All work in this class is conducted in French.

Apprenons à parler de politique et d’économie en français, et préparez-vous pour le monde du travail francophone!
This class will consist in a solid introduction to French-speaking political and economic cultures to help you:
- Speak about political and economic issues in French
- Navigate Francophone media and decipher their different orientations
- Interact with people from Francophone public/private organizations, NGOs, and media
- Understand the unique features and challenges of French-speaking political/economic systems and the francophone businesses
- Acquire research skills to investigate socio-economic worlds in French: how to build a problématique and a research plan, how to perform an interview, how to build and analyze questionnaires, how to carry out a market research, how to do a "revue de presse", how to do an oral talk
- Be ready to join the workplace in French (internships, jobs): have a ready-to-send CV in French, search for a job, write a cover letter, pass a job interview
- Develop intercultural skills and adapt to different workplace cultures

This class will be conducted entirely in French, with guest lectures from Political Science, Geography, Economy, Agronomy, Diplomacy (French Embassy in the US, Unesco), Media, Fashion Industry

This class will be an asset if you want to work in diplomacy or international affairs, politics, economics, international business, law, media, and NGOs. It is well suited for majors/minors in French (ans also leads to the certificate in "French for Professional Purposes"), and as a complement for majors in Political Science, Global Studies, Law, Economics, Business Administration, Sociology, Journalism, Media Studies, among others. This class is also a perfect introduction or complement for “Political Science 147F – Contemporary French politics in historical perspective: the republican model in transition,” taught by Professor Jonah Levy.

This class includes:
- Regular journaling and oral talks
- a few key readings and video viewings outside of class
- workshops and lectures in class
- Online exchanges with students from Sciences Po Lyon
- Participation in the Speaker Series on Social Sciences in French, organized in the French Department
- Testimonies from former Fr137 students and interns in French-speaking environments

Instructor: Claire Tourmen
Lecturer at UCB French Department, tourmen@berkeley.edu
A French native, Claire Tourmen was trained in humanities, philosophy and political sciences at La Sorbonne (Paris I) before becoming a researcher in Education at AgroSup Dijon-University of Burgundy, where she specialized in professional learning (including psychology of work), intercultural learning, and program evaluation. Claire did her PhD resesarch within a consulting firm in Lyon while performing public program evaluation for the European Union and various national and local organizations in France. She also taught program evaluation at the Master level at Sciences Po Lyon, Sciences Po Rennes, and other universities. She experienced working with multiple professional worlds in France and Québec while she was teaching vocational training in Dijon and supervising internships, including abroad. She is a reviewer for journals such as Evaluation, American Journal of Evaluation, The Canadian journal of program evaluation, Revue Française d’Administration Publique, Culture and Psychology. Since 2017, she has been a lecturer in the UC Berkeley French Department and in charge of the “French For Politics” class since 2022. She is now developing professionalizing paths for learners of French at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with Déborah Blocker, other colleagues, and partners, after having received a grant from the French Embassy in the US/Face Foundation.

Completion of FR102, Placement Exam, or Native Language Fluency Required for Enrollment. MUST HAVE TAKEN FRENCH 4 AT UC BERKELEY OR A FRENCH DEPARTMENT PLACEMENT TEST - For placement testing, please contact vrodic@berkeley.edu.