French Department Courses

The upcoming course offerings and schedule can be found via the Timetable Builder. In Step 1, choose "Faculty of Arts & Science" and the relevant semester(s). In Step 2, under "Department/Subject Area" select "Department of French" and then click the "Search" button.

French courses 2025-2026

FCS194H1 - Urban Youth Languages of the World

FCS196H1 - Historical, Geographic and Social Variation in French

FCS197H1 - Pleasure, Pain and Nostalgia in Belle Époque

FCS198H1 - The Literacy of Images: Interactions between Text and Other Media

FCS199H1 - Marketing in the French Speaking World

FCS194H1 - Urban Youth Languages of the World

FCS195H1 - French Culture from Napoleon to Asterix

FCS196H1 - Historical, Geographic and Social Variation in French

FCS197H1 - Pleasure, Pain and Nostalgia in Belle Époque

FCS198H1 - The Literacy of Images: Interactions between Text and Other Media

FCS199H1 - Marketing in the French Speaking World

FCS290H1 - Special Topics in French Cultural Studies I

FCS291H1 - Special Topics in French Cultural Studies I

FCS292H1 - Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema

FCS310H1 - French Cinema

FCS369Y0 - The Culture of Touraine

FCS390H1 - Special Topics in French Cultural Studies II

FCS391H1 - Special Topics in French Cultural Studies II

FCS392H1 - Special Topics in French Cultural Studies II

FRE272H1 - The French Language: A Linguistic Introduction

FRE273H1 - Introduction to the History of the French Language

FRE274H1 - Introduction to the Linguistic Analysis of French

FRE376H1 - French Phonology and Phonetics

FRE378H1 - French Syntax

FRE379H1 - Sociolinguistics of Quebec and Canadian French

FRE383H1 - Quantitative Methods for the Study of French

FRE384H1 - Teaching French as a Second Language

FRE386H1 - French Semantics and Pragmatics

FRE387H1 - French Morphology

JFL388H1 - Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and Second Language Acquisition

FRE471H1 - Medieval French Language

FRE483H1 - Experimental Methods in French Linguistics

JFL484H1 - Computational Tools for Language Corpora

FRE486H1 - Special Topics in French Linguistics

FRE487H1 - Advanced Topics in Bilingualism and L2 acquisition

FRE488H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Linguistics I

FRE489H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Linguistics II

FRE210H1 - Introduction to Québec Literature and Culture

FRE245H1 - Introduction to French Cultural and Literary Studies

FRE246H1 - Introduction to French Literary Analysis

FRE304H1 - Contemporary French Women's Prose Fiction

FRE310H1 - Relations between Text and Other Media

FRE314H1 - Quebec and French-Canadian Literature

FRE318H1 - Medieval French Literature

FRE319H1 - Laughter and Thought in French Renaissance Literature

FRE320H1 - French Literature of Classicism and Enlightenment

FRE324H1 - French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization

FRE326H1 - Contemporary French Literature

FRE332H1 - Francophone Literatures

FRE334H1 - Francophone Cinema

FRE336H1 - Postcolonialism: Francophone Literatures

FRE345H1 - Literary Genres

FRE410H1 - Advanced Topics in Quebec Literature

FRE438H1 - Advanced Topics in Francophone Literatures

FRE441H1 - Advanced Topics in French Literature

FRE443H1 - Advanced Topics: Authors

FRE446H1 - Advanced Studies in Literary Theory

FSL100H1 - Elementary French I

FSL102H1 - Elementary French II

FSL120H1 - Elementary French III

FSL122H1 - Elementary French IV

FSL195Y0 - French Language in Tours I

FSL220H1 - Intermediate French I

FSL222H1 - Intermediate French II

FSL224H1 - Practical French for Exploring Linguistics

FSL225H1 - Practical French for Exploring Literature

FSL226H1 - Strategies for Autonomous Learning in French as a Second Language

FSL295Y0 - French Language in Tours II

FSL312H1 - Writing French: the Language of the Media

FSL314H1 - French for the Arts

FSL315H1 - French Oral Communication for Professional and Academic Contexts

FSL320H1 - Intermediate French III

FSL322H1 - Intermediate French IV

FSL375H1 - Practical Translation: French - English

FSL415H1 - Business French

FSL420H1 - Advanced French I

FSL442H1 - Advanced Written French II

FSL443H1 - Advanced Oral French II

FSL472H1 - Reading and Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction in French

FSL475H1 - Creative Writing in French

Brief descriptions of our courses in French Cultural Studies, Language, Linguistics & Second Language Learning, and Literature can be found in the French section of the Academic Calendar.

The syllabi from previous years provide more detailed information:

The specific descriptions of the upcoming Advance Topics and Special Topics courses are found here:

FRE 486 H1 Special Topics in French Linguistics

FRE 487H1 Advanced Topic in Bilingualism and L2 Acquisition

FRE 488H1 Special Topics in Advanced Linguistics I

FRE 489H1 Special Topics in Advanced Linguistics II

Research & Independent courses are found here:

Research Opportunity Program

Research Excursions

Independent Study

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