French and politics ba (hons)
Postgraduate
In London
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
London
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Duration
4 Years
Teaching
Teaching and learning
You'll receive approximately 16 hours of weekly contact time, in the form of lectures, seminar group sessions and language classes.
For every hour spent in class, you'll complete a further two to three hours of independent study.
Assessment
Assessment typically includes a combination of written exams and coursework, final-year dissertations, independent projects and creative journals.
Resources and facilities
The Schools offer excellent on-campus resources to aid your studies, including:
the Queen Mary library
the Multimedia Language Resource Centre, equipped with digital labs and resource rooms, teacher and student workstations, interactive whiteboards, and software for viewing live international satellite TV broadcasts
subscriptions to foreign newspapers and journals
language clubs and social activities, including film screenings, discussion groups and debates
the Centre for European Research, which welcomes students and academics interested in learning and researching on all matters relating to Europe
the Mile End Institute, a major policy centre that specialises in contemporary British politics, featuring regular high-profile speakers.
Learn another language
If you’re interested in learning another language, you can sign up for a course at Queen Mary’s Language Centre, where you can choose from Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Japanese or Spanish.
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Subjects
- World Politics
- British Politics
- Global
- Teaching
- International Politics
- International Relations
- Politics
- International
- Government
Course programme
Structure
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- Year 4
Year 1 Compulsory
- Critical Thinking and Writing for Modern Foreign Languages
- French Foundations
- French I
- Thinking Politically: Introduction to concepts, theories and ideologies
- Introduction to International Relations
- Political Analysis
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year 2 Compulsory
- French II
- Modern Political Thought 1
- Translation into French
- 20th century French Thought: Values and Violence
- Memories of WWII in Literature, Film and Art
- Out of Place: Literature and Dislocation
- The Sounds of French
- The Story of my Life?: French Autobiography and Autofiction
- Accountability and Complexity in British Government
- Colonialism, Capitalism and Development
- Comparative European Politics I - Context and Institutional Development
- Comparative European Politics II - Issues and Performance
- European Integration
- International Relations Theory
- Modern Political Thought 2
- Modernity: Theories of State, Economy and Society
- Political Research
- Politics of International Law
- Power and Legitimacy in British Politics
- Power in Global Governance
- Researching Everyday Politics
- The International Politics of Security
- The International Politics of the Developing World
- US Politics
- War in World Politics
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year 3
- Year abroad
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year 4 Compulsory
- French III
- Advanced Oral Competence in French
- French Feminist Writing
- Language and Society in the French-speaking World Africa and International Politics
- Lovers and Libertines: 18th century French Fiction
- Modern Languages Research Project
- Proust
- American Politics, Carceral State and Social Movements
- British Economic and Social Policy Since 1945 – Ideas, Interests and Institutions
- British Economic and Social Policy Since 1945 – Independent Research
- Contemporary Russian Politics
- Doing International Politics
- Gender and Politics
- Globalisation: Issues and Debates
- Global Politics of Health and Disease
- Justice in a Global City
- Latin American Politics
- Nationalism and Ethnicity in International Relations
- Parliamentary Studies
- Parliamentary Studies (Internship)
- Political Violence and Liberal Modernity
- Politics of South Asia
- Politics of South Asia – Independent Research
- Populism: A Global Perspective
- Populism in 21st Century Europe
- Race and Racism in World Politics
- Race and Racism in World Politics: Independent Research
- Radical Politics
- Radical Politics Today – Independent Research
- The Politics of the Post-Colonial Middle East
- US Foreign Policy
- Utopia and Dystopia: Political, Economic and Literary Dreamworlds
- Utopia and Dystopia: Political, Economic and Literary Dreamworlds: Independent Research
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year abroad
You have three options for how to spend your year abroad:
- attending university
- on a work placement with our support, or independently with our approval
- teaching English as a foreign language assistant.
Our French-speaking partner institutions are:
- Aix-Marseille d’Avignon Université
- Université de Genève
- Université Catholique de Lille
- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Université François Rabelais
- Université Paris-Sorbonne
- Université de la Réunion.
French and politics ba (hons)