1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically.
2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the 
difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or 
refute--arguments effectively.
3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes 
that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, 
editing, and polishing the finished papers.

I  How to Study Film as History

II  Background

III Paris: the Eternal City?

IV   Modernization

V  France in Revolution

VI  Decolonization and Immigration

(varies according to instructor; this is a sample)