BA French (4 years)

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
A degree in French at Southampton, means you will graduate with not only complete proficiency in a widely spoken language, but with an in depth understanding of French speaking nations culture, history and societal structure. The perfect degree course for those who dream of a career more varied and a life well travelled.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

Start date

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Subjects

  • Credit

Course programme

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In each semester you will be required to follow four modules (a total of eight modules over the year). One module in each semester will be your French language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester. Choose three optional modules in each semester (six in total).

Year one students will be able to make their option choices on line this year.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

Optional

FREN1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Modern French Culture

FREN1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Making of Modern French

FREN1017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Optional

LANG1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading Culture

LANG1013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading the City

LING1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning

LING1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Applications of Linguistics

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose three optional modules in each semester (six in total). You must choose at least three optional FREN module in the year (FILM2007 may count as a FREN module). One module in each semester will be your French language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

LANG2010 is a compulsory fifth module for all second year students taking a Modern Languages degree, whether single or combined honours.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Optional

FREN2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Post-War French Thought

FREN2018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Exploring French Linguistics

LANG2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State

LANG2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

LING2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Psycholinguistics

LING2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Syntax: Studying Language Structure

LING2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Discourse Analysis

LING2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sound and Voice (see also ISVR2016: Speech Sciences and Lip-Reading)

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Optional

FREN2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in France

FREN2021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Identities in Crisis: Post-war French Literature and Film

LANG2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The EU and European Identity

LING2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

LING2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Multilingualism

HUMA2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Humanities University Ambassadors Scheme (Modern Languages)

Year 3

You will spend the year abroad in a country where one of the chosen languages is spoken, either as:

  • an English language assistant
  • studying on a university course
  • on an approved work placement

Investigative Project:
Independent study project (6,000 words) supervised by a member of staff

Further information:
Year abroad

Year 4

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose three optional modules in each semester (six in total). You must choose at least three optional FREN modules in the year (FILM3008 may count as a FREN module). One module in each semester will be your French language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Optional

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Translation: Theory and Practice

FREN3024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Flaubert's France

FREN3025Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

GERM3016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language and the City

LING3001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Second Language Acquisition

LING3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Advanced Syntax

LING3005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language Teaching Theory and Practice

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Optional

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

FREN3028Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sex, Gender and Desire in French Literature and Culture

FREN3030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie

FREN3034Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Travel Writing, Cultural Encounter, Identity in Post-War France

LANG3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Public Service Interpreting

LANG3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Audiovisual Translation

LING3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Writing in a Second Language

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