BA French and Romanian
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Previous study of a foreign language is preferred (not necessarily one of the named languages) but not required. Applicants may study two languages at beginner level and may seek advice from the departments concerned if needed.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in French and Romanian, a French and Francophone Studies and Russian Studies degree spanning French and Francophone Studies and Russian Studies. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme lasts for four academic years and is taught across the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the School of European Languages, Culture and Society, incorporating a period abroad. The first year covers core language proficiency and cultural contexts through modules such as Use of French 1, The Making of Modern France, War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema and Romanian Language Level 1, alongside optional choices like Reading European Literature: Period, Context, Text and Understanding History: Facts, Interpretations, Stories. The second year builds competence with Use of French 2, Writing from the Other Europe, Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension and Introduction to Romanian Literature, while permitting various literary and historical options like The Renaissance Period and Citizenship and Nationhood in France Today. The third year consists of a year abroad across terms one and two. The final year consolidates mastery through French Oral 3, Use of French 3, Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension and Romanian Literature 3, alongside specialised advanced options such as Advanced Translation and French Existentialism: Sartre, Coffee, and Cigarettes.
Modules
- Use of French 1
- The Making of Modern France
- Reading French Texts
- French Oral 1
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Romanian Language Level 1
- Reading European Literature: Period, Context, Text
- How to Read Film: Critical Analysis and Key Concepts
- Understanding History: Facts, Interpretations, Stories
- Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Narratives of Exile
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Use of French 2
- French Oral 2
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 2b - Production
- Introduction to Romanian Literature
- An Introduction to Literary Theory
- The Medieval Period
- The Renaissance Period
- Enlightenment and the Revolution: the 18th Century
- Romanticism and Modernity: the 19th Century
- Exploration of Self and Form: The Contemporary Period
- Citizenship and Nationhood in France Today
- French Film History
- Contesting Frenchness: Francophone Literatures
- A Century of Conflict and Crisis: France, 1870-1970
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- French Oral 3
- Use of French 3
- Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 3b - Production
- Romanian Literature 3
- Advanced Translation
- Comics in French
- Dominating Texts: Literary Power Relations in 20th Century Writing
- Legendary Histories
- Cultures of AIDS in France: History, Policy and Representation
- Gender, Race and Sexuality
- Fiction and the Archives: Rewriting Criminal Stories in Early Modern France
- Discourses of Equality
- Topics in Modern French History: À la guerre comme à la guerre: France and the First World War
- French Existentialism: Sartre, Coffee, and Cigarettes