UC Center Program
French & European Studies
FALL 2005 Semester
The Program in French and European Studies is the creation of faculty and administrators at the University of California. It is designed to immerse students in the classroom, in the streets, in the language, and in the history, culture, politics, and economic dimensions of French life, seen in relation to a broader European civilization, and in relation to the United States.

In addition to the required French language course, students take three of the following. Note that the listed [areas of study] represent EAP's recommendation; final decisions about credit for departmental majors remain with individual departments. Courses meet either twice a week (for two hours each) or once a week with the instructor (3 hours) and a possible tutorial run by a UC graduate students.

INTRODUCTORY PRACTICUM

  Fall 2005 Practicum Page

COURSE OFFERINGS FOR FALL 2005

  PCC 012. French - Conversation and Grammar (section 1) - Sylvie Clémence
  PCC 013. French - Grammar and Composition (section 2) - Holly Haahr-Pouquet
  PCC 014. French - Grammar & Composition (section 3) - Will Bishop
  PCC 016. French - Grammar & Literature (section 4) - Brice Tabeling

  PCC 111. Histories of Paris.
Professor Mark Meigs
Using the buildings and space of Paris as a laboratory, this course surveys key events in the histories of Paris and France. The course will focus on the social and cultural history of the city in its material dimensions; the relation of streets and buildings to the unfolding events of French history, and the meanings of local topography within the enduring mythologies of the city. A central goal of the course is to teach students to read and write critically about the history of Paris and the cityscape around them. Course meets twice a week with site visits and once a week in tutorial. [History, Architecture, Urban Studies, Sociology], meets twice a week including onsite excursions, 5.0 credits.

   PCC 115. France and European Integration
Professor Mariam Habibi
This course aims to provide a general introduction to the history, the structure and the current developments of the European Union with a specific focus on France. We shall look at the circumstances after the second World War that once again put the 'Idea of Europe' on the agenda and the role that France played in the rebirth of this idea. The EU will be studied from a theoretical point of view; how do we define its structure? What determines the shape and speed of the integration process? How does this institution maintain its legitimacy? We will evaluate the success of this project by looking at specific policies, such as the common agricultural policy, the economic and social policy and common foreign and security policies. Finally we will consider the role of the EU as a global actor and study the EU's relations with the rest of the world. [Political Science, History, International Relations, Economics], meets once a week with required tutorially, 6.0 credits.

  PCC 116. Debating French Identities
Professor Stéphane Dufoix
This course explores recent political debates about French identity in light of the challenges posed by immigration (especially non-European immigration), feminism, economic and cultural globalization (considered an American-directed movement), and France's peculiar version of “multiculturalism”. [Political Science, Sociology, History, French], meets twice a week, 5.0 credits.

  PCC 123. The Myth of Paris in French Literature (from 1830 to the Present)
Professor Peter Connor
This course will examine the myth of Paris in French literature -- novels, poetry, and essays – and also in painting, photography, and cinema. We will focus on the various ways in which the French capital is represented in French writing and imagination. These diverse texts denote the city at different periods and shed light on accompanying historical, social, architectural, artistic, and cultural developments. Our close readings of these works will include analysis of the literary movements to which these publications belong; we will examine other creative works in art that characterize these movements as well, from romanticism to surrealism. The course will involve a number of visits to sites in Paris , these visits will be informed by our readings, but they will also inform our readings. The course is intended to work in both directions, to reveal that texts influence our relationship to the city, and that the city influences our relationship to texts. [Literature, Comp Lit, Urban Studies, History, French], meets once a week with section and excursion 6.0 credits

  PCC 124. Society and Political Economy of 20th Century France.
Professor Paul-André Rosental
This course explores the theory and practice of “political economy” in France, especially after 1945. Questioning the peculiarly French relationship of the economy and the state, it explores a series of topics designed to highlight the social dimensions and implications of economic development and governmental response and regulation, including the changing social and demographic profile of the labor market, social protection and the welfare state, social action and labor unions, and the problem of inequality and social (im)mobility in French society. [Political Science, Economics, History, Sociology, Public Health], meets twice a week, 5.0 credits.

  PCC 125. Art on Display: the Museums of Paris
Professor Sarah Linford
This course aims to give students an understanding of the workings of Paris museums, institutionally and ideologically. Focusing primarily on art museums of modern and contemporary French art we examine museums as institutions of critical discourse, that is, as sites of selective collecting, classifying, displaying and legitimizing certain cultural and artistic narratives. This course will provide basic knowledge of modern and contemporary French art and, above all, a critical, behind-the-scenes view of museums generally. [Art History, Visual Studies, Media, Communications], meets twice a week including onsite visits, 5.0 credits.

  PCC 126. Philosophy in the Streets: May 1968 and After
Professor Oliver Feltham
This course is an introduction to post-war French philosophy for undergraduates with no or little prior knowledge in philosophy. It explores the different tendencies of French thought in their historical and political contexts, and in relation, specifically, to the “events” of 1968, a date with mythic significance in French society and culture. The course focuses on the multiple relations between philosophy and politics in and around 1968, and on the fate of both in France today. [Philosophy, History, Political Science, Communications, French Studies], meets once a week with required section, 6.0 credits.

  PCC 127. Women in 2oth Century France
Professor Nadia Malinovich
This course is intended to introduce undergraduate students to the social and political history of women in France from the turn of the twentieth century down to the present-day. Beginning with the political watersheds of the Dreyfus Affair (1898-1906) and the separation of Church and State (1905), the course will examine themes of work, sexuality and politics and explore significant French particularities – notably the struggle between Catholics and republicans over laïcité and the impact of the separation of Church and State, the power of the pro-natalist lobby, the singularly high rate of women’s, and particularly married women’s labor force participation, the weight of agriculture and small-scale, family enterprise on the economy, and notions of Republican universalism – through locating such particularities in a broader, comparative context. [History, Women’s Studies, Sociology, Anthropology], 5.0 credits.


STUDENT REMINDER
  • Attendance at all lectures and tutorials is required. Students with unexcused absences of more than two course meetings (including tutorials) loose one half grade per additional absence.
  • The tutorial, when offered, is mandatory. The graduate assistant is not responsible for your grade, but will discuss in detail the materials presented by local faculty, and will additionally hold office hours at the UC Center.
  • Check the Academic Calendar for final add and drop dates
  • Students should fill in a Student Course Information Form if they wish to receive departmental credit at their home campuses. The decision to award such credit is strictly at the home department's discretion.
  • Students are required to meet with the Study Center Director at the time of completion of their Study Lists, the dates of which will be announced repeatedly.