FRN 240I - Contemporary France, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): None. Given in English, with no prior study of French expected. May be taken for major credit if out-of-class research and reports are done in French. May be offered in French as a seminar.
A study of Contemporary French society, politics, and culture. This course explores ongoing and developing topics, such as debates on Laïcité, education, women and gender inclusion, multiculturalism, and migration, which present themselves in France and/or Francophone countries. The course includes readings in and discussion of French cultural identity and examines France and the U.S. through a cross-cultural lens.