MA French and Scandinavian Studies
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 Scandinavian Studies, a French and Francophone Studies and German degree centred on language acquisition, cultural analysis, and literature. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The four-year degree includes a mandatory year abroad spent studying, working, or volunteering in relevant destinations. The first year introduces foundational themes through courses covering resistance and collaboration, the Fifth Republic, May 1968, feminism, colonisation and decolonisation, and linguistics and language sciences alongside external subjects. Year two expands the scope with Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, and Gender and Culture. During the third year, students undertake a period of study or work abroad across one or two destinations. The final year involves advanced language training through essay, commentary, academic and summary writing in your two languages, translation to and from your languages into English, and spoken French and either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish, complemented by options such as Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach and Old Norse Literature and Society.
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- May 1968
- feminism
- colonisation and decolonisation
- linguistics and language sciences
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- 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
- 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)
- essay, commentary, academic and summary writing in your two languages
- translation to and from your languages into English
- spoken French and either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
- film and literature
- history and politics
- Comparative Literature in a European and Global Perspective
- Literature and Film: The Challenge of Adaptation
- Thinking Translation: a Beginner's Guide
- Recognition Struggles in Contemporary France
- Women Writers in Early Modern France
- Scandinavia and the World: Negotiating the North in the 21st Century
- Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach
- Old Norse Literature and Society