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French and Francophone Studies

Department of French
Dunton Tower 1602
613-520-2168
http://carleton.ca/french

  • M.A. French and Francophone Studies
  • M.A.French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in African Studies
  • M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in Digital Humanities

M.A. French and Francophone Studies

About the Program

The Department of French at Carleton University offers graduate students an intimate and collegial environment to pursue training at the MA level. The Department fosters a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to French and Francophone studies. Our graduate students can choose from a variety of specializations across Francophone literatures and French linguistics. Seminars and research projects can focus on sociolinguistics or Caribbean literatures, Acadian French or French-based creoles, Québécois literature (including New France) and contemporary French fiction, among other topics. As active and published researchers in their respective fields, our faculty members promote student participation in a range of teaching and research activities. The Department is home to the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis, an interdisciplinary research unit, and also hosts a yearly graduate conference, organized by and for students. French and Francophone studies at Carleton gives students the opportunity to actively engage with the intellectual life of a dedicated group of scholars and students.

Academic Regulations

See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.

Academic Standing

A grade of B- or higher must be obtained in each course counted towards the master's degree.

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission into the master's program is a B.A.(Honours) in French with at least high honours standing (normally B+ or better in Honours subject; B- or better overall).

Qualifying Year

Applicants who hold a general (3-year) bachelor's degree with at least B standing or higher, with a major in French, are required to register in the qualifying-year program (normally 5.0 credits in French chosen from those numbered at the 4000-level), and maintain at least B+ standing overall, before proceeding to the M.A. program.

Qualifying-year students should consult the Undergraduate Calendar and the departmental website for a listing of 4000-level courses.

Program Requirements

Note: FREN 5300 and FREN 5350 are mandatory for all students. Candidates select from one of two program options, chosen in consultation with an adviser from the Department, normally the Supervisor of Graduate Studies.

M.A. French and Francophone Studies - Research Essay option (4.0 credits)
1.  1.0 credit in:1.0
FREN 5908 [1.0]
Mémoire de recherche
2.  0.5 credit in:0.5
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
3.  0.0 credit in:0.0
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
4.  2.5 credits at the 5000-level2.5
Total Credits4.0
M.A. French and Francophone Studies - Thesis option (4.0 credits)
1.  2.0 credits in:2.0
FREN 5909 [2.0]
M.A. Thesis
2.  0.5 credit in:0.5
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
3.  0.0 credit in:0.0
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
4.  1.5 credits at the 5000-level1.5
Total Credits4.0

With the approval of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies, M.A. students in French may select the equivalent of 1.0 credit at the graduate or 4000- level in French and at the 4000- or 5000-level in another department.

Students are restricted to a maximum of 0.5 credit in directed readings FREN 5800.

M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in African Studies

Note: FREN 5300 and FREN 5350  are mandatory for all students. Candidates select from one of two program options, chosen in consultation with an adviser from the Department, normally the Supervisor of Graduate Studies.

M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in African Studies - Research Essay option (4.0 credits)
1.  0.5 credit in:0.5
AFRI 5000 [0.5]
African Studies as a Discipline: Historical and Current Perspectives
2.  0.0 credit in:0.0
AFRI 5800 [0.0]
Scholarly Preparation in African Studies
3.  1.0 credit in:1.0
FREN 5908 [1.0]
Mémoire de recherche
4.  0.5 credit in:0.5
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
5.  0.0 credit in:
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
6.  2.0 credits at the 5000 level2.0
Total Credits4.0
M.A. French and Francophone Studies - Thesis option (4.0 credits)
1.  0.5 credit in:0.5
AFRI 5000 [0.5]
African Studies as a Discipline: Historical and Current Perspectives
2.  0.5 credit in:0.5
AFRI 5800 [0.0]
Scholarly Preparation in African Studies
3.  2.0 credits in:2.0
FREN 5909 [2.0]
M.A. Thesis
4.  0.5 credit in:0.0
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
5.  0.0 credit in:0.0
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
6.  1.0 credit at the 5000 level1.0
Total Credits4.0

Selection of Courses - African Studies

The courses listed below (all are worth 0.5 credit) are relevant to students of African Studies and could, with the approval of the specific requirements of the units involved, be used as courses to help fulfill degree requirements. There are also often graduate courses and 4000-level courses in a number of units at Carleton that are offered on an ad hoc basis that have significant content appropriate to African Studies. To have any such course count towards their degree requires approval of the Director of the Institute of African Studies when it is being offered.

Note: the number of spaces in graduate courses offered by other departments may be limited, and registration may be conditional upon obtaining the prior approval of the department concerned. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that permission is obtained from the appropriate department prior to registering in any of the following courses.

African Studies
AFRI 5000 [0.5]African Studies as a Discipline: Historical and Current Perspectives
AFRI 5050 [0.5]Selected Topics in African Studies
AFRI 5100 [0.5]African Studies Abroad
AFRI 5700 [0.5]Directed Readings in African Studies
AFRI 5900 [0.5]Placement
AFRI 5800 [0.0]Scholarly Preparation in African Studies
Anthropology
ANTH 5109 [0.5]Development, Dependency and Gender
ANTH 5202 [0.5]The Anthropology of Underdevelopment
ANTH 5209 [0.5]Special Topics in the Anthropology of Africa
ANTH 5809 [0.5]Selected Topics in the Anthropology of Development and Underdevelopment
English
ENGL 5008 [0.5]Studies in African Literature
ENGL 5010 [0.5]Studies in Caribbean Literature
French
FREN 5600 [0.5]Littératures du monde francophone
International Affairs
INAF 5603 [0.5]Issues in Development in Africa
Law
LAWS 5007 [0.5]Race, Ethnicity and the Law
LAWS 5603 [0.5]International Law: Theory and Practice
Political Science
PSCI 5107 [0.5]Globalization, Adjustment and Democracy in Africa
PSCI 5202 [0.5]Development Theory and Issues
PSCI 5203 [0.5]Southern Africa After Apartheid
PSCI 5801 [0.5]Foreign Policies of African States
Sociology
SOCI 5404 [0.5]Race, Ethnicity and Class in Contemporary Societies
Women’s and Gender Studies
WGST 5902 [0.5]Advanced Topics in Women's and Gender Studies II

M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in Digital Humanities

Note: FREN 5300 and FREN 5350  are mandatory for all students. Candidates select from one of two program options, chosen in consultation with an adviser from the Department, normally the Supervisor of Graduate Studies.

M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in Digital Humanities - Research Essay option (4.0 credits)
1.  1.0 credit in:1.0
FREN 5908 [1.0]
Mémoire de recherche
2.  0.5 credit in:0.5
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
3.  0.0 credit in:
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
4.  0.5 credit in:0.5
DIGH 5000 [0.5]
Issues in the Digital Humanities
5.  0.5 credit in DIGH (DIGH 5011, DIGH 5012, or annually listed DIGH course)0.5
6.  0.0 credit in:0.0
DIGH 5800 [0.0]
Digital Humanities: Professional Development
7.  1.5 credits at the 5000 level1.5
Total Credits4.0
M.A. French and Francophone Studies with Specialization in Digital Humanities - Thesis option (4.0 credits)
1.  2.0 credits in:2.0
FREN 5909 [2.0]
M.A. Thesis
2.  0.5 credit in:0.5
FREN 5300 [0.5]
Méthodologie de la recherche
3.  0.0 credit in:0.0
FREN 5350 [0.0]
Proposition de recherche
4.  0.5 credit in:0.5
DIGH 5000 [0.5]
Issues in the Digital Humanities
5.  0.5 credit in DIGH (DIGH 5011, DIGH 5012, or annually listed DIGH course)0.5
6.  0.0 credit in:0.0
DIGH 5800 [0.0]
Digital Humanities: Professional Development
7.  0.5 credit at the 5000 level0.5
Total Credits4.0

Guidelines for Completion of Master's Degree

Full-time students in the research essay option should be able to complete their program within three terms. Full-time students in the thesis option should be able to complete their program within five terms.

Students are required to submit a detailed proposal of their thesis or research essay. Full-time master's candidates are required to submit this proposal by the end of the ninth month of full-time registration.

FREN 5001 [1.0 credit]
Théories linguistiques françaises

Analyse linguistique d'un ou plusieurs aspects de la langue française à partir d'une perspective théorique qui sera précisée. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4414 and LING 4414, for which additional credit is precluded.


FREN 5002 [1.0 credit]
Linguistique du français I

Étude du français par l'intermédiaire de l'analyse portant sur des sources variées. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4415 and LING 4415, for which additional credit is precluded.


FREN 5003 [0.5 credit]
Linguistique du français II

Réflexions sur des problèmes théoriques liés à la linguistique du français. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4412 and LING 4412, for which additional credit is precluded.


FREN 5004 [0.5 credit]
Linguistique du français canadien

Regard sur la diversité du français parlé au Canada d'un point de vue diachronique, synchronique ou les deux. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5100 [0.5 credit]
Le monde francophone: linguistique et littérature

Étude trans- et inter-disciplinaire de la langue et de la littérature d’une région du monde francophone. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5200 [0.5 credit]
Aspect linguistique particulier

Étude approfondie d'un aspect de la prononciation, de la grammaire ou du lexique français. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4413 and LING 4413, for which additional credit is precluded.


FREN 5300 [0.5 credit]
Méthodologie de la recherche

Initiation au monde de la recherche, aux techniques de documentation, à l'exploitation des ressources bibliographiques, à l'élaboration d'un problème de recherche, à l'organisation d'un programme de recherche, aux enjeux épistémologiques de la recherche universitaire.

FREN 5350 [0.0 credit]
Proposition de recherche

Élaboration de la proposition de thèse ou de mémoire (selon l'option choisie) sous la direction du membre du département qui supervisera la thèse ou le mémoire.
Prerequisite(s): FREN 5300.

FREN 5400 [0.5 credit]
Théories littéraires

Étude de théories ciblées dans le champ des études littéraires. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5403 [0.5 credit]
Littérature et idéologie

Études des rapports entre la production littéraire et les discours idéologiques. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5404 [0.5 credit]
Auteurs I

Étude approfondie de l'œuvre d'un auteur francophone. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5405 [0.5 credit]
Thèmes, mouvements, genres

Étude approfondie d'un thème, d'un mouvement, d'un genre dans le champ littéraire. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4214, for which additional credit is precluded.

FREN 5408 [0.5 credit]
Littérature française I

Étude approfondie d'un aspect particulier de la littérature française. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5409 [0.5 credit]
Littérature francaise II

Étude approfondie d'un aspect particulier de la littérature française. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5500 [0.5 credit]
Littératures d'expression française au Canada I

Étude approfondie portant sur un ou plusieurs aspects des littératures d'expression française au Canada. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4213, for which additional credit is precluded.

FREN 5501 [0.5 credit]
Littératures d'expression française au Canada II

Étude approfondie portant sur un ou plusieurs aspects des littératures d'expression française au Canada. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4300, for which additional credit is precluded.

FREN 5600 [0.5 credit]
Littératures du monde francophone

Analyse de problématiques liées à la francophonie littéraire. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4212, for which additional credit is precluded.

FREN 5603 [0.5 credit]
Littérature et les autres arts

Étude des rapports entre l'art littéraire et d'autres formes d'expression artistique. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.

FREN 5700 [0.5 credit]
Problématiques littéraires

Étude de questions contemporaines dans le domaine littéraire. Le contenu précis de ce cours varie selon les années. La description actuelle se trouve sur le site web départemental carleton.ca/french.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as FREN 4215, for which additional credit is precluded.

FREN 5800 [0.5 credit]
Cours de lectures dirigées

Sujet établi sur proposition de l'étudiant en consultation avec son conseiller.

FREN 5907 [1.0 credit]
Comprehensive Examination


FREN 5908 [1.0 credit]
Mémoire de recherche


FREN 5909 [2.0 credits]
M.A. Thesis


Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca

Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca

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