CORE COURSE (required)

PARI 110 - 01

French Culture and Society (in English)

Franco-American cultural differences in Daily life, Literature and Contemporary politics. As the writer and francophile Adam Gopnik said, “The best way to truly know yourself is to confront another culture.” With this in mind, this course will take students on an adventure to discover, challenge and eventually accept two different yet valid systems of reference: French and American. Students will test the topics discussed in class through their own experiences with their assigned French partners, host families and in day-to-day life. For example, what does it mean that French communication is implicit while American interaction is explicit? Why do Americans believe that wearing overt religious symbols in school is a sign of personal freedom, while the French believe that this ultimately curtails individual liberty? Intended to develop cultural awareness and tolerance. This required course provides the foundation upon which many of the activities of the Trinity Paris Campus are based including visits to cultural events, the “buddy” system with a French student, and some of the opportunities for practica in music performance and such specially designed practica as may be created to meet special interests.

1.00 units, Seminar

PARIS 110 - 02: French Culture & Society (This section is conducted in French) 

Pre-requisite: FREN 202 or higher    (1.00 course credit) - Francie Seder   

LANGUAGE COURSES (all students must take a French course at the appropriate level)

PARI 101

Intensive Elementary French

Intensive Elementary French: Designed to develop a basic ability to read, write, understand and speak French. Emphasis will be placed on ability to speak. For students who have had some background, this course will emphasize oral practice; consolidate basic grammar skills and ability to read short texts. It will also introduce the ability to write short compositions.

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 201

Intermediate French

Review of basic grammatical concepts and development of fundamental language skills with increasing emphasis on written expression and spoken accuracy.

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 205

Advanced Composition and Style

Development of a high level of proficiency through the reading and analysis of contemporary texts and film in idiomatic French, with considerable emphasis on attainment of grammatical accuracy. (Offered by cross registration when not taught at the Trinity College Paris campus.)

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 301

French for Advanced Students

Pre-requisite: FREN 202 or higher Development of a high level of proficiency through the reading and analysis of contemporary texts and film in idiomatic French, with considerable emphasis on attainment of grammatical accuracy.

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 302

French Language and Culture: Paris Theatre Literature & Performance

Students will read and discuss French plays of various periods and attend theatrical performances of the plays they have studied. Students will do additional research and writing at the seminar level. This course counts for major credit in Modern Languages and Theater and fulfills the college’s general distribution requirement in the humanities.

1.00 units, Lecture

ELECTIVES (taught in English)

PARI 221

Modern European History & Politics: The Origins of The European Union

The purpose of this course is to give a global description of Modern European History toward enabling students to understand contemporary events in Europe and the part the EU plays vis a vis the United States. The course will consider the historical sources of the common heritage of the European nations in their concepts of confederation and federation and the tensions created by ideologies such as liberalism, nationalism and socialism that led to divisive world wars and economic depressions. Against this historical backdrop, the course will concentrate on current issues related to the EU: it’s definition and functioning, the building of its institutions, its economy, and the debates raised by treaties and enlargement.

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 321

The European Union: Its History & Its Future.

Students in this course will attend the lectures and go on the site visits associated with the course “PARIS 221: Modern European History & Politics: The Origins of The European Union” and will receive additional instruction and do readings in advanced issues of contemporary European history and politics. Students will write seminar papers and fulfill all of the requirements of advanced course work required by their home departments. Pre-requisites of the History and Political Science Departments apply.

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 251

Paris through its Art and Architecture. Renaissance to the Belle Epoque

This course will study the history of the city, investigating urban planning and architectural history from the reign of Henri IV (1594-1610) until la Belle Epoque (1900). Classes will combine lectures and walking tours in Paris. During the Orientation Period the class will take special study tours to such sites asEcouen, Chantilly, Vaux le Vicomte, Fontainebleau, La Roche Guyon and Giverny. Beginning with Henri IV, considered the first urban planner for Paris, the course will move on to the development of the Palace of Versailles. Group visits to the château and gardens will study how the planning of Versailles influenced the urban growth of Paris. After examining the development of the hôtel particulier in the eighteenth century, the course will turn to the Napoleonic period and then will culminate with an analysis of Baron Haussmann's city planning (1854-1870) and its impact for the Belle Epoque (1870-1900)

1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 278

Exotic Fare: Spice Routes, Garden History & The Development of Food Culture in France 1500-1900

Co-requisite PARIS 299: From Garden to Table: French Gastronomy & the Culinary Arts. This course is an interdisciplinary study that looks in parallel at the history of gardens, imports of new exotic plants and spices, and the evolution of food culture. Students study the history of gardens from the Renaissance until the Belle Époque, taking into consideration how developments in trade, agronomy and aesthetics influenced both popular and elite culture. Special emphasis will be placed on the history of Versailles in the seventeenth century and the simultaneous development of gardening and gastronomy as aesthetic accomplishments. The students will be encouraged to choose term paper topics on exotic imports such as coffee, chocolate or tea that allow them to ask questions about trade, botanicals, agriculture and ultimately gastronomy. The course includes a practical component in which the students visit ornamental and foodstuff gardens, markets, agricultural merchants, and chefs in behind-the-scenes restaurant settings. The course includes an elementary introduction to the expertise of cheese and wine, two defining French agricultural industries. This course is acceptable as an elective credit in Art History and fulfills the general distribution requirement in the arts.

1.00 units, Lecture

New for 2008-2009: Course Number not yet assigned

Urban Processes: Social and Economic Aspects of Segregation and Gentrification in France and the U.S.

The course aims at providing a general overview of urban sociology; an introduction to core notions such as urban economics, segregation, ethnicity, stratification, crime, urban riots, local social policy, urban politics, etc.; and to systematically compare US and French perspectives on the same issues. Field trips in Paris will be organized to train students to match concepts and theories with everyday experience.

PARI 281

European Music and Opera (note: course may be offered as an independent study if there are fewer than 6 students enrolled)

Students in this course will study the history of European opera and music particularly as it can be experienced in the broad offerings of the Parisian music world. Students will attend productions currently being offered in Paris. (Taught in English)

1.00 units, Lecture

PARIS 381

European Music and Opera for Music Majors (note: course may be offered as an independent study if there are fewer than 6 students enrolled)

Music majors may take PARIS 381 for major credit and will do research and prepare a term paper in addition to following the coursework and participation in the outings of Paris 281.  This course counts for credit toward the Music major and fulfills the general distribution requirement in the arts. 1.00 units, Lecture

PARI 328

Franklin, Jefferson and Adams: The Founding Fathers in Paris 1776-1789 (note: course may be offered as an independent study if there are fewer than 6 students enrolled)

From 1776 until 1783 Benjamin Franklin was a major figure in Parisian scientific, popular and elite society. Franklin was celebrated as the inventor of the lightening rod, and served the French court as a scientist, spy and arms dealer until he became America’s first minister to a foreign court. Two exhibitions commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth will travel to Paris in the spring of 2008. At the Conservatoire des Arts & Metiers the exhibition will examine Franklin’s role in French scientific circles (electricity, and the charting of the Gulf Stream). The second at the Musee Carnavalet will examine his activities in late eighteenth century salon society. Although Franklin is universally admired as one of America’s founding fathers, during his sojourn in France he contributed to the intellectual revolutions that gave birth to the sister republics of France and America. Franklin’s job was not an easy one: he consistently battled with John Adams, British spies and arms dealers including the playwright Caaron de Beaumarchais. When Thomas Jefferson was presented to Louis XVI as the American minister to the court of France, Louis XVI asked “You are replacing Dr. Franklin?” to which Jefferson replied: “No Sir. No one can replace Dr. Franklin, I am only succeeding him.” This course will study the objects and documents in the two exhibitions, but it will also examine a series of political treatises that both unite and divide French and American politics and politicians at this pivotal moment in western history.

1.00 units, Lecture 

PARI 352

Seminar. Major Figures in French Art: (note: course may be offered as an independent study if there are fewer than 6 students enrolled)

This advanced seminar in art history will change its topic each year and will take advantage of the current major art exhibition planned for that season. Students will be required to utilize the resources in Paris (museums, libraries, and architectural sites) as part of their class assignments. (Offered if enrollments are sufficient. May be offered as an independent study.)

1.00 units, Seminar

PARI 355

Medieval Art and Architecture in France (note: course may be offered as an independent study if there are fewer than 6 students enrolled)

This tutorial course in art history concentrates on the great achievements of the Romanesque and Gothic in France in architecture, sculpture, stained glass, painting, and the decorative arts. Students will make field trips to the great cathedrals at Saint Denis, Chartres, Amiens, Notre Dame de Paris, the Sainte Chapelle and visit and study the collections of the Musée de Cluny, the Louvre and others. Students will do a research term paper based on a topic that can be conducted on site and based on first-hand study of the monuments or works of art. (Offered if pre-registration numbers are sufficient as an independent study.)

1.00 units, Tutorial

PARI 441

Indedependent Study in Art History

1.0 units, Independent Study

PARI 399

Independent Study

0.50 units min / 1.00 units max, Independent Study

PRACTICA

PARI 299B Cooking/Culture

Practicum: Exotic Fare

Open only to students in PARIS 278. Credit is based on a series of visits and journal entries

0.25 units, Independent Study

PARI 299A Homestay

Practicum: Advanced French Conversation & Social Interaction.

Associated with the home stay housing option only

0.25 units, Independent Study

PARIS 299C:

Practicum: Musical Participation. Open only to students with Choral background

 0.25 units, Independent Study - Francie Seder

DIRECT ENROLLMENT OPTION

Students who are proficient in French (with greater than 2 ½ years of College level French and approval of the Trinity-in-Paris Faculty Committee) may take 1-3 courses at the Insitut Catholique de Paris (ICP),  http://www.icp.fr/icp/index.php