THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                         FACULTY SENATE 

                                                             
Senate Document Number   1396S
Date of Senate Approval  1/18/96


Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

           APC Document 11:  Catalog changes in French


Effective Date:  Fall semester, 1996

A.  Changes in preliminary information:

p. 125  Track in French
DELETE: I.  Required courses in the major - 27 hours above the
220 level, including FREN 310, 320, 330 or 331; two courses from
the 410-465 series, 484 and 485.

ADD:  I.  Required courses in the major - 27 hours above the 220
level, including: FREN 300, 310, 320, 340, 341; two courses from
the 400 series; 485, plus 300-400 level elective.

DELETE: IV.  Special departmental requirements - Explication de
textes (FREN 484) and the Proseminar (FREN 485) constitute the
demonstration of competency in French.

ADD:  IV.  Special departmental requirements - Oral competency
will be tested after FREN 320 by the assembled faculty of French;
admission to 485 is contingent upon satisfactory demonstration of
oral competency.  The Proseminar (FREN 485) constitutes the
demonstration of competency in French.

STATEMENT OF IMPACT:  No impact on staffing (see specific course
listings below).

RATIONALE:  The major is strengthened in the area of oral skills
and made more comprehensive and integrative in the requirement of
both surveys of civilization and literature.  Students have more
flexibility in choosing from a broader base of electives in the
advanced coursework, formerly limited to literature, and now
extended equally to the areas of civilization and language.  (See
specific course listings below.)


p. 125: Teacher Certification in French

DELETE:  Students who intend to obtain teacher certification in
French are also required to include FREN 350 or 351 and FREN 400
in their major and minor programs.

ADD:  Students who intend to obtain teacher certification in
French are also required to include FREN 400 in their major and
minor programs.

STATEMENT of IMPACT:  No impact on staffing.

RATIONALE:  The former 350-351 are restructured as 340 and 341,
integrating civilization and literature, and are required of all
majors; the minor requires either 340 or 341.



p. 125:  Minor in French

DELETE:  18 hours in courses numbered 300 or above, including:
FREN 310, 320, and 330 (or 331).  Recommended: FREN 350, 351.

ADD:  18 hours in courses numbered 300 or above, including:
FREN 300, 310, 320, 340 (or 341), and two electives, at least one
at the 400-level.

STATEMENT OF IMPACT:  No impact on staffing.

RATIONALE:  The requirements broaden and strengthen the minor
program in the area of oral skills, civilization, and literature,
and in the area of advanced coursework at the 400-level.



B.  Changes in Course Listings

PART I:  Addition of Course in Oral Skills:

ADD:  p. 125:
(Following course descriptions of 210-220:)

300 Oral Skills (3)

Intensive practice in oral skills; listening comprehension,
pronunciation, conversation.  Students make extensive use of
Francophone mass media, especially television and press. 
Laboratory exercises; oral reports, group and individual work. 
Prerequisite: FREN 220 or equivalent.  Course offered every
semester.  

Statement of Impact:  

Course will strengthen skills in oral competency; will help
prepare majors and minors for the required examination of oral
competency following FREN 320, by the assembled faculty of
French.

Course will not affect staffing needs because of deletions and
additions being made (see below).

RATIONALE:

Addition of this course is part of a comprehensive reexamination
of departmental requirements in oral competency following the
1993-94 departmental self-study and the SACS self-study, with the
emphasis of the latter on addressing oral skills of graduates in
every major.



p. 125:  Change in course title:
DELETE:  Delete the word "Conversation" from the course title of
310 and 320.

The correct title is:  310, 320 Composition and Structural Review
I, II (3,3)

STATEMENT of IMPACT:  No impact on staffing.

RATIONALE:  The element of conversation is addressed
comprehensively in the course addition of 300 (oral skills).

p. 125:  under description of 310, 320, change in final sentence:
DELETE: Course offered every semester.

ADD:  Course offered every year.

STATEMENT of IMPACT:  No impact on staffing.

RATIONALE:  The new statement more correctly states that the
course sequence 310, 320 is offered every year.

p. 125:  Addition of statement of testing oral competency:
following course description of 310, 320:

ADD:  Oral competency will be tested after FREN 320 by the
assembled faculty of French.


Part II:  Integrating the Surveys of Civilization and Literature

Delete 330:  Survey of French Literature I (3)
A broad view of the development of French literature from the
Middle Ages through the 18th century.  Prerequisite FREN 320.
Course offered every other year.

Delete 331:  Survey of French Literature II (3)
A broad view of 19th and 20th century literature.  Prerequisite
FREN 310.  One survey (330 or 331) is required of all majors and
minors.  Course offered every other year.


Delete 350:  French Civilization I (3)
Cultural and historical developments from pre-Roman times to the
18th century, as seen in artistic and intellectual achievements,
religious, social and political institutions, customs and
traditions.  Prerequisite:  FREN 310.  Course offered every other
year.

Delete 351:  French Civilization II (3)
Cultural and historical developments from the 18th century to the
present, as seen in artistic and intellectual achievements,
religious, social and political institutions, customs and
traditions.  Prerequisite FREN 310.  Course offered every other
year.

ADD:

340  Survey of French Civilization and Literature I (3)
A survey of the development of French literature and civilization
in the context of historical developments from the beginnings
through the 18th century as seen in artistic and intellectual
achievements, religious, social and political institutions,
customs and traditions reflected in literary texts.  Oral reports
and discussions.  Prerequisite FREN 310.  Course offered every
year.

341  Survey of French Civilization and Literature II (3)
A survey of the development of French literature and civilization
in the context of historical developments of the 19th and 20th
centuries as seen in artistic and intellectual achievements,
religious, social and political institutions, customs and
traditions reflected in literary texts.  Oral reports and
discussions.  Prerequisite FREN 310.  Course offered every year.

Statement of Impact:
1.  Major and minor will be strengthened by a) interdisciplinary
context; b) requirement of both courses to broaden general
knowledge of development of civilization and literature.

2.  No change in staffing needs because of other deletions and
additions to the curriculum (see above; below).

Rationale:

The major and minor will be strengthened by the genuinely
interdisciplinary context of the areas of literature and
civilization.  The new format is more in keeping with the liberal
arts focus of the university's mission statement.  It reflects as
well the national trend in the discipline to conjoin studies in
civilization and literature.  Requiring both courses will
strengthen the base of the major and minor, giving an overview of
the entire span of the development of civilization and literature
and providing contextual knowledge on which to build the advanced
courses of the major.


Part III:  Change in the description of FREN 400

p. 126:  400  The French Language (3)

Delete current catalogue description:  Evolution of the French
language from its origins to the present.  Phonetics, lexicology, 
grammar, syntax, comparative stylistics.  Prerequisite: FREN 320. 
Recommended for all candidates for teacher certification.  Course
offered every other year.



Add new description:
The development of the French language and its expansion:
overview of the evolution of French in France, the present-day
standard language system, linguistic diversity in France and
French as a world language.  Independent research, oral and
written reports.  Prerequisites: FREN 310 and 320.  Course
offered every other year.

Statement of Impact:

New statement accurately reflects requirement of 400 for teacher
certification students, removing former discrepancy.

No impact on staffing needs or other course offerings.

Rationale:
New description accurately reflects content and focus of the
course; former description was overly broad, including history of
the language, comprehensive review of grammar and comparative
stylistics and phonetics.  Grammar and stylistics are addressed
in Proseminar (see below).  Phonetics is the subject of a
separate course, see below.

Part IV:  Changes from 410-465 series to new course offerings

Delete:  410 Literature of the 16th Century (3)
French poetry and/or prose of the 16th century.  Prerequisite:
FREN 320. Course offered as needed.

Delete:  420 Literature of the 17th Century (3)
French theater, prose, and/or poetry of the 17th century. 
Prerequisite:  FREN 320 or 330.  Course offered as needed.

Delete: 430 Literature of the 18th Century (3)
French prose, theater, and/or poetry of the 18th century.
Prerequisite:  FREN 320.  Course offered as needed.

Delete:  440 Literature of the 19th Century (3)
French poetry, prose, and/or theater of the 19th century, or the
study of a movement: e.g. Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism,
Symbolism.  Prerequisite: FREN 320.  Course offered as needed.


Delete:  465 Literature of the 20th Century (3)
French poetry, prose, and/or theater of the 20th century, or the
study of a movement, e.g. Surrealism.  Prerequisite: FREN 320. 
Course offered as needed.

Delete:  484 Explication de textes (3)
A technique of literary analysis involving the close examination
of short passages of poetry or prose for content and form.  Oral 
and written presentations.  Prerequisites: FREN 320, and 330 or
331 and at least two century courses (FREN 410-465).  Required of
all majors.  Course offered as needed.



Total:  The six (6) century courses and explication course will
be replaced by seven (7) courses more evenly distributed over the
three areas of literature, civilization, and language:

ADD:
360 History of French Cinema (3)
A survey of movements, styles and major figures in a medium to
which France has made a unique contribution.  Screenings,
discussions, oral reports.  Prerequisite: FREN 320 or permission
of instructor.  Course offered every other year.

435 Francophone Studies (3)
Examination of a French-language culture outside of France (e.g.,
Quebec, Antilles, Belgium, the Maghreb, French-speaking West
Africa), concentrating on its particular cultural forms, its
literature, its social and political history, and the relation
between its development and that of France.  Prerequisite: FREN
320.  Content varies; course may be repeated for credit.  Course
offered as needed.  

445 French Views of America (3)
Examination of texts from the eighteenth century to the present,
showing the effect of the American experience on the minds of
French observers, and their critical attitude to aspects of the
American phenomenon.  Prerequisite:  FREN 320.  Course offered as
needed.

450 Studies in French Civilization (3)
Examination of a period in French history, proposed by the
instructor, including study of its political and social history,
its cultural achievements (literary, artistic, religious,
philosophical) and its popular customs, traditions and
diversions.  Multi-media, discussions, oral reports.
Prerequisite: FREN 320.  Content varies; course may be repeated
for credit.  Course offered as needed.  

451 Studies in French Literature (3)
Examination of a period, genre, or movement in French literature,
(e.g. Neoclassicism, theater, Realism), including study of its
cultural and historical context.  Oral and written presentations,
textual analysis, and discussions.  Prerequisite FREN 320. 
Content varies; course may be repeated for credit.  Course
offered as needed.  

460 Masters of French Film (3)
An in-depth survey of the work of one, two, or three cin‚astes
situating their specific contributions to the evolution of the
cinematic art in France.  Screenings, discussions, oral reports. 
Prerequisite: FREN 320 or permission of instructor.  Content
varies; course may be repeated for credit.  Course offered as
needed.  

480 French Phonetics (3)
Advanced study of the sound system of French, including its main
prosodic features.  Aspects of social and regional variation. 
Laboratory exercises, individual diagnosis and correction of
pronunciation, remediation techniques.  Prerequisite:  FREN 300
and 310 or 320, or the equivalent.  Course offered every other
year.

Statement of Impact:

The proposal will allow majors, minors and faculty more freedom
of electives over an evenly distributed range of literature,
civilization, and language, replacing the former exclusivity of
literature as a subject for 400-level studies.

No change in staffing needs.

Rationale:

Modernization, flexibility, and diversity in preparation of
majors and minors allow for a broader range of post-graduate
options, matching national patterns of change and trends in the
discipline preparing for the future of its graduates.   
All new courses have been previously taught in some form under
the rubrics of "Special Topics" or "Independent Studies."


Part V:  Change in description of Proseminar

p. 127:  Change in course description under: 485 Proseminar (3):

Delete:
Oral and written presentations on topics of French language,
literature and culture.  Required of all majors.  Course offered
as needed.

Add:
Capstone requirement for the major.  Research, oral and written
presentations on topics of French civilization, language, and
literature.  Close attention will be given to appreciation of
French stylistics.  In lieu of 485, a 400-level course more
appropriate to the student's individual program goals may be
substituted, with permission of department chair.  Admission to
485 is contingent on satisfactory demonstration of oral
competency.  Course offered as needed.

Statement of Impact:

The proposal will strengthen the capstone course, with the
addition of the requirement of oral competency. Research,
formerly an unstated part of the requirement, is now clearly
stated and is in keeping with the institutional interest in
promoting undergraduate research.  

No impact on staffing needs.

Rationale:

The former description did not clearly articulate the necessity
for competency in oral skills and in research skills.  The option
for  substitution allows for greater flexibility and
individualization of the student's program in the major or minor.