SUNY/OSWEGO
French Program
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

French 390/490/590 - Course Syllabus - Spring1996

Dr. V. M. Fichera
118 Rich - Phone: 341-2468 - Email: fichera@oswego.edu
Office: Monday 12:30-1:30 and by appointment


Tentative Schedule Date
Jan
22 Introduction to the course; Email and Netscape workshop; Multimedia Fair Use lecture
29 Email, Claris, gopher, Netscape workshop; group interest reports
Feb.
5 HTML workshop; personal home pages; groups assigned
12 HTML workshop contd.; group meetings
19 Francophone film; group meetings
26 Group meetings; collaborative writing workshop
Mar.
4 Project 1 due; MOO workshop; group meetings
11 Group meetings; MOO workshop continued
18 Group meetings; conference preparation
25 Group meetings; francophone film
Apr.
8 Project 2 due; group meetings; conference preparation
13 "Culture, Technology, and the Human Experience" conference
22 Group meetings; collaborative writing; self-evaluation due
29 Project 3/Collaborative writing project due
Grading Criteria:
Projects=75 %
Class Participation (incl. conference)=25%
Project Evaluation Criteria:
(100 pts per project, 3 projects)

Course Interns: Dave Sammons sammons@oswego.edu (Webmaster)
Jodi Winters winters@oswego.edu (Language Resource Specialist)
Enrolled students will be assisted by the course interns in class and on a limited basis (TBA) outside of class.

FRE 390: All assignments will be written in English. Languages Across the Curriculum option is available.
FRE 490/590: All assignments will be written in French. (Graduate students will design a sample school class project for a total of four projects.)


"Culture, Technology and the Human Experience" Conference: This course is part of an Auxiliary Services-sponsored campus project which includes a subscription to SCOLA (international satellite television - campus channel 11) and a regional conference on the theme. Student Web projects will be displayed/demonstrated at the conference as part of the course, thus affording students the opportunity to present their work in an educational/professional setting.

Attendance: You are expected to attend all classes and participate actively. Attendance is recorded by your signature on a blue sheet (N.B. If you forget to sign, you are considered absent). For each class missed beyond one, 3 (three) points may be deducted from your overall semester average (note: two classes missed = one full letter grade). Absences due to documented illness are not calculated for penalty.

Make-ups: No make-ups will be given for any announced assignments. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out what was taught and assigned during that class meeting. Repeated absences will seriously affect the grade both in project grading and participation grading.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism or unauthorized copying of any kind may result in immediate dismissal from the course.