Current Course Listings: Fall 2008

FAS 101: Introduction to Franco American Studies

Introduces students to the French cultures of the United States, emphasizing the peoples of Maine and the Northeast region. Examines European origins and later migrations, the impact of gender and class, the social significance of language, individual and collective expression, the effects of assimilation and the challenges faced today. Taught in English; no knowledge of the French language is presumed.

Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements. Credits: 3.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am-12:15pm; Susan Pinette, instructor

FAS 329: Franco-American Women’s Project: Borders and Beyond

This course will examine the intersection of the past, present and future texts, in comparison/contrast with writings that cross borders and go beyond the borders. Through various mediums, the course will explore the expression of the self, the imagination, the geography, the crossing of oceans, the past events that continue into the future--time and space measured by texts and contexts of literature and story. A world within a world—visibility of presence outside of the mainstream focus: What constitutes story of a cultural group such as the Franco-American women? Métis women? Francophone women of color? What does the absence or presence of the French women mean in the area of Ethnic or Women’s Studies? Borders, boundaries, time, space, texts, contexts, events, and the future of literatures will be examined through the lens of Franco-American, Métis, and Francophone women of color. Note: this is a new course on Franco-American women, different from WST 235. Graduate students may take this course as WST 501 (990).

Taught on-line; Rhea Côté Robbins, instructor

FAS 459: Colonial Canada

Canada's history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social, and economic developments and relations with the American people.

Tuesdays and thursdays, 11am-12:15pm; Jacques Ferland, instructor

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