BA French
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (French required at grade A.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects including French grade 6, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in French, a French and Francophone Studies degree centred on language acquisition and the exploration of francophone cultures and societies. The four-year programme incorporates a compulsory year abroad spent studying in a francophone environment. Students return for a final year of advanced study and specialized option choices. The first year covers foundational modules such as Understanding History: Facts, Interpretations, Stories, Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics, Theories and Methods in Film and Media Studies, Mediatising Dissent, Use of French 1, The Making of Modern France, Reading French Texts, and French Oral 1. Year 2 focuses on continued language development through Use of French 2 and French Oral 2, alongside optional modules spanning literature, film history, and historical periods such as The Renaissance Period, The Medieval Period, and Enlightenment and the Revolution: the 18th Century. Year 3 consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The final year comprises core language modules including Use of French 3, French Oral 3, and Advanced Translation, alongside Comics in French and a range of specialized optional choices like French Existentialism: Sartre, Coffee, and Cigarettes, Gender, Race and Sexuality, and Topics in Modern French History: À la guerre comme à la guerre: France and the First World War.
Modules
- Understanding History: Facts, Interpretations, Stories
- Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics
- Theories and Methods in Film and Media Studies
- Mediatising Dissent
- Use of French 1
- The Making of Modern France
- Reading French Texts
- French Oral 1
- Use of French 2
- French Oral 2
- 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
- Advanced Translation
- French Oral 3
- Comics in French
- Use of French 3
- 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
- Francospheres and Asia: Literary and Artistic Relations
- Encountering Difference in Modern French Theatre