BA French and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: Post A-level French ABB including A-level French. Note: for applicants who have not studied A-level French then AS-level French grade B would be acceptable in lieu of A-level French. IB: 33 points overall, including 6(French),5,5 at Higher Level
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and French and Francophone Studies, focusing on political theory, institutions, and French language and culture. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students complete an extended period of residence abroad through a work, volunteer, or study placement.
Modules
- Perspectives on Politics
- Contemporary Europe
- French 1
- Beginners French Studies (Post GCSE Level)
- Perspectives on France: moments of crisis
- Comparative Politics
- Beyond the Hexagon: French language, politics and culture in a global frame
- World Politics
- What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene
- Introduction to Politics
- French 2
- Irish Politics
- American Politics
- Security and Terrorism
- International Organisations
- Paris, City of Modernity
- The Sociolinguistics of Modern French
- British Politics in crisis?
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
- The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
- Working and Studying Abroad
- International Placement: Languages Year Abroad
- French 3
- Long Placement
- Contemporary Critical Theory
- Gender and Politics
- Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- Dissertation (Politics)
- Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
- European Cultural Identities
- War and Visual Culture and Surveillance
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Contemporary Francophone Chinese Fiction
- The Politics of the Far Right in Europe and the Americas
- Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
- National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
- Challenges to contemporary party politics
- Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
- US Foreign Policy
- Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
- Security and Technology
- Romance and Realism in Media Cultures
- Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
- Short Placement
- Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
- European Union Foreign Policy
- Extra-muros: language, film and literature in the banlieues
- The Politics of European Union Enlargement… and Withdrawal
- The Politics of Global Health: Promise and Perils
- Political and Economic Development in Latin America
- Understanding Africa: Governance, Ethnicity and State Structures
- NATO: History & Current Developments
- Current Issues in French Linguistics