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FNR 37010 - Natural Resources Practicum
Credit Hours: 1.00. Specific field instruction in forestry, fisheries and aquatic sciences and wildlife. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37050 - Forest Habitats And Communities Practicum
Credit Hours: 1.00. Specific field instruction in forestry and wildlife. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37100 - Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences Practicum
Credit Hours: 5.00. Specific field instruction in fisheries and aquatic sciences. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37200 - Forestry Practicum
Credit Hours: 4.00. Specific field instruction in forestry. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37300 - Wildlife Practicum
Credit Hours: 4.00. Specific field instruction in wildlife science and management. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37400 - International Natural Resources Practicum
Credit Hours: 4.00. This is an international alternative to the required departmental summer practicum that may be elected by students in the different disciplines in FNR. Field instruction and practice in an international setting during the summer following the sophomore year. Students take two weeks of common coursework with FNR 37000 students in forestry, wildlife, fisheries, and natural resources, and then undertake international training according to area of interest for three or more weeks. The location of international training is open, but a plan of study, and a cooperating institution must be approved by departmental faculty. Students pay university tuition plus a fee for living facilities and subsistence. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 37500 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the human dimensions of foresty, wildlife, and recreation; students will learn how values, attitudes, community, and behavior relate to natural resource management and decision-making; various natural resource management stakeholders such as private landowners, natural resource agencies, the judiciary, and environmental and natural resource interest groups will be discussed; course will utilize case studies specific to Indiana and the Midwest; course includes weekly discussions during recitations. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 39000 - Cooperative Professional Program
Credit Hours: 0.00. Supervised professional experience in forestry. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of a forestry faculty coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit a summary report. Admission to forestry Co-op program. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FNR 40000 - Forestry And Natural Resources Study Abroad
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Utilized to record credits earned through participation in Purdue study abroad programs with cooperating foreign universities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FNR 40600 - Natural Resource And Environmental Economics
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGEC 40600 ) Introduction to economic models of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and the use of these models in the analysis of current resource use and environmental issues. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 40700 - Forest Economics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Implications of unique economic characteristics of forest resources, including a tree as both capital and output, high capital to output ratio, location utility of in-forest uses, long investment periods, and non-market outputs. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 40800 - Natural Resources Planning
Credit Hours: 3.00. Management concepts and decision making emphasizing formal planning processes including development of objectives, analysis of alternatives, and decision making within the constraints of changing social and political trends, economic feasibility, and sustainability of ecosystem functions for a property. Laboratory activities are focused on the development of a management plan by an interdisciplinary team for a specific area and set of objectives. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 40900 - Timber Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of financial and biological principles to determine optimal production of wood as a raw material on industrial and non-industrial ownerships. Optimal rotation and stocking level for individual trees and stands. Forest regulation for both even-aged and uneven-aged stands for long-term sustainability and certification. Timber harvest scheduling using mathematical programming techniques. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 41200 - Natural Resources Decision Making
Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will learn decision analysis and how to apply it to a mix of natural resource problems. Students will learn the elements of a decision model, how to structure decision problems, making choices, and conducting sensitivity analyses under certainty. Decision making under conditions of uncertainty and the preferences of one or more decision makers will be introduced to reflect real world decision making. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 41800 - Properties Of Wood Related To Manufacturing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Orthotopic nature of wood, grain, texture, moisture content, shrinking, swelling, specific gravity, machining, thermal properties, electrical properties, elastic properties, strength properties, vibration properties, bending, natural characteristics affecting mechanical properties, effect of manufacturing and service environment on mechanical properties, changing quality of available resources and implications of wood quality changes for manufacturing. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 41900 - Furniture And Cabinet Design And Manufacture
Credit Hours: 3.00. Qualitative and quantitative principles of furniture construction, performance testing of furniture, and computer-based applications and solutions. Course features laboratory evaluation of fasteners and furniture joints. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 41910 - Furniture Product Development And Strength Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. Qualitative and quantitative principles of furniture construction, product development methodology and strength design principles, furniture performance testing, product sustainability and end of life options (LCA, computer-based applications and solutions). Course features laboratory evaluating, furniture joints and furniture structures. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 42500 - Secondary Wood Products Manufacturing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Secondary wood products manufacturing; structure of the industry, organization of a furniture factory, raw materials, rough mill, finish mill, assembly, finishing, machinery, wood machining, plant layout, production methods, modern industrial engineering concepts; includes visits to manufacturing operations. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 43400 - Tree Physiology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of physiology of growth and development of woody plants. Emphasis on the structure and function of trees and their physiological response to environmental factors. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 44100 - Forest Entomology
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENTM 44100 ) An introduction to the identity, natural history and management of insects affecting forest ecosystems. Topics include biodiversity, natural history and ecology of forest pests; forecasting and assessing the risk of insect outbreaks; and silvicultural, biological and chemical strategies for preventing and managing insect pests. Offered in odd-numbered years. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 44400 - Arboricultural Practices
Credit Hours: 4.00. Course covers a broad spectrum of arboriculture principles and techniques, including pruning, transplanting, fertilization, climbing, rigging, removal, cabling, bracing, lightning protection, hazard tree evaluation, tree appraisal, and street tree inventory. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 44500 - Urban Forest Issues
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents an array of topics germane to the management of trees in the urban environment. This includes the benefits of trees and general tree care, tree appraisal, tree ordinances, tree inventory and management plans, and tree preservation and construction. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 44700 - Vertebrate Population Dynamics
Credit Hours: 4.00. Estimation and analysis of populations; computer modeling of sampling methods, population dynamics, population and habitat management. Knowledge of computer programming not required. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 45200 - Aquaculture
Credit Hours: 3.00. Historical perspectives and current practices in aquaculture, including production systems, feeds, water quality requirements, and diseases of commercially important species. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 45300 - Fish Physiology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Presentation and discussion of physiological mechanisms exhibited by freshwater and marine invertebrates and vertebrates. Primary materials used for class presentation and discussions will be examples from primary research literature. Topics include respiration, osmoregulation, stress physiology, absorption and metabolism of compounds, and hormonal control of selected physiological mechanisms. Offered in odd-numbered years. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 45400 - Fisheries Science And Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of fisheries management, with emphasis on strategies utilized for the management of freshwater and marine fisheries. Application of quantitative methodologies for the assessment and manipulation of aquatic habitats, sport and commerical fish populations, and human resource users and non-users are considered as in the setting of appropriate goals and objectives for effective, science-based management. One weekend field laboratory is required. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 45500 - Fish Ecology
Credit Hours: 3.00. The relationship of fishes to the physical, chemical, and biological features of the environment in both natural and perturbed aquatic ecosystems. An emphasis will be placed on diversity in morphology, behavior, feeding, and reproductive strategies as they relate to individual and population adaptation, community structure, and anthropogenic effects. Offered in even-numbered years. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 46000 - International Natural Resources Summer Program
Credit Hours: 3.00. A four-week, intensive program examining the management and conservation of natural resources in Europe and the United States. Jointly taught with faculty and students from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The program topic and venue change each year, but emphasis is placed on student interaction and internationalization as well as on cross-cultural communication skills within a natural resources framework. Offered in even-numbered years at Purdue University and in odd-numbered years at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Typically offered Summer.
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FNR 47000 - Fundamentals Of Planning
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will overview key steps involved in natural resources planning, expose students to a variety of different natural resource plans, and engage students in critically evaluating the effectiveness of planning. (Course meets during weeks 1-5.). Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 48400 - Design For Computer Numerical Controlled Manufacturing
Credit Hours: 3.00. The course objective is to familiarize students with Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) router operation, rapid prototyping and basics of secondary wood products manufacturing. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 48800 - Global Environmental Issues
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the state of the world in terms of natural resource consumption, environmental quality, and global change. Techniques to analyze and evaluate information. Survey threats to soil productivity, the changing atmosphere, water quality and quantity, energy impacts, and biodiversity from an ecosystem perspective. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 49800 - Special Assignments
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FNR 49900 - Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FNR 51100 - Population Genetics
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 51100 , ANSC 51100 ) Basic concepts of population genetics. Characterization of populations using gene frequencies, gametic and zygotic disequilibrium; forces changing gene frequencies (mutation, migration, selection, and random genetic drift) and genotypic frequencies (mating systems: inbreeding, crossbreeding, and phenotypic assortative) and related hypothesis testing; gene trees and the coalescent process; and molecular phylogenies. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 52200 - Advanced Forest Soils Science
Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the nutrient dynamics of forest ecosystems with emphasis on the physical, chemical, and biological processes influencing nutrient cycling, roots and soil-root interactions, in-depth study of the C, N, and P cycles, and the impact of environmental change on the processes controlling these cycles. Special topics include fertilization, soil management, and acidic deposition. Class trips may be required. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Offered in even-numbered years. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 52600 - Aquatic Animal Health
Credit Hours: 2.00. This is an introductory course designed to provide instruction on the methodology of diagnosis and treatment of parasitic, fungal, bacterial, viral, nutritional, and environmental diseases of fishes and other aquatic organisms (amphibians, reptiles, and bivalves). Courses in chemistry and biology are expected and in animal physiology is preferred, but not required. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 52700 - Ecotoxicology
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course covers theoretical and applied approaches to the science of ecotoxicology, including application of the tools and procedures used to understand toxicant fate and effects in free-ranging animals and ecosystems. Students are expected to be knowledgeable in chemistry, biology, and animal physiology. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 53500 - Forest Regeneration
Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the dynamics associated with the regeneration of forestlands in North America. Topics include: seed collection and handling, forest tree nursery operations, seedling quality, managing for environmental stresses, planting operations, early stand management, and natural regeneration. Offered in odd numbered years. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 53600 - Ecology Of Disturbance
Credit Hours: 2.00. Advanced lecture-and discussion-based class examining how disturbance shapes the composition and structure of communities and landscapes across major terrestrial biomes. Students will examine and discuss the relationships between disturbance intensity, frequency, and spatial extent and how these characteristics affect ecological processes and ecologically-based management of forest and grassland ecosystems. The class will also examine the synergistic effects of multiple disturbances and the restoration of endemic disturbance regimes in contemporary ecosystems. Course is reading intensive; students will read and discuss on average 3-8 journal articles per week. Typically offered in even years. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 53601 - Ecology Of Disturbance Practicum
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is the practicum for FNR 53600 , hence enrollment is contingent upon enrollment in FNR 53600 . Course consists of a one or two week long field trip to a remote site; prior trips have been taken to the Great Smokey National Park over spring break. Course requires an addition travel fee, depending on location visited. Typically offered in even years. Typically offered Spring, but may be offered occasionally during summer session.
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FNR 54300 - Conservation Biology I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to conservation biology, including population dynamics and genetic structure of rare organisms. Recovery planning, restoration ecology, environmental policy making, and sustainable developments are considered, as is ethics in conservation of biological diversity. Offered in odd-numbered years. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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FNR 54400 - Conservation Biology II
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of specific topic within the field of conservation biology. Topic varies from year to year, depending on interests of students enrolled, and emphasizes current advances or issues in the field. Offered in even-numbered years. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 55000 - Fisheries Stock Assessment And Modeling
Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and application of models and other quantitative analyses for the assessment and management of recreational, commercial, and non-game fishes. Emphasis is placed on the estimation of basic fish population dynamics, and the development and application of models used to predict and assess fisheries management outcomes. (Offered in odd-numbered years.). Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 55100 - Advanced Ichthyology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced ichthyology presents an advanced study of the biology of fishes. In particular, the course covers aspects of the morphology, physiology, development, behavior, evolution, diversity, and ecology of fish throughout the world. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 55200 - Advanced Freshwater Ecology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced freshwater ecology presents a comprehensive overview of the form, function, and biological organisms of freshwater ecosystems. Specifically, students learn the fundamental biological and ecological components of continental streams, rivers, and lakes, with some additional consideration given to global freshwaters. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 55800 - Digital Remote Sensing And GIS
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced course in the use of digital remote sensing techniques and geographic information systems (GIS) for renewable natural resources management. Emphasizes the physical principles behind the digital remote sensing of vegetative features, present-day instrument technology, spatial data processing and analysis algorithms, error analysis and accuracy assessment procedures, and multi-source data integration. Provides hands-on experience with forest canopy modeling, atmospheric modeling, image processing, and GIS software on microcomputer and workstation platforms. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 56700 - Advanced Mammalogy
Credit Hours: 3.00. The class explores approaches to mammalian research and wildlife management through readings, discussions, field, and laboratory exercises. Topics such as mammalian behavior, ecology, phylogeny, taxonomy, and conservation are emphasized. The intention of this class is to help students who have a sincere interest in mammalian research and management to progress beyond identification in their understanding of mammals. Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 57100 - Advanced Ornithology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of current avian research topics and techniques. Class discussion of recent scientific literature; field and laboratory exercises to illustrate approaches to ornithological research. One weekend field trip is offered. (Offered in odd-numbered years.). Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 57200 - Community Involvement In Natural Resource Management
Credit Hours: 2.00. Engaging the public in natural resource decision making is an increasingly important and complex task. This course provides an overview of how to include diverse stakeholders in decision making, collaboration, and conflict resolution through readings, class discussions, and role plays. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 57300 - Community Involvement Practicum
Credit Hours: 1.00. Students who enroll in this course will participate in a service learning activity that enables them to apply course concepts from FNR 57200 to a “real life” context. Students enrolling in FNR 57200 are not required to take this course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FNR 58000 - Research Methods For Natural Resource Social Science
Credit Hours: 3.00. This class covers basic elements of research design for social scientists, with an emphasis on issues pertinent to natural resource management. Topics to be covered include the role of theories and paradigms in designing sound research, writing research questions and hypotheses, and the importance of validity and reliability in research design. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs are presented and discussed. Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 59800 - Topical Problems In Forestry And Natural Resources
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Subjects and problems of interest to the student. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FNR 60500 - Molecular Ecology And Evolution
Credit Hours: 3.00. Lectures cover the genetic attributes of both conventional and contemporary molecular markers. Discussions focus primarily on the use of DNA-based markers to address conceptual issues in ecology and evolutionary biology (e.g., mating systems, systematics, phylogeography). Offered in even-numbered years. Prerequisites: AGRY 32000 or BIOL 24100 . Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 63900 - Stand Dynamics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced lecture and discussion based class examining wood formation and growing-use efficiency during the first unit, and stand development after natural or arthropogenic disturbance during the second unit. Other topics include introduction to disturbance ecology and disturbance-based management. Students will learn basic dendrochronology techniques while completing two independent lab projects that correspond to each of the aforementioned units. At least one class trip may be required. Typically offered in odd-numbered years. Prerequisites: FNR 33100 and FNR 33900 and (STAT 50300 or STAT 51100 .) Typically offered Fall.
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FNR 64700 - Quantitative Methods For Ecologists
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the assumptions and utility of statistical and other data analytic techniques that are encountered commonly or increasingly being used in ecological research. Emphasis is placed on the potential applications of these quantitative methods in an ecological context. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: STAT 51200 . Typically offered Spring.
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FNR 67900 - Forest Resources Seminar
Credit Hours: 0.00 or 1.00. Required for graduate students in forestry and natural resources. Topics vary. Prerequisite: Required of graduate students in forestry, natural resources. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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FNR 69100 - Topical Problems In Forestry
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Subjects and problems of interest to the student. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FNR 69300 - Topical Problems In Wildlife Biology
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Subjects and problems of interest to the student. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FNR 69800 - Research MS Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FNR 69900 - Research PhD Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 10100 - French Level I
Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning French course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
CTL:IWL 1901 French Level I
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FR 10200 - French Level II
Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of FR 10100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1902 French Level II
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FR 11200 - Elementary French Conversation
Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions in French on practical topics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 20100 - French Level III
Credit Hours: 3.00. A lower intermediate French course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
CTL:IWL 1903 French Level III
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FR 20200 - French Level IV
Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of FR 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1904 French Level IV
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FR 21100 - Elementary French Conversation II
Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of FR 11200 . May be taken concurrently with FR 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 21200 - Intermediate French Conversation
Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions in French on practical topics. Not open to students enrolled in or having credit for FR 30100 or above. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 22400 - French Level IV Business French
Credit Hours: 3.00. Practical reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills will be developed toward use of French for business purposes. Course materials cover daily business dealings as well as national and international trade. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 23000 - French Literature In Translation
Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and analysis of selected French writers and their works, with particular emphasis on the social, political, and intellectual climate of their times. The course content will change from semester to semester. Knowledge of French not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of French Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected poetry, prose, and theatre from France and the Francophone world; introduction to critical discourse and basic concepts of literary theory. Texts, discussion, and written assignments in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 28000 - Second-Year French: Special Topics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected topics on the civilization, culture, and literature of France. Lectures and readings primarily in English, but knowledge of French at the first-year level necessary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 30100 - French Level V
Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued development of French speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, using materials dealing primarily with everyday life and civilization in France and the other French-speaking countries from various sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, recent literature, etc.). Conducted primarily in French. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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FR 30200 - French Level VI
Credit Hours: 3.00. Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in French on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that have shaped present-day France and the other French-speaking countries. Conducted primarily in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 31200 - Advanced French Conversation
Credit Hours: 1.00. One credit hour advanced French conversation focused on the development of oral and aural skills for self-expression. Course provides students with guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Discussions in French on various topics. Course may be taken concurrently with FR 30100 , FR 30200 , FR 40100 or FR 40200 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 32400 - Business French
Credit Hours: 3.00. Practical reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills at an intermediate level will be developed toward the use of French for business purposes. Course materials cover daily business dealing as well as national and international trade. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 33000 - French Cinema
Credit Hours: 3.00. A general survey of major French cinematic trends from the earliest examples (Melies, Lumiere) to the New Wave (Chabrol, Truffaut, Resnais, Godard, etc.), with a discussion of the historical, social, political, aesthetic, and literary contexts. The French film in relation to world cinema. The relationship between the French cinema and French literature. Reading and analysis of scripts and historical and critical materials. Knowledge of French not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 34100 - French Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment
Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected poetry, prose, and theatre of France from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment in historical and cultural context. Readings, discussion, and papers in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 34200 - French Literature II: The 19th And 20th Centuries
Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected French poetry, novels, theatre, and short fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries in historical and cultural context. Readings, discussion, and papers in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 36100 - The Structure Of French I: Pronunciation And Sound Structure
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents the sound system of French by examining the structural patterning of various levels (phonetic, phonemic, etc.). The course provides models and sufficient practice for students to develop good pronunciation and intonation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 36200 - The Structure Of French II: Grammar And Sentence Structure
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents the grammatical structure of French, dealing both with word-level phenomena (inflectional and derivational morphology, etc.) and with phrase- and sentence-level phenomena (syntactic structure, sentence constituents, word order, etc.). Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 38000 - Special Topics In French Culture And Civilization
Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected topics on the contemporary civilization of the French-speaking world and on the development of its culture throughout history. Explores trends in society, daily life, the arts, ideas, and technology. Conducted in French. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 39400 - Special Topics In French Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies a particular aspect in French literature (e.g., theme, device, character type, motif, place) by reading a varied selection of works of different genres, styles and/or periods. Readings, discussion, and papers in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 39600 - Special Topics In French Language Science
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines a particular aspect entailed in the study of French language, e.g., language acquisition and teaching, language in society, regional dialects of France, French around the world, French creoles. Conducted in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 39900 - Special Study Abroad Credit In French
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course number is for assignment after the fact of credits in French earned while enrolled at a foreign university on a Study Abroad program which cannot be appropriately accommodated under an established Purdue course number. It is not for use for courses offered at or conducted by Purdue. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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FR 40100 - French Level VII
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced work on development of French speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, focusing on materials dealing primarily with culture and the arts in France and the other French-speaking countries. Conducted primarily in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 40200 - French Level VIII
Credit Hours: 3.00. Further advanced work on speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in French. Course materials will cover a variety of topics illustrated by film and other media, both print and nonprint. Conducted primarily in French. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 42400 - Business French
Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the terminology and techniques used in commercial transactions, including the interpretation and writing of business materials. Development of the four language skills, with emphasis on writing and speaking. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 44300 - Introduction To Francophone Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of the most representative Francophone poets, playwrights, and novelists from various countries, such as Leopold Senghor, Aime Cesaire, Jacques Romain, Gabrielle Roy, Michel Tremblay, Mohamed Dib. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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FR 48000 - French Civilization
Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of modern French life, with special emphasis on the customs and daily life of the people. Lectures in French. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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FR 51900 - Teaching College French
Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to provide a forum for ideas connecting theory and research to teaching practice. Explores issues related to how learning and teaching can be enhanced and presents practical ideas that can be implemented in the classroom. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
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FR 52700 - Etudes de Style
Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the expression of affective and artistic values in literary French. Detailed grammatical analyses and study of stylistic procedures. Comparison with English usage. Introduction to explication de texte as an approach to literature. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 54100 - Renaissance French Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. Major works in verse and prose of the sixteenth century. Marot, du Bellay, Ronsard, Rabelais, Montaigne. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Spring Fall.
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FR 54200 - The Classical Age
Credit Hours: 3.00. The social background and the formation of the classical traits of the seventeenth century in France. Readings from Corneille, Racine, Moliere, and other minor authors. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 54300 - The Age Of Reason
Credit Hours: 3.00. The political writers, the encyclopedists, and the social philosophers of the eighteenth century, such as Voltaire, Diderot, Montesquieu, Beaumarchais, Le Sage, and Rousseau. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 54900 - French Literature And Film
Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the interrelationships of contemporary French literature and film. Discussion of the potential of each medium as an art form, problems of visual transposition of literary works, and extension of literary concepts such as Dadaism and Surrealism into cinema. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall.
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FR 55800 - French Novel Of The Twentieth Century
Credit Hours: 3.00. Consideration of the character, aesthetics, and evolution of the twentieth-century French novel. Readings from such representative novelists as Proust, Gide, Bernanos, Giono, Malraux, Camus, Robbe-Grillet, Saporta. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 56100 - The Structure Of French I: Phonetics And Phonology
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents the sound system of French by examining descriptive and theoretical issues in the patterning of segments on various levels (phonetics, phonemics, morphology, etc. ). Students will study current phonological and phonetic issues in recent literature. Credit will not be given for both FR 35100 and 56100. Typically offered Spring Fall.
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FR 56200 - The Structure Of French II: Syntax And Morphosyntax
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents descriptive and theoretical issues concerning the grammatical structure of French, dealing both with word-level phenomena (inflectional and derivational morphology, etc. ) and with phrase-, sentence-, and discourse-level phenomena (syntactic structure, sentence constituents, word order, etc. ). Credit will not be given for both FR 36200 and 56200. Typically offered Spring Fall.
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FR 56300 - History Of The French Language
Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the historical development of the French language from Vulgar Latin to the present and of the French language of today as a reflection of past cultural and socio-political conditions. Knowledge of a Romance language or of Latin is recommended but not required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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FR 56400 - Introduction To Old French
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the study of Old French. Phonetic, syntactic, and stylistic questions will be addressed through the analysis of original texts. Typically offered Spring Fall.
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