite: amélioration de la production orale (intonation, débit, spontanéité); enrichissement du vocabulaire idiomatique relié à des fonctions socio-culturelles de la langue par le biais de techniques orales (jeux de rôles, discussions, simulations) et d'un journal.
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Prequisite(s): FRSL 407, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test

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FRSL 431. Français fonctionnel avancé.

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Credits: 6
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Destiné aux étudiants de niveau avancé qui veulent approfondir leurs connaissances lexicales, syntaxiques et culturelles afin de pouvoir exprimer avec clarté leurs opinions sur une variété de sujets. Par l'étude de journaux, revues et textes littéraires, les étudiants se familiariseront avec la réalité québécoise contemporaine.
  • Les étudiants qui ont suivi le cours FRSL 400, FRSL 402 ou FRSL 432 ne seront pas admis
  • Prerequisite(s) : FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 332 or FRSL 333 or FRSL 407 or FRSL 408
  • Les étudiants qui ont suivi le cours FRSL 400, FRSL 402 ou FRSL 432 ne seront pas admis.

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FRSL 432. Français fonctionnel.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Première moitié du programme du cours . Seulement avec la permission spéciale du département.
  • Fall
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Préalable : test de classement.

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FRSL 445. Français fonctionnel, écrit 1.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Destiné aux étudiants dont le français oral est d'un niveau fonctionnel, mais dont le français écrit est nettement inférieur. Travaux écrits hebdomadaires, analyse de textes divers, exercices et tests en classe. But: corriger l'orthographe, la grammaire et les anglicismes, enrichir le vocabulaire, améliorer l'expression écrite.
  • Fall
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Préalable : test de classement.

Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

FRSL 446. Français fonctionnel, écrit 2.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Rédactions de types variés. But: améliorer le style, développer les compétences telles que l'organisation et la présentation d'arguments ou l'identification des registres de langue.
  • Winter
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Prerequisite(s): FRSL 445, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required
  • Prépare aux cours du Département de langue et littérature françaises. Même format que le cours FRSL 445, à un niveau plus avancé

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FRSL 449. Le français des médias.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Cours de perfectionnement mettant l'accent sur l'enrichissement de la langue à l'oral comme à l'écrit. Analyse d'émissions de télévision ou de radio et lecture d'articles de journaux ou de revues. Activités variées portant sur des sujets d'actualité (reportages, débats, etc.) qui reflètent la société et la culture du Québec d'aujourd'hui.
  • 3 heures par semaine
  • Préalable : test de classement.

Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

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