2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 6.14http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/16500.htmlZupan.FR 555 Québécois Literature and Culture. Three hours.A study of the history, culture, and literature of Québec and French Canada, with emphasis on the modern period.Zupan.FR 561 French Linguistics. Three hours.Linguistic theory applied to the analysis and description of French phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexicalsystems. Tendencies of change in contemporary French. Dialect areas. Picone.FR 563 French-English Translation. Three hours.Study of the problems of translation and of translation strategies addressing them, in connection with relevanttheoretical approaches. Picone, Zupan.FR 564 French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages: Beginnings. Three hours.Old French language and literature are studied through major works of the period 1000 - 1250.FR 565 French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages: 1250 - 1500. Three hours.Middle French language and literature are studied through major works of the period 1250 - 1500.FR 590 Directed Readings /Directed Study. Three hours. Permission of the instructor required before enrolling.Subject matter varies. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan.FR 598 Nonthesis Research. Permission of the French graduate advisor required before enrolling. Variable credit.FR 599 Thesis Research. Variable credit.May be repeated for a total of 6 hours. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan.FR 643 Poetry of the French Renaissance. Three hours.Major poets of the Renaissance, with emphasis on Marot, Scève, Louise Labé, du Bellay, Ronsard.FR 644 Narratives of the French Renaissance. Three hours.A study of major works, including Rabelais and Montaigne.FR 670 Graduate Seminar. Three hours.Subject may be in French literature, linguistics, civilization, or a combination. Examples: Proust, French lexicology,Francophone Louisiana, French cinema. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin,Zupan.FR 680 Special Topics. Variable credit.Directed reading and/or research on varying subjects. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin,Picone, Zupan.FR 699 Dissertation Research. May be repeated for variable credit. Three-hour minimum. Edmunds, Lightfoot,Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan.German (GN)GN 551, GN 552, GN 571, GN 575, and GN 576 may be repeated for credit when the content varies substantially. Aperiod course (GN 515, GN 520, GN 525, GN 530, GN 535, or GN 540) may vary in emphasis during differentsemesters; when this is the case, students may take the course a second time, but credit for the course may beapplied only once toward the minimum hours required for the degree.GN 503 German Reading Proficiency I. Three hours, no credit awarded.Introduction to German grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills.GN 504 German Reading Proficiency II. Three hours, no credit awarded.Prerequisite: GN 503 or permission of the instructor.Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills.GN 510 History of the German Language. Three hours.The relationship to Indo-European and to the other Germanic dialects; linguistic development from the earliest timesto the present.GN 511 Gothic. Three hours.Development of the Gothic language; readings from Wulfila's Gothic translation of the Bible.GN 512 Old Norse (Old Icelandic). Three hours.