FR 0227 - THE FRENCH ATLANTIC

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course is a study of the history of French colonization of the “New World” of the Americas from the sixteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, just after the second World War. By adopting an “Atlantic” approach, we will examine Europe, Africa and the Americas as interconnected regions. The course explores several themes: Voyages et Rencontres; les Français en Amérique du Nord; la Traite des Noirs; les Lumières et le Nouveau Monde; et Révolution à Saint-Domingue. Although each theme treats a different region and highlights a different time period, our approach will allow us to follow the writings of explorers, philosophers, administrators, generals, merchants, and former slaves around the Atlantic, from the coasts of France and West Africa, to the eastern United States, and south to the Caribbean and South American mainland. The course will be conducted in French.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 or 0020 or 0021 or 0055 or 0056 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
Course Attributes: African Studies, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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