# French (FREN) courses

Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-humanities-liberal-arts/courses/fren-courses

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### FREN-01 — Elementary French I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/fren.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/fren.md)
- (Cal-GETC area 3B)
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This is a beginner’s course. The course will focus on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in French the most basic functions of everyday life. This course is not recommended for native speakers. (02/18)

### FREN-02 — Elementary French II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** FREN-01 or two years of high school French
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/fren.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/fren.md)
- (Cal-GETC area 3B)
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

FREN-02 is the continuation of FREN-01. This course will focus on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in French basic functions of everyday life. This course is not recommended for native speakers. (02/18)

### FREN-03 — Intermediate French I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** FREN-02 or two years of high school French
- **Advisory:** LRNR-30
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- (Cal-GETC area 3B)
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B/6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

FREN-03 is a continuation of FREN-02. This course reviews and further develops grammatical concepts introduced in FREN 01 and FREN 02, as well as introduces the student to new concepts. Through varied readings, composition, and discussion, the student will increase with his or her vocabulary and cultural knowledge. (02/18)

### FREN-04 — Intermediate French II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** FREN-03
- **Advisory:** LRNR-30
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/fren.md)
- (Cal-GETC area 3B)
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B/6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This course is a thorough review of the fundamentals of reading, writing, speaking and understanding French, designed to aid the student in preparing for advanced studies in French composition, grammar, and conversation as well as literature in French, history and culture. (02/18)