MA French and Portuguese
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to ABB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in French and Portuguese, a French and Francophone Studies and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies degree centred on European languages in global cultural contexts. The programme spans four years and incorporates a compulsory third year spent studying or working abroad in destinations such as France, Switzerland, or Brazil. The first year covers foundational topics through modules like resistance and collaboration, the Fifth Republic, colonisation and decolonisation, and linguistics and language sciences. The second year explores cultural themes via modules such as Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, and Introduction to European Cinema. The third year is dedicated to an international period of study or work across one or two destinations. The final year focuses on advanced proficiency through modules including presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in both languages, advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition, and film and culture.
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- linguistics and language sciences
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- 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
- Belgium
- France
- Switzerland
- Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
- Lisbon and Coimbra in Portugal
- 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)
- presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in both languages
- advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition
- film and culture
- literature and theatre
- history and politics