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Last approved: Fri, 15 May 2026 23:19:17 GMT

Last edit: Tue, 12 May 2026 16:41:46 GMT

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Fall 2026
Undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
World Languages and Literatures
French
298
no
Conversational French Intermediate
Conversational French Intermed
Development of speaking and listening skills at the intermediate level. Topics of conversation based on French 101–201 course material. Expansion through sources of new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions from multimedia materials. Credit/no credit.
FREN 201.
 
 
Consent of Instructor is always required.
Yes
Variable Credit
No
NO
2.00
 
Fall
Once Only
Elective for program?

 
Required for program?

 
Credit/No Credit Only
15
Small conversation course. Reflects current cap on other LC conversation courses.
 
Is there a course fee?
No
 
 
 
Other (explain):
Taught by a Language Assistant, who is an adjunct instructor, but has a special role living and working on campus, and receives a small monthly stipend instead of a salary.

Course Type

Course Type - Major/Minor

Should the course satisfy a major or minor requirement or elective?
No

 
 

Course Designations

Is the course being proposed to meet the Connect-Portland designation?
No
 

Course Scheduling (Including Lab, Studio and Discussion/Conference Time)

Does your course have a separately scheduled lab, discussion, conference or studio section that is associated with the lecture section?
No
 

 
 
 
Is this course being taught on an off-campus or overseas study program?
No
 

General Education Courses

Is this course intended to fulfill a General Education requirement?
No
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Explanation

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Please explain in detail the reasons for adding or modifying this course. In your response, be sure to respond to the following:
 
FREN 251(Intermediate French Conversation) is a one-time no-cost offering allowing students currently enrolled in FREN 201–as well as incoming students testing into FREN 202 over the summer–to continue French in a structured classroom environment in Fall of 2026 due to the canceling of 26Fa FREN 202. FREN 202 (Intermediate French II: Reading in Cultural Context) is the entry course into both the FRST major and minor and the WLL major with French as a primary or secondary language. Not having a class sets our current recruits and potential recruits at a disadvantage. FRST currently offers FREN 261 (Conversational French; offered annually in the fall) and FREN 262 (Conversational French; offered annually in the Spring). However FREN 202 is a prerequisite for FREN 261 and FREN 262, therefore underscoring the need for a conversational class prior to and at the same time as Intermediate courses (FREN 201 and FREN 202). Offering FREN 251 this fall provides a 200-level appropriate classroom conversation setting, currently not available.
 
FREN 251 as a two credit, credit/no credit course will provide a two credit course offering, which the College has indicated is desirable.
 
The Spanish Section at LC has long offered two conversation courses every semester, an intermediate (251) and an advanced course (351), with the Language Assistant as the sole instructor.
 
No changes will be needed as this will just be a one-time offering of an additional course for the Language Assistant, at no additional cost.
 
n/a
 
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Syllabus for 26Fa FR251.pdf
FREN298 email chain.pdf
Is this a field placement course?

Does this course require a regularly scheduled class room? (classes that do NOT require a regularly scheduled classroom are for example: field placement only course, thesis, independent study, etc.)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judy Finch (finchj) (Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:46:43 GMT): Conversation with Blair Orfall: Hi Blair, I guess then what I'm getting stuck on is that the course description for 298 is exactly the same as 261. We can't create a new course that is the same as an existing course. If you want to chat with folks and see if they want to change the description to something else that indicates it's a lower level, that's fine by me. I can make the correction if you can give me a new course description. I don't see an issue running it as a one-time course, but it actually needs to be a different course. Judy On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM Blair Orfall <blairorfall@lclark.edu> wrote: Hi Judy, I’m mostly the messenger here, but let me try to explain what I understand: Because the Dean has cut the fall FREN 202 course, the students who are currently in 201 need a fall course for the interim while waiting to take FREN 202 in the Spring. The section wants to offer a second lower level conversation course (FREN 298, which was also referred to as FREN 251) for those students. The current FREN 261 requires FREN202 and is a higher level. The section would like to offer a lower level course, the equivalent of a FREN 251, but only for fall 2026. Because it’s a one time offering, I submitted it as FREN 298. Perhaps that was incorrect. I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you’d like to speak on the phone or if I can answer any other questions. Sincerely, Blair Blair Orfall (she/her) Program Coordinator Department of World Languages and Literatures and The Keck Interactive Learning Center Lewis & Clark College blairorfall@lclark.edu 541-844-8722 (cell) On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM Judy Finch <finchj@lclark.edu> wrote: Hello Blair, I'm catching up with all of the course proposals that were submitted before Courseleaf closed, and I'm a bit confused by the entry for a new course: FREN-298. Most of the explanation centers on how a conversation course is needed for fall, and talks about FREN-251 (which does not exist). If the department needs a conversation course, why don't you just offer FREN-261, rather than creating a one-time topics course? Am I missing something? The course description for this one-time course is exactly the same as FREN-261, so we wouldn't be able to create the new course since it already exists under the 261 number. If this is just about a prerequisite, the instructor can simply waive it for FREN-261 if the instructor feels it would be appropriate. Judy
Judy Finch (finchj) (Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:21:02 GMT): I have concerns that this is basically the same course at FREN-261, though the description was slightly altered when my concerns were expressed.
Kyle Lascurettes (klascurettes) (Fri, 08 May 2026 21:14:17 GMT): CPSC approves this course as a stopgap measure to address the cancellation of FREN 202 in the fall of 2026. Our understanding is that it will be used as a temporary stopgap, and to evaluate whether it makes sense to reinstitute the old FREN 251 course. Though it will be modeled after the old FREN 251, CC and others can otherwise ignore references to 251 in the proposal itself. 298 is the appropriate number for this stopgap/temporary course. See also attached email thread.
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