European Studies (French pathway) with a year abroad

King's College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

The European Studies (French pathway) BA is an interdepartmental study programme that allows you to study Modern Europe from a French perspective. You will study the politics, history, language and contemporary culture of France in-depth, preparing you for the third year where you will be taught and examined at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po).

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

About this course

The department is a founding member of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, which regularly hosts high-profile scholars and practitioners at King's.
Taught by research-active, multi-national team of academics with the opportunity to specialise in particular fields or politics, government and nation.
Your third year will be spent studying abroad providing you with excellent opportunities to engage in French culture and society.
Opportunities to take part in a broad range of extra-curricular events, from lectures by visiting speakers to the student-organised annual ‘European Week’ where you will debate contemporary issues.
You will develop analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, opening up career opportunities in politics, diplomacy, administrations, business and journalism.
Enjoy an unrivalled range of contacts with cultural institutes, libraries, international firms and government agencies.

Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
Communications Consultant, Kreab Gavin Anderson
Event Coordinator, Reed Exhibitions
Journalism/Writing Intern, New York Times
Internship with Orange in Brussels
Internship with the French Embassy in Jordan
Graduates from our European Studies BA course have taken up posts with the Foreign Office, with leading financial institutions, with cultural organisations or with lobbying firms at the European Commission. Others have worked in public and private agencies and think-tanks in the UK, as well as further afield in countries ranging from Bosnia to Japan. Many students have undertaken work placements in the media, working for the French Newspaper Liberation, the Franco-German TV station Arte and Radio-France International.

AAB

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Political Thought
  • French language
  • Language
  • French Political Thought
  • French History
  • European Law
  • Economics
  • French Civil War
  • Political Economy

Course programme

1st Year

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide upto-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:
  • Core French Language (30 credits)
  • The Making of Modern Europe (30 credits)
  • Revolution & Reaction in Modern France: an introduction to modern French History (15 credits)
  • French Political Thought (15 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional “Europe” modules. Modules may typically include:

  • European Law (The Dickson Poon School of Law) (30 credits)
  • Introduction to International Economics (15 credits)
  • The Causes of War (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)
  • Introduction to Politics (15 credits)
2nd Year

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Core French Language (15 credits)
  • The Integration of the European Union (30 credits)
  • The French Civil War, 1934-1970 (Department of History) subject to availability (30 credits) OR
  • Modern French History (15 credits) PLUS
  • French Political Thought II (15 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a wide range of optional “Europe” modules. Modules may typically include:

  • International Political Economy (30 credits)
  • International Relations (30 credits)
  • War & Society (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)
  • War in International Order (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)
  • Military Strategy (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)
  • Empires, Imperialism and the History of the Modern World (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)
  • A History of the European Cold War (1917-91) (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
  • Microeconomics (Department of Political Economy) (15 credits)
  • Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (15 credits)
  • Macroeconomics (Department of Political Economy) (15 credits)
  • Political Theory of Capitalism (15 credits)

You are also required to take 15 credits from a range of optional French modules. Modules may typically include:

  • Modernity & the City (15 credits)
  • The Idea of France (15 credits)
  • Death & Desire: Love in French Literature before 1700 (15 credits)
  • The French Novel after 1700 (15 credits)
  • French Poetry after 1800 (15 credits)
  • Writing the Self in French Literature since 1700 (15 credits)
  • French Cinema and its Others (15 credits)
3rd Year

Required Modules

You will spend your third year of study in France at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), where you are required to take modules from the International Programme, as well as:

  • Year Abroad Practical Exam Aural & Oral Comprehension (once you’ve returned to King’s College London following your study abroad year)
Optional Modules

There are no optional modules in your third year.

4th Year

Required Modules

You are required to take one of the following modules:

  • French Language (15 credits) OR
  • The Stylistics of Translation (depending on the level of French) (15 credits)
Optional Modules

European Studies

In addition you are required to take 60 credits worth of European Studies optional modules. Modules may typically include:

  • European Political Thought (30 credits)
  • The Political Economy of Finance and Crisis (30 credits)
  • The EU in the International System (30 credits)
  • European Political Economy (30 credits)
  • Extended Essay option if written on a European topic (30 credits)
  • Public Policy in Europe (15 credits)
  • THe EU and Russia (15 credits)

French

You are also required to take 45 credits worth of French optional modules. Modules may typically include:

  • Extended Essay option if written on a French topic (30 credits) OR
  • Dissertation (15 credits)
  • Contemporary French Politics (30 credits)
  • Recent French Thought (15 credits)
  • Contemporary Women’s Writing in French (15 credits)
  • Citizenship & Exclusion: Republicanism & its Discontents (15 credits)
  • Citizenship & Exclusion: Theories & Practices (15 credits)
  • Satire in Early Modern France (15 credits)
  • Images of Algeria (15 credits)
  • Shadows of Enlightenment (15 credits)
  • Proust (15 credits)

Additional information

International tuition fee - £18,900 per year

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