Utilizing both humanist and scientific perspectives, this course provides a study on the various types of interactions that exist and have existed between humans and their environment. The course will focus on environmental issues both locally and regionally relevant, as well as on topics of global concern, such as pollution and global warming. This course will engage students in problem solving scenarios using established case studies and encourages a diversity of voices and opinions through debate and interdisciplinary readings.
Students have assisted various agencies in documenting environmental issues, such as erosion and invasive species, that are affecting local areas.
EVST 4010
Environmental and Social Justice in Greater New Orleans
Christopher Oliver
students will develop knowledge of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for analyzing issues of environmental and social justice in the US through an intensive, four-week course involving a combination of classroom instruction, guest speakers/practitioner demonstrations, applied field instruction, and professional development activities.
Students will work in a team-based professional field setting at a local site with a university-partnered organization and as part of on-going ‘real-world’ project.
This course serves as an introduction to the five skills of language acquisition: reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.
Students worked with Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, assisting teachers in their French-speaking classrooms.
FREN 1020
Elementary French II
Various
This class is a continuation of the objectives presented in French I and the five skills of language acquisition: reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.
Students worked with Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, assisting teachers in their French-speaking classrooms.
FREN 2030
Intermediate French
Various
This course studies French language with emphasis on reading, conversation, and composition.
Students worked with Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, assisting teachers in their French-speaking classrooms.
French 203 may be taken concurrently. This course serves as a thorough and comprehensive review of French grammar, including principles and distinctions not usually covered in lower and intermediate courses. Mastery of principles will be reinforced through oral and written class drill, frequent testing, and directed composition.
Students assisted teachers in a new French immersion school, Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, during recess, lunch, and possibly also during class periods. They helped to monitor the children and provided other assistance to the teachers as necessary.
FREN 3170
French Media and Oral Performance
Toby Wikstrom
Course objectives: 1. Introduce students to the French media landscape and to French and Francophone current events 2. Teach students critical terms and concepts relating to French media 3. Train students to analyze critically the form and content of French media 4. Improve students’ proficiency in French oral expression and listening comprehension 5. Teach students to make their own French-language radio interview in which they put to creative use the critical insights they will have gained from analyzing the form and content of media.
Students will create radio segments in French that will be broadcast on the Alliance Française’s monthly French/English radio program Radio NOLA.
FREN 3891
Racial Injustice and Multicultural Community-Building in post-2005 Paris and New Orleans
Teresa Villa-Ignacio
This course examines the activities of multicultural residents of New Orleans and Paris in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the period of civil unrest in France in 2005, respectively. We will explore relationships between critical analysis and everyday practices of community organization and activism.
The course partnered with VAYLA, the Vietnamese-American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans. Students participated in one-on-one tutoring sessions with VAYLA youth (high school students), as well as additional service-learning experiences in conjunction with VAYLA, including field trips and a reflection workshop.
FREN 4050
Teaching French
Alexandra Reuber
This seminar and practicum course provides opportunities for Teaching Assistants (TAs) and advanced undergraduates to acquire skills in teaching methodologies and strategies specific to teaching French.
Students provided assistance in lesson planning, teaching, grading, tutoring, and mentoring at their chosen location of service.
FREN 4110
Field Research on French in Louisiana
Thomas Klingler
This course is designed to familiarize students with the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of francophone Louisiana while introducing them to the techniques of linguistic fieldwork and of transcribing and analyzing linguistic data.
During four weekends of the semester, the class traveled to French-speaking regions of the state to interview speakers of Louisiana French and Louisiana Creole. In partnership with the NUNU Art and Culture Collective in the town of Arnaudville, a DVD of our audio and video recordings was produced that serves as documentation of the endangered speech varieties that characterize the town and surrounding region.
FREN 4160
Translation Theory and Practice
Annette Sojic
This course will provide students with the tools to translate a variety of types of texts (mostly literary, but also legal, journalistic, commercial, etc.) and to introduce them to translation theory as it relates to the problem of translating cultural difference and to the issues of originality, authorship, and the ownership of the text. Students will translate from French to English as well as from English to French.
Students translated the rich francophone archives available in the Louisiana Research collection and the Louisiana State Museum.
ITAL 3250
Italian Language and Culture
Michael Syrimis
The course aims at improving the speaking and writing ability of students while familiarizing them with the development of Italian culture and history from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Students will discuss historical events and answer questions using the grammar and idioms learned in the grammar review. Writing assignments are based on the historical and cultural component of the course.
Students conducted research and prepared a detailed project on Italian culture to present at New Orleans schools in the context of relevant courses that the schools may offer, such as history, western civilization, religion, or art history.
ITAL 4560/4570
Italian Internship
Michael Syrimis
This course assists the American Italian Renaissance Foundation and Museum to catalogue and make available its rich collection of Italian-language primary materials on Italian migration to the New Orleans area.
The students catalogued items in the museum's collection.
