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FREN UN3409

Intro to French & Francophone History · French

Who were the Gauls and when was Paris the "capital of modernity"? What caused the French and Haitian Revolutions? Why do the French care so much about religion, nation, empire or, for that…

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What students said

Thomas Dodman · 2024 · 2024

How to think historically and consider why certain events happened and what were the motives people had behind their actions. I also like how the course wasn't just focused on France but also how France was being influenced by other countries.

Emmanuelle Saada · 2026 · 2026

I gained a lot of knowledge about French and Francophone history and improved my French writing skills.

Zachary Desjardins-Mooney · 2025 · 2025

french's participation in global affairs including industrial revolution, WWI, WWII as well as different regimes in France.

Thomas Dodman · 2024 · 2024

Developed my language skills and learned about french history through documents/paintings/etc.

Emmanuelle Saada · 2026 · 2026

I learned about French and Francophone history and culture.

Thomas Dodman · 2024 · 2024

I learned a lot about French history, and the threads that connect the country and language throughout centuries.

Emmanuelle Saada · 2026 · 2026

I significantly increased my knowledge of major and minor events in the course of France's history and to a lesser extent, that of their colonies.

Zachary Desjardins-Mooney · 2025 · 2025

I was taught an overview of French and Francophone history in French.

Thomas Dodman · 2024 · 2024

A lot about French history in the world, I particularly enjoyed the focus on Francophone countries other than France as I believe so many French classes at Columbia focus too much on only France itself.

Emmanuelle Saada · 2026 · 2026

I learned an overview level of various chronologically organized French history topics

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