FRENCH 303S
French for Current Affairs
Christelle Gonthier
Description from DukeHub
A contemporary culture/civilization course on changes and controversies in France today. Includes sources from a variety of print, audio, and visual French media, as well as current cultural, social, economic, and political issues. Also includes political institutions, media, religion, immigration, health, educational systems, foreign policy, and France in the European Union. Equal emphasis is given to written and oral skills. Conducted in French. Recommended prerequisite: French 204, AP French Language and Culture test score of 5, or equivalent.
Skills
- languageslanguage department: FRENCH
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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