MA French and Social Policy
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 Social Policy, a social policy and French and francophone studies degree examining linguistic proficiency, cultural history, and government welfare frameworks. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The third year involves a compulsory period abroad spent studying at one or two partner institutions, working as a language assistant, or undertaking a professional placement with a private company or charity. The first year introduces foundational themes across French history and society alongside core concepts in social policy analysis. The second year focuses on methodological approaches through modules such as Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives, Research Skills for Social Policy, and Evidence, Economy and Social Policy, alongside optional cultural and linguistic studies. The third year is spent abroad on study or work placements. The final fourth year provides advanced study options and independent research.
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- core concepts in the analysis of key government policy areas, comparing and contrasting various lenses through which we can understand social policy
- consequences of different policy decisions by governments on different parts of society
- 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
- Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives - This course compares different approaches to social policy in European and non-European countries.
- Research Skills for Social Policy - This course equips you with core research training and provides a forum for subject-specific learning and community-building.
- Evidence, Economy and Social Policy - This course will focus on the economic dimension of social policy, and the (mis)use of underlying evidence.
- 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)