Academics - Current Course Listings
Fall 2013
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.
Credits: 3
Satisfies two different Gen Ed requirements: Cultural Diversity & International Perspectives; Social Contexts & Institutions
T/Th from 9:30-10:45am; taught by Monique Roy
FAS 200: Primary Sources in Franco American Studies
This service-learning independent study will introduce students to Franco American primary source materials and issues surrounding their use. It will investigate the ways in which people create and use human records, why, and how these records relate to our understanding of the past and present.
3 Credits, taught by Jacob Albert
FAS 240: French Exploration and Settlement of Maine
The names and traces of the early French explorers and settlers remain on in many place names along the Maine Coast, including the names of mountains and hiking trails in Acadia National Park, such as Champlain, St. Sauveur, Sieur de Mons, etc. This course examines the history of the French exploration and settlement of Maine and places the French settlement of Maine in the broader geopolitical context of the settlement of North America.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement
Credits: 3
On-line; taught by Mary Okin
FAS 459: Colonial Canada
Studies Canada’s history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social and economic developments and relations with the American people.
Credits: 3
T/Th 12:30-1:45pm; taught by Jacques Ferland
Spring 2013
FAS 120: People, Places and Pasts
This class will explore the cultural geography of Franco America. Together we will investigate how heritage links to place with particular emphasis on gender, class, and ethnicity. It is run as a seminar, with no prerequisites or knowledge of French or the Franco American community required.
This class fulfills the Population and Environment General Education requirement.
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30am-10:45am; Susan Pinette
FAS 250: The Acadian Experience: From Exile to Cultural Revival
This course examines the history of the Acadian peoples. It begins with a brief overview of the founding of the Acadian colony in the early seventeenth century, and then turns to the Deportation (le grand dérangement) of the Acadians from their homelands beginning in 1755. We look at the strategies Acadians have used to maintain cultural survival first as exiles and then as minorities in Louisiana, in the Maritimes, and in Northern Maine. Our themes include but are not limited to: the Catholic Church, education in French, the role of literature and the arts, political awakenings, women in Acadian society, the sense of place and connection to historical homeland, and the various elements of Acadian identity that transcend current geopolitical borders. No prerequisites.
This class fulfills the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives General Education Requirement
On-line; Mary Okin
Fall 2012
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
FAS 240: French Exploration and Settlement of Maine
The names and traces of the early French explorers and settlers remain on in many place names along the Maine Coast, including the names of mountains and hiking trails in Acadia National Park, such as Champlain, St. Sauveur, Sieur de Mons, etc. This course examines the history of the French exploration and settlement of Maine and places the French settlement of Maine in the broader geopolitical context of the settlement of North America.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement
Credits: 3
On-line; Mary Okin