BA French and Portuguese (4 years)
Bachelor's degree
In Southampton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Southampton
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Start date
September
Introducing your degree
If you want to be able to communicate with people across the world then choose a degree in French and Portuguese. This combined four-year degree course allows students three years of study in our excellent facilities at the Centre for Language Study and a year spent learning abroad. The perfect course for those who have a passion for linguistics, graduates of BA French and Portuguese go on to find great success in a range of careers for which languages are key.
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Subjects
- Portuguese Language
- Credit
- Project
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 language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
LANG1017
Academic Skills for ML students
PORT1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Introduction to The Portuguese-Speaking World
OptionalFREN1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Modern French Culture
FREN1016Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The Making of Modern French
FREN1017Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Semester Two
Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
LANG1004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Reading Culture
LANG1013Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Reading the City
LING1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning
LING1003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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 two optional modules in semester one and one optional module in semester two.
You must chose at least one optional FREN module in the year. FILM2007 may count as a FREN module.
LANG2010 is a compulsory fifth module for all second year students taking a Modern Languages degree, whether single or joint honours.
Semester One
Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
LANG2010
Managing Research and Learning
OptionalFREN2008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Post-War French Thought
FREN2018Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Exploring French Linguistics
LANG2002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State
LANG2005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
LING2002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Psycholinguistics
LING2003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Syntax: Studying Language Structure
LING2004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Discourse Analysis
LING2008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Sound and Voice (see also ISVR2016: Speech Sciences and Lip-Reading)
Semester Two
Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
PORT2001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Culture and Society in Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa
OptionalFREN2007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in France
FREN2021Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Identities in Crisis: Post-war French Literature and Film
LANG2009Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The EU and European Identity
LING2007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
LING2009Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Multilingualism
HUMA2007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
Semester OneCompulsory
LANG3005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Year Abroad Research Project YARP
Semester TwoCompulsory
LANG3005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Year Abroad Research Project YARP
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.
You must choose at least one FREN module and one PORT module in the year.
Semester One
Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
Optional
LANG3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dissertation
LANG3007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Translation: Theory and Practice
LING3001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Second Language Acquisition
LING3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Advanced Syntax
LING3005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Language Teaching Theory and Practice
FREN3024Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Flaubert's France
FREN3025Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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).
Language and the City
Semester Two
Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
PORT9__ Portuguese Language
Compulsory content module:
PORT3006 - Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone cultural narrative
CompulsoryPORT3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative
OptionalFREN3028Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Sex, Gender and Desire in French Literature and Culture
FREN3030Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie
FREN3034Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Travel Writing, Cultural Encounter, Identity in Post-War France
LANG3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dissertation
LANG3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Public Service Interpreting
LANG3008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Audiovisual Translation
LING3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Writing in a Second Language
Additional information
BA French and Portuguese (4 years)