Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• CAS LF 568: Topics in Literature and Film
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLF 350) and one LF 400-level literature course, or consent of instructor. - May be repeated twice for credit is topics are different. Topic TBA.
• CAS LF 569: Topics in Francophone Writing
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLF 350 or CASLF 351 or consent of instructor - May be taken twice for credit if topics are different. Topic TBA.
• CAS LF 571: Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLF 350 and one 400-level literature course. - May be taken twice for credit if topics are different. Topic TBA.
• CAS LF 613: French through Translation
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: for CASLF 313 only: CASLF 212 and placement test results, one other LF course at the 300-level, or consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: for GRSLF 613 only: advanced proficiency in French. - Students develop language skills and cultural awareness by exploring literary, technical, legal, and audiovisual texts. Students translate from different genres with special emphasis on prose, analyze essays on translation, and prepare a substantial translation from French into English, learning how to develop their own voice. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
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  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
• CAS LF 621: Reading French for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate degree candidates preparing for language reading examinations. Develops skills in interpreting written French with minimal phonological or cultural references. Practice in translating passages relating to the sciences and humanities. No previous knowledge of French required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• CAS LF 641: Topics in Urban Imaginaries in Literature and Film
  May be taken twice for credit if topics are different. - Students examine the filmic and literary representations of urban environments in France and the francophone world; the phenomenon of urbanization, the historical development, cultural and artistic context of its attractive power; fluxes of migration of the city; streets and monuments as characters. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • The Individual in Community
• CAS LF 642: Geographies of the Imagination: Writing (beyond) the Island
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLF350 OR CASLF351) or consent of instructor. - Approaches to real and imagined spaces in their literary representations. Emphasis on relation between cultural and political heritage and aesthetic forms. Discussion of themes such as exile, displacement, mobility, and empire in critical discourse. French, Francophone, and related traditions. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy
• CAS LF 648: Text, Image, Spectacle: Studies in Medieval Literature & the Arts
  May be taken twice for credit if topics are different. - Explores literary texts and their relation to works of visual and performance art. Uses critical and historical study in combination with creative practices to explore the creative dynamics of influence, appropriation, and transformation across axes of time and space. Readings and works selected may vary by instructor. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Historical Consciousness
• CAS LF 655: Studies in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
  May be taken twice for credit if topics are different. - Examines major themes and works in the literature of nineteenth-century France. Attention to cultural context and dialogue between the arts, literature, politics, and popular culture. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• CAS LF 662: Cinema-Monde: Mapping French Film
  Spanning from the silent era to the present-day, this course reframes the key movements of French cinema through the lens of the global. Directors include Georges Melies, Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Chantal Ackerman, Agnes Varda, and the Dardenne brothers. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
• CAS LF 664: Author/Auteur Studies
  May be taken twice for credit if topics are different.- In-depth study of a single author or film maker. Attention to critical/theoretical debates about the author's work(s); their relation to aesthetic, political, and/or historical debates of the time; and questions about relation to tradition and/or legacy and ongoing influence. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• CAS LF 850: Seminar: Theories of Literature
  Satisfies department theory requirement. Topic for Fall 2024: Literary Theories & Critical Practices. Traces, explores, and equips students to work with literary theories and critical methodologies, from influential twentieth-century works to the most recent trends in gender and sexuality studies, ecocriticism, disability studies, and critical race studies.
• CAS LF 860: Seminar: Topics in French Literature
  May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Topic for Spring 2026: Sixty Years of Francophone Filmic Production. Discussion of African and Afro-diasporic films in their social, historical contexts, and production practices; the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers and genre, between documentary and fiction, and thus, aesthetic transformations.
• CAS LF 951: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
• CAS LF 952: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
• CAS LG 610: German Translation Workshop
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Advanced reading proficiency in German language - Advanced German language training. Pleasures and frustrations of different languages' and cultures' incommensurability are investigated through systematic practice in translating from German to English. Translation as technical skill, creative performance. Variety of genres; MFA students emphasize literary translation.
• CAS LG 621: Reading German for Graduate Students
  Designed to prepare graduate students for the German reading exam. Develops a knowledge of the fundamentals of German grammar. Practice in translating passages. No previous knowledge of German required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• CAS LG 951: Directed Study in German Language and Literature
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department. - DS GERMAN
• CAS LG 952: Directed Study in German Language and Literature
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department. - Hours arranged.
• CAS LI 621: Reading Italian for Graduate Students
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: graduate standing. - Designed for graduate degree candidates preparing for language reading examinations. Develops skills in interpreting written Italian with minimal phonological or cultural references. Practice in translating passages relating to the sciences and humanities. No previous knowledge of Italian required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.