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MA French and English Language

University of Edinburgh

Institution
University of Edinburgh
Level
undergraduate
Subject
French and Francophone Studies
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
QR31
Typical offer
A-level AAB, IB 36

Entry requirements

A level: from AAA to AAB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL

About this course

MA (Hons) in French and English Language, a degree in English Language and Linguistics and French and Francophone Studies. Students spend the third year abroad studying or working in one or two destinations. The first year covers resistance and collaboration, the Fifth Republic, colonisation and decolonisation, May 1968, feminism, Linguistics and English Language 1A, and Linguistics and English Language 1B. The second year includes the structure and history of world languages, variation in English over time and across geographical space, Cultural Responses to War, and Migration, Exile, Diaspora. The third year involves studying or working abroad through options such as two semesters at a single institution or arranging to work with a private company or charity.

Modules

  • resistance and collaboration
  • the Fifth Republic
  • colonisation and decolonisation
  • May 1968
  • feminism
  • Linguistics and English Language 1A - this offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general, and of English in particular
  • Linguistics and English Language 1B - this will help you develop the tools needed to investigate the different subsystems of language
  • business, economics and informatics
  • politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
  • art and architectural history
  • history, classics and archaeology
  • Celtic and Scottish ethnology
  • linguistics and language sciences
  • philosophy, divinity and law
  • the structure and history of world languages
  • variation in English over time and across geographical space
  • Cultural Responses to War
  • Migration, Exile, Diaspora
  • Crime and Detection in Literature
  • Gender and Culture
  • The Coming-of-Age Narrative
  • Introduction to European Cinema
  • Dynamics of Language and Power
  • Languages Beyond University
  • study in one or two destinations
  • work in one or two destinations
  • study in one destination and work in another
  • two semesters at a single institution
  • one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
  • arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
  • apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
  • Student Wellbeing Service
  • Student Counselling
  • Student Disability and Learning Support
  • University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)