MA French and Linguistics
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 Linguistics, a degree in English Language and Linguistics and French and Francophone Studies. The programme spans four years and includes a full academic year spent 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, Linguistics and English Language 1B, 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, and philosophy, divinity and law. The second year introduces variations observed in the languages of the world, the structure and history of world languages, 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, and Languages Beyond University. The third year involves 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, arranging to work or volunteer with a private company or charity, applying 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, and a University emergency helpline available 24 hours a day.
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- Linguistics and English Language 1A - this course offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular
- Linguistics and English Language 1B - this course helps you learn how 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
- variations observed in the languages of the world
- the structure and history of world languages
- 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)