BA French
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB to include A level grade B in French.. IB: 6,5,5 including 32 points total. See below for full information.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus a B at A level in French. See below for full information.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in French BA, a French and Francophone Studies degree exploring literature, history, art and politics alongside language studies. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme spans four years, incorporating a period abroad or a professional placement. The first year introduces foundational linguistic skills and cultural contexts through modules such as French Language 1 (Advanced), La France Moderne A, Exploration of Identities in the French and Francophone world, and Translation in Practice I. The second year advances linguistic proficiency and examines specialised themes via French Language 2 (Advanced), Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations, Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts, and Translation in the Workplace. The final year focuses on advanced fluency and specialized research through French Language Final Year, Interpreting A, Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures in the Francophone Worlds, and the Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages.
Modules
- La France Moderne A
- La France Moderne B
- Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing A
- Discover: Personal, Academic and Professional Development in Modern Languages
- Exploring Identities in the French and Francophone world
- French Language 1 (Advanced)
- Environment, Sustainability and Development in the Portuguese-speaking world
- Introduction to European Film A
- Introduction to European Film B
- Introduction to Linguistics A: Science of Language
- Introduction to Linguistics B: language change and variation
- Landmarks in European Literature A
- Landmarks in European Literature B
- Translation in Practice I
- Translation in Practice II
- French Language 2 (Advanced)
- Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations
- Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts
- 19th Century Russia through the Lens of the Novel
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement
- Global Enterprise Project
- Language and power
- Teaching and Learning (languages) in the 21st century
- Translation in the Workplace
- Work, The Future and You
- Exploring Italian cities: texts and contexts
- Cultural Industries: Creativity in Change
- Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages
- French Language Final Year
- Interpreting A
- Interpreting B
- Adapting Nineteenth-Century France
- Breaking New Ground: Innovative French Writing and Visual Culture
- Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures in the Francophone Worlds
- Discourses, Disciplines and Dissidence: The Construction of Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century France
- Franco-African Relations from de Gaulle to Macron (1944 to the present)
- Francophone Caribbean Literature and Film
- From Princesses to Poisoners: Gender, Identity and Society in Seventeenth-century French texts
- The Algerian War
- Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture
- Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present
- Contemporary representations of the body: literature, theory and art
- Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures
- From Text to Tech: Digital Approaches to Languages and Cultures
- Language, Culture and Communication: Digging into the text
- Narratives of Conquest and Incomprehension
- The Romance languages: structure, variation and change
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age I
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age II
- Uniformity and diversity in the Iberian-Romance speaking world