Provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. The first semester emphasizes listening and speaking, while laying the foundation in grammar structures, reading, and writing. This course is designed for true beginners: Students with any previous background must take the placement test: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Bruce Anderson ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
• Instructor: Lulu, Annie
• Room: Gilman 134
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. The first semester emphasizes listening and speaking, while laying the foundation in grammar structures, reading, and writing. This course is designed for true beginners: Students with any previous background must take the placement test: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Bruce Anderson ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Luo, Wanyun
• Room: Maryland 217
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. The first semester emphasizes listening and speaking, while laying the foundation in grammar structures, reading, and writing. This course is designed for true beginners: Students with any previous background must take the placement test: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Bruce Anderson ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
• Instructor: Jean-Pierre, Jean-Ederson
• Room: Gilman 186
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

The second semester of this intensive course for beginners provides students with the linguistic tools to read excerpts from a play (Antigone by Jean Anouilh), to polish a written autobiography, and to perform short oral skits. A variety of cultural materials help students acquire grammatical structures and expand their vocabulary. Recommended course background: AS 210.101 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Claude Guillemard ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: D'Amato, Thomas
• Room: Gilman 313
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 6/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.105 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Gilman 217
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 6/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.105 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Maryland 217
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 8/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.105 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 3:00PM - 3:50PM
• Instructor: Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Shriver Hall 104
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.201 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Dreyer, Pierre Elie Georges; Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Gilman 217
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.201 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
• Instructor: Dreyer, Pierre Elie Georges; Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Shriver Hall 001
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in AS.210.301 will focus primarily on written expression, learning to ‘decipher’ classic and contemporary French texts, in order to expand their vocabulary and communicate their ideas in writing with clarity and accuracy. (A primary focus on oral expression is provided in AS.210.302; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended course background: AS.210.202 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Kristin Cook-Gailloud ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Cook-Gailloud, Kristin Anna
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in AS.210.301 will focus primarily on written expression, learning to ‘decipher’ classic and contemporary French texts, in order to expand their vocabulary and communicate their ideas in writing with clarity and accuracy. (A primary focus on oral expression is provided in AS.210.302; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended course background: AS.210.202 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Kristin Cook-Gailloud ([email protected])

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Cook-Gailloud, Kristin Anna
• Room: Gilman 377
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in 210.302 will focus primarily on oral expression through individual and group work on contemporary media (music, film, current events) in order to expand their vocabulary and become fluent in conversation across social-cultural contexts. (A primary focus on written expression is provided in 210.301; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended course background: AS.210.202 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: April Wuensch ([email protected])

• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Wuensch, April
• Room: Gilman 413
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in 210.302 will focus primarily on oral expression through individual and group work on contemporary media (music, film, current events) in order to expand their vocabulary and become fluent in conversation across social-cultural contexts. (A primary focus on written expression is provided in 210.301; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended course background: AS.210.202 or placement test score: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: April Wuensch ([email protected])

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Wuensch, April
• Room: Krieger Laverty
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 6/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this interactive language course (not exclusively designed for pre-meds), students learn how to communicate in the fields of public health, medicine, and humanitarian aid in a French-speaking environment. While acquiring new lexical and syntactic tools weekly, students examine and debate the current structures and issues of the French health system, through a variety of media (governmental websites, mainstream and specialized newspapers, movies, blogs, first-account books, etc.). A final project is tailored to each student’s own area of interest. Please note that this course is taught by a language instructor, not a medical expert. Recommended course background: AS.210.301 or AS.210.302 or permission of instructor. Students interested in taking the exam for the French For Health Diploma should visit the following website: https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/tests-diplomes/diplomes-francais-professionnel-dfp/sante/

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This interactive, writing intensive course has a double agenda: 1) to guide students towards linguistic proficiency in French by exposing them to an extended range of stylistic, idiomatic and grammatical expressions; 2) to strengthen students' individual voices in written and oral expression. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.301 and AS.210.302 or permission of instructor. Contact Kristin Cook-Gailloud ([email protected]).

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Cook-Gailloud, Kristin Anna
• Room: Gilman 400
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

How has the Holocaust been represented in literature and film? Are there special challenges posed by genocide to the traditions of visual and literary representation? Where does the Holocaust fit in to the array of concerns that the visual arts and literature express? And where do art and literature fit in to the commemoration of communal tragedy and the working through of individual trauma entailed by thinking about and representing the Holocaust? These questions will guide our consideration of a range of texts — nonfiction, novels, poetry — in Yiddish, German, English, French and other languages (including works by Primo Levi and Isaac Bashevis Singer), as well as films from French documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters (including films by Alain Resnais, Claude Lanzmann, and Steven Spielberg). All readings in English.

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Spinner, Samuel Jacob
• Room: Gilman 400
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL

Readings and discussion of texts of various genres (poetry, short story, novel, theatre) covering the time period from the Middle Ages to the present day. The course will expose students to core principles of literary understanding and analysis; the texts themselves are drawn from socio-cultural and historical frameworks that cross the French-speaking world. The two semesters (212.333 and 212.334) may be taken in either order. Students may co-register with an upper level course during this course. 212.333 covers the time period from the Middle Ages to the Revolution. Taught in French and writing intensive.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room: Gilman 217
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course examines both sociolinguistic and cultural aspects of the French-speaking world and the relationship between la francophonie and France itself. We focus on five regions—Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroun and Senegal), Northern Africa (Morocco and Algeria), the Caribbean (Martinique and Haiti), North America (Quebec), and Europe (Belgium)—and consider language features unique to those regional varieties, the status of French as opposed to other indigenous languages and creoles, the demographics of their speakers, and the representation of their culture in media (particularly in short stories, poetry, song, and film). A semester-long research project on one of these main areas will allow students to combine their study of the French-speaking world with other disciplines of interest to them.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Anderson, Bruce
• Room: Smokler Center Library
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 2/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Since the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America in the 19th century, French writers have consistently been drawn to the United States as a focal point of their literary exploration. In this course, students will critically examine how French writers have engaged with American culture from an observational and analytical standpoint. They will investigate themes of attraction and repulsion, pro- and anti-American sentiment, and how these perspectives intersect with issues of gender, race, and class, as well as the evolution of American society in the context of Franco-American relations. Students will analyze and interpret novels, pamphlets, newspaper articles, poems, and essays to understand how these texts reflect the authors' perspectives on the U.S. and their sense of French identity in relation to American culture. They will also evaluate the impact of American writers who chose to live in France, exploring how their experiences influenced their work and personal lives. Through these activities, students will achieve a nuanced understanding of the complexities of Franco-American literary interactions. The course will be taught in English, with an optional additional hour in French for those pursuing a major or minor. All texts will be available in both languages.

• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek; Tribotte, Julien David
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 6/7
• PosTag(s): n/a

A 4 credit option for French majors. Since the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America in the 19th century, French writers have consistently been drawn to the United States as a focal point of their literary exploration. In this course, students will critically examine how French writers have engaged with American culture from an observational and analytical standpoint. They will investigate themes of attraction and repulsion, pro- and anti-American sentiment, and how these perspectives intersect with issues of gender, race, and class, as well as the evolution of American society in the context of Franco-American relations. Students will analyze and interpret novels, pamphlets, newspaper articles, poems, and essays to understand how these texts reflect the authors' perspectives on the U.S. and their sense of French identity in relation to American culture. They will also evaluate the impact of American writers who chose to live in France, exploring how their experiences influenced their work and personal lives. Through these activities, students will achieve a nuanced understanding of the complexities of Franco-American literary interactions. The course will be taught in English, with an optional additional hour in French for those pursuing a major or minor. All texts will be available in both languages. The meeting time for the extra hour of instruction will be decided on the first day of class.

• Days/Times: TTh 8:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek; Tribotte, Julien David
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course will meet three times during the semester to enable all French majors to prepare their thesis subject, thesis bibliography, and abstract prior to the writing of the Senior Thesis (AS.212.430). This course is required of all French majors and must be taken during the Fall semester of their senior year. Schedule TBA upon consultation with the class list, as there are only three group meetings. The rest of the meetings are in individual appointments with the DUS or another chosen French professor. Prerequisites: AS.212.333-334 and either prior enrollment or concurrent enrollment in AS.210.417 Eloquent French.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course will meet three times during the semester to enable all French majors to prepare their thesis subject, thesis bibliography, and abstract prior to the writing of the Senior Thesis (AS.212.430). This course is required of all French majors and must be taken during the Fall semester of their senior year. Schedule TBA upon consultation with the class list, as there are only three group meetings. The rest of the meetings are in individual appointments with the DUS or another chosen French professor. Prerequisites: AS.212.333-334 and either prior enrollment or concurrent enrollment in AS.210.417 Eloquent French.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course will meet three times during the semester to enable all French majors to prepare their thesis subject, thesis bibliography, and abstract prior to the writing of the Senior Thesis (AS.212.430). This course is required of all French majors and must be taken during the Fall semester of their senior year. Schedule TBA upon consultation with the class list, as there are only three group meetings. The rest of the meetings are in individual appointments with the DUS or another chosen French professor. Prerequisites: AS.212.333-334 and either prior enrollment or concurrent enrollment in AS.210.417 Eloquent French.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course will meet three times during the semester to enable all French majors to prepare their thesis subject, thesis bibliography, and abstract prior to the writing of the Senior Thesis (AS.212.430). This course is required of all French majors and must be taken during the Fall semester of their senior year. Schedule TBA upon consultation with the class list, as there are only three group meetings. The rest of the meetings are in individual appointments with the DUS or another chosen French professor. Prerequisites: AS.212.333-334 and either prior enrollment or concurrent enrollment in AS.210.417 Eloquent French.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of a senior thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of a senior thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of a senior thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of a senior thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

From its origins – in Socrates's homoerotic mythologies, in the poetry of pre-Islamic Arabia, and in the currents that crossed from medieval Al-Andalus into Italy and Southern France – love has been a paradoxical, transgressive phenomenon: mystical longing, counter-religion, con game, parlor game, alienation, or self-affirmation. Contemporary sociologists have reported its demise, brought about by too many right- and left-swipes. In this course we explore a few crucial moments in the history of love, from Socrates's female teacher, Diotima, to today's dating shows, and we'll bring a literary, a sociological, and an anthropological approach to the challenges posed by love's protean discourse. Works by Plato, Ovid, Saint Augustine, Majnûn, Ibn Hazm, the abbess Héloïse, Pierre de Marivaux, Simone Weil, Annie Ernaux. The course is conducted in French.

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

From colonialist fictions of the 1920s and 1930s and politically engaged works of the 1960s, to family sagas and personal essays looking back in the new century on a conflicted past, Algeria has featured prominently in France's cinematographic imaginary. In the six decades since gaining independence, Algeria has likewise produced compelling narratives that address the colonial legacy, the armed liberation struggle and its aftermath, up to and including the institution of one-party rule and the outbreak of the “invisible war” of the 1990s. This seminar in transnational film study addresses from both sides of the Mediterranean an entangled political and cultural history. It examines conflicting screen representations as well as the institutions, individuals, and publics associated with them. We will ask how choice of source material, generic conventions, narrative viewpoint, and ideological bias make of each work a discrete historiographical act. How do groups of spectators selectively construct divergent “screen memories” along the lines of gender, nationality, or other subgroups? Seminar in English; reading knowledge of French required. Films will be screened with English or French subtitles whenever available.

• Days/Times: W 3:30PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 2/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Training for professional academic performance.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 6/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

The second semester of this highly interactive course for beginners emphasizes spoken communication on a variety of topics, using relevant vocabulary and grammar, in the classroom. Extensive use of online resources outside of class will build skills in reading and writing. Recommended course background: AS 210.101 or appropriate score on Placement test 1: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis.

• Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
• Instructor: Mehra, Julianne Marlis
• Room: Gilman 75
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

The second semester of this highly interactive course for beginners emphasizes spoken communication on a variety of topics, using relevant vocabulary and grammar, in the classroom. Extensive use of online resources outside of class will build skills in reading and writing. Recommended course background: AS 210.101 or appropriate score on Placement test 1: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Lulu, Annie
• Room: Shriver Hall 001
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

The second semester of this highly interactive course for beginners emphasizes spoken communication on a variety of topics, using relevant vocabulary and grammar, in the classroom. Extensive use of online resources outside of class will build skills in reading and writing. Recommended course background: AS 210.101 or appropriate score on Placement test 1: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis.

• Days/Times: MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
• Instructor: Jean-Pierre, Jean-Ederson
• Room: Gilman 219
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This beginning French course is a fast-paced, intensive introduction to the French language and the culture of France and the French-speaking world, covering the content of French Elements 1 and 2 (AS 210.101-102) but in one semester. As such, it is meant for students who have some previous classroom or independent study of French (as assessed by a placement exam), or who are native or bilingual speakers of another Romance language. Classroom activities will emphasize spoken communication on a variety of topics, using relevant vocabulary and grammar. Extensive use of online resources outside of class will build skills in listening, reading, and writing. Completion of this class will allow students to enroll in Intermediate French 1 (AS 210.201).

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, TTh 3:00PM - 3:50PM
• Instructor: Anderson, Bruce
• Room: Gilman 377
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.104 or appropriate score on Placement test I.

• Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 413
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.104 or appropriate score on Placement test I.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Anderson, Bruce
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.201 or appropriate score on Placement test 1: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test.

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Gilman 134
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.201 or appropriate score on Placement test 1: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test.

• Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Roos, Suzanne Lois
• Room: Gilman 377
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in AS.210.301 will focus primarily on written expression, learning to ‘decipher’ classic and contemporary texts in order to expand their French vocabulary and communicate their ideas in writing with clarity and accuracy. (A primary focus on oral expression is provided in AS.210.302; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Cook-Gailloud, Kristin Anna
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in AS.210.301 will focus primarily on written expression, learning to ‘decipher’ classic and contemporary texts in order to expand their French vocabulary and communicate their ideas in writing with clarity and accuracy. (A primary focus on oral expression is provided in AS.210.302; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Cook-Gailloud, Kristin Anna
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in 210.302 will focus primarily on oral expression through individual and group work on contemporary media (music, film, current events) in order to expand their vocabulary and become fluent in conversation across social-cultural contexts. (A primary focus on written expression is provided in 210.301; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Wuensch, April
• Room: Gilman 400
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students in 210.302 will focus primarily on oral expression through individual and group work on contemporary media (music, film, current events) in order to expand their vocabulary and become fluent in conversation across social-cultural contexts. (A primary focus on written expression is provided in 210.301; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: https://learnmore.jhu.edu/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this interactive language course (not exclusively designed for pre-meds), students learn how to communicate in the fields of public health, medicine, and humanitarian aid in a French-speaking environment. While acquiring new lexical and syntactic tools weekly, students examine and debate the current structures and issues of the French health system, through a variety of media (governmental websites, mainstream and specialized newspapers, movies, blogs, first-account books, etc.). A final project is tailored to each student’s own area of interest. Please note that this course is taught by a language instructor, not a medical expert. Recommended course background: AS.210.301 or AS.210.302 or permission of instructor. Students interested in taking the exam for the French For Health Diploma should visit the following website: https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/tests-diplomes/diplomes-francais-professionnel-dfp/sante/

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

If the modern‐day Romance languages all evolved from Latin, how and why do they differ in so many important ways? What drives language change in the first place and why should this be the case? We approach these questions not only from a linguistic perspective (analyzing Romance sound systems, vocabulary, morphosyntax, and semantics), but from a cognitive‐psychological and a socio‐political perspective as well. Recommended Course Background: At least intermediate-level proficiency in a Romance language as assessed by coursework or placement exam; some previous coursework in linguistics is desirable but not necessary.

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Anderson, Bruce
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/15
• PosTag(s): COGS-LING

La Révolution française de 1789 s'apparente aujourd'hui à un mythe national. Ses adeptes ont tenté d'en faire un horizon indépassable, tout en dissimulant ses parts d'ombre. Cette dimension mythologique se double d'une prétention universaliste qui entend faire bénéficier des avancées révolutionnaires à l'humanité tout entière. En cette année anniversaire d'une autre révolution (1776), nous étudierons les grands discours et textes fondateurs de la Révolution française, mais aussi des œuvres littéraires, picturales et musicales. Nous verrons comment se construit le mythe révolutionnaire grâce à la promotion de valeurs universelles : souveraineté nationale, liberté politique, égalité des droits, justice sociale. Nous irons au-delà la France européenne de 1789 et voyagerons de la France contemporaine aux colonies antillaises en passant brièvement par la Russie Bolchévique, où s’est réinventé voici un siècle le mythe fondateur de la Grande Révolution.

• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Dreyer, Pierre Elie Georges
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Readings and discussion of texts of various genres covering the time period from the Revolution to the 20th century. This sequence is a pre-requisite to all further literature courses. Students may co-register with an upper-level course during their second semester.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students will explore contemporary French society and culture through a wide variety of media: fiction and non-fiction readings (graphic novels, news periodicals, popular magazines), films, music, art, websites, and podcasts. A diverse range of hands-on activities in addition to guided readings will help students develop cultural awareness as we discuss topics such as education, politics, humor, sports, cuisine, immigration, slang, and national identity, as well as the historical factors that have influenced these facets of French and francophone culture. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.301 or AS.210.302 or permission of instructor.

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Wuensch, April
• Room: Krieger 300
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/12
• PosTag(s): INST-CP

Alexandre Dumas’s Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1844-46) is widely regarded as one of the most popular novels of all time and as one of the best adventure novels ever written. Perhaps no other masterpiece of French literature has been subjected around the world to such countless film adaptations, including animation, television series, and serials. This course aims to study and contextualize the reasons behind this sustained transnational and transcultural interest. Close reading and analysis of Dumas' novel will provide a good point of departure to explore problems that cut across nineteenth-century French society: politics, social class, revolution, family, love and desire, revenge, justice, science, and religion. Course conducted in French; most films in English or with English subtitles.

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of an honors thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of an honors thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of an honors thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

An in-depth and closely supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written expression, which leads to the composition of an honors thesis in French. Recommended Course Background: AS.212.429.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

On s’arrête trop souvent pour souligner l’inexistence d’une véritable sphère du Livre lorsqu’on aborde la littérature haïtienne, mais assez rarement pour s’interroger sur la place de cet objet dans la fiction. Il nous semble que la représentation du Livre et de ses avatars est omniprésente dans les œuvres des écrivains antillais depuis la fin du XIXe siècle. La lecture et l’écriture jouent en effet un rôle important dans les représentations culturelles, esthétiques et politiques qu’ils se font de leur société, soumise à une certaine forme de tyrannie intellectuelle. Ce séminaire sera principalement consacré à la question du Livre dans un contexte caribéen. Nous examinerons ainsi la figure de l’auteur antillais, sa présence dans l’œuvre fictionnelle, sa conception fétichisée de la Littérature à travers des perspectives esthétiques, sociales, historiques et politiques, en prenant comme exemples les romans de Jacques Stephen Alexis, Marie Chauvet, René Depestre, Jean-Claude Fignolé, Frankétienne, Fernand Hibbert, Dany Laferrière, Frédéric Marcelin, Émile Ollivier, René Philoctète.

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Ce séminaire doctoral a pour base des (re)lectures intensives d'une œuvre-phare qui a profondément transformé la poétique post-moderne, dans l'aire francophone comme en traduction. Lire Perec, c'est faire l'expérience d'une constante redécouverte des possibles de la langue et des formes, héritées ou nouvellement engendrées. Nourrie d'échanges avec l'OuLiPo, cette production hors commun déborde largement les confins de la littérature narrative et expérimentale pour irriguer les domaines de la création théâtrale, radiophonique, filmique entre autres. En plus de nous familiariser avec quelques courants critiques qui se sont saisis de l'œuvre, nous nous interrogerons au fil de nos lectures sur ce "reste" qui résiste à toute capture : un regard "oblique", une voix bien moins "neutre" qu'il n'y paraît, un corps semble-t-il absent qui ne cesse d'insister dans l'écriture comme pour témoigner de la perte.

• Days/Times: Th 9:30AM - 11:30AM
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research work toward dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Desormeaux, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Wilda
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Russo, Elena
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

1st semester: Develop list of already-read works in your chosen field to develop a thesis subject. Identify 2 co-advisors of the ABD project; the expectation is that 1 will direct the thesis following the ABD defense. Register in this advisor’s section (01: Desormeaux; 02: Anderson; 03: Russo; 04: Schilling). 1st month: Discuss with co-advisors your understanding of the core research question(s) and prepare a provisional abstract (an ongoing working tool). The abstract includes 1) well-articulated thesis statement; 2) description of proposed methodology; 3) list of proposed primary works to be studied; 4) justification of the project’s relevance to the field and its interdisciplinary reach. It should be accompanied by a report on your literature search: situate your project within the existing scholarly corpus. 2nd month: prepare an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works. Expect it to expand significantly during ABD prep as well as after the ABD defense. 3rd month: review and modify the abstract with the co-advisors; develop a provisional outline of your ABD text. Present a reading list for the period between the 1st and 2nd semesters of proposal prep. 2nd semester: Meet with the co-advisors to report on the interim research and revisit if necessary the proposed outline and abstract. Submit proposal for the sample chapter. 1st month: begin writing the sample chapter. 2nd month: in the light of how the sample chapter is progressing, review the outline with the co-advisors, then begin writing a narrative of potential thesis chapters. 3rd month: once the foregoing are drafted, write up the methodological introduction and finalize the annotated bibliography. Finally, review the abstract for completeness and revise the ABD for language and formatting. The ABD must be approved by the ABD co-advisors before it is distributed for defense. Goal:~25 pages of supporting material;~30-page writing sample; an annotated bibliography. ABD is not to exceed 75 pp.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Training for professional academic performance.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Anderson, Bruce; Schilling, Derek
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a