MEMS 3302

History of the French Language

Undergraduate

is a study of the origins of French, including the influence of Gaulish, Vulgar Latin, Frankish and the langue d'oc/langue d'oïl division, a survey of the dialects, morphology and syntax of Old French and of the evolution from Old to Middle French, including phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.

Prerequisites & course information

EQ: the former MST 3302, French 3302 , Linguistics 3302 PR: 15 credit hours in French and/or Linguistics at the 2000 level or permission of the Head of the Department; MEMS 1120 (or the former MST 1120) or Classics 1120 is strongly recommended

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026-2027