LA CIVILISATION FRANÇAISE – I (L’HISTOIRE, LA GEOGRAPHIE ET L’ECONOMIE DE LA FRANCE

Paper Code: 
FRN 122
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO6: Recall eras, movements & personalities of history

CO7: Identify & discuss turning points in history

CO8: Examine the evolution of French economy

CO9: Develop an understanding of French geography

CO10: Examine the evolution of French history

 

 

 

Interactive lectures Demonstrations

Reading & Listening exercises

Assignments

Effective questions

 

 

 

 

Class tests

Assessments on the basis of simulated role playing

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 

History of France : the old nation of Gaule , Roman conquest, christianization, Middle Age, tribal  invasions, Merovingians : Clovis,
Geography  of France : the regions, landscapes and climate 

12.00
Unit II: 

History of France : Carolingians : Charlemagne,  Capetians, end of Middle Age, Renaissance, the kings, Enlightenment, French Revolution,
French economy: agriculture

12.00
Unit III: 

History of France  : Napoleon, the empire, Restauration, Second empire,
French economy  : industries and the tertiary sector

12.00
Unit IV: 

History of France :  Colonialism, 3rd republic

12.00
Unit V: 

History of France : 4th & 5th  republic, 
French politics today

References: 

 1) Vous avez dit France ? : Kimmel, CIEP, Hachette
 2) Geographie de la France : Mathieu, Mesplier, Hachette
 3) Histoire de la France : Riviere, Hachette
 4) Les grandes etapes de la civilization francaise : Thoraval, J, Bordas

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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