# French (FREN) courses

Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://sccollege.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog/courses

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### FREN 101 — Elementary French 1

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level French course focusing on fundamentals of pronunciation, grammar, basic vocabulary, idioms, and simple conversation and composition, including supplementary cultural readings. French 101 is equivalent to two years of high school French.

### FREN 102 — Elementary French II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** FREN 101 (Elementary French 1) or two years of high school French with a grade of C or better
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level French course focusing on further training in pronunciation, more extensive vocabulary development, conversation, grammar, reading, and composition. French 102 is equivalent to the third year of high school French. Additional hours in the Modern Language Lab required.

### FREN 194 — Conversation and Composition I

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** FREN 101 (Elementary French 1) or two years of high school French with a grade of C or better
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

Course emphasizes extensive practice in oral expression and listening comprehension in the context of French culture, daily life, and topics of current interest.

### FREN 201 — Intermediate French I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** FREN 102 (Elementary French II) or three years of high school French with a grade of C or better
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level French class focusing on expansive review of usage and grammar, discussion in French of interpretive reading material, and conversation and composition.

### FREN 202 — Intermediate French II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** FREN 201 (Intermediate French I) or four years of high school French with a grade of C or better
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level French class focusing on a specialized review of grammar and composition; discussion in French of history and culture based on literary materials.