Sample Course Modules
(Students will select a minimum of three for the semester)


The Annotated Francophone Cookbook: Students will research the cuisine of several French-speaking countries, searching for recipes and evidence through food of the interaction of cultures and geographies. The assignment for this module will be the creation of a Web-page of recipes organized by region with cultural and historical annotations for each of the countries featured. Auxiliary Services will serve a special meal consisting of selections from the cookbook in the campus dining halls as part of the Project 2000 activities.
Beer
Recettes de cuisine / Cookery recipes
Wine

A Cross-Cultural Examination of Sports (soccer and basketball): Students will subscribe to sports listservs in various countries and participate in a virtual reality international MOO in search of evidence of the role of sports in socialization, the family, politics, and the media in the US and francophone cultures.
Mailing list: france-foot-request@inf.enst.fr
Africa OnLine

Tahiti: From Art to the Atom Bomb:Students will learn about the influence of Polynesia on French art from Gaughin to the present and explore the political and ecological ramifications of the French government's decision to test atomic bombs in this region.
Le Monde Diplomatique

Caribbean Creole: Music, Song, and Dance: Students will familiarize themselves with the music of the French-speaking Caribbean, exploring the influence of French and native languages, jazz and African rhythm and providing a Web site cataloguing available CDs and albums which illustrate the interconnections of these arts, languages, and cultures.
Afro-Caribbean Music
Ethnomusicology

The French Vietnam in Literature and Film: Students will correspond electronically with Vietnamese students, read novels and view films chronicling the French experience of Indochine, later the site of the American-Vietnam War, reporting the results of their research via a Web site and / or collaborative writing document.
Florida State Film School
International Email

The Self Under Siege: Racism and Sexism in the Francophone World: Students will explore the writings of such major figures as Frantz Fanon and Marguerite Duras and conduct an on-line dialogue of personal and theoretical reactions and reflections to their controversial work.
Click here for a sample of a collaborative writing Web project.

Flora and Fauna of the Francophone World: Students will explore the diversity of plant and animal life in selected francophone countries using Web resources to identify and describe their location and variation around the world.
BioWeb

The City: Metaphor, Myth, and Market: Students will conduct research on several major francophone cities (e.g. Paris, Montreal, Dakar, Algiers, New Orleans) and create a web site exploring the role of trade and travel in the cities, from structure and location to language, folklore and housing.
Quebec: Tourism
The Paris Pages

Media and Markets: Students will explore doing business in francophone countries with an emphasis on the role of the media (including electronic media) in the development and expansion of markets. Students will have limited access to the French Minitel network, precursers of the modern Internet in marketing and communication systems. Students will also examine issues of intellectual property across cultures in the information age.
Krannert School of Management

Public and Private: Religion and Politics in the Francophone World: Students will select countries from various regions with different religious and political systems and explore the effects of colonization and local traditions and systems on the public and private spheres (e.g. the history and evolution of Algeria) using Web resources, email and listservs.
France 3
Le Monde Diplomatique

Multiculturalism North of the Border: Students will examine the province of Quebec and its multicultural existence within Canada and in dialogue with native peoples as it confronts North American realities other-wise than in English. Students will prepare a Web site introducing the American college student to the diversity of Quebec.
The Province of Quebec