FREN243

Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas

This course, taught in English, will present a large array of films directed by famous French directors (Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, etc..) and Francophone filmmakers (Arcand, Sembene) who were internationally known in their time and have had a considerable influence on today's filmmakers in the U.S. (Tarantino, Lynch, Lee, etc..) and abroad (Sissoko, Angelopoulos, VonTrier, ect..). Cross-listed with FILM298A. Credit granted for FREN243 or FILM298A.

Fall 2025

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.50 between 115 students*

FREN243 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 20%
A: 40.87%
A+: 14.78%
B-: 0.87%
B: 3.48%
B+: 9.57%
F: 0.87%
W: 6.96%
other: 2.61%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.