French and history ba (hons)

Structure

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4

Year 1 Compulsory

• Critical Thinking and Writing for Modern Foreign Languages
• French Foundations
• French I
• History in Practice

• Europe in a Global Context since 1800
• Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801

• From Reformation to Revolution Europe and the World from 1500-1800
• What the Middle Ages have done for us, Europe 1100-1500

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• French II
• Translation into French

• A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890-1990
• Britain and Europe 1945-1963
• Challenging Europe’s Political and Social order: The 1848 French Revolution

• 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

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
• History special subject: The French Civil War 1934-44 (I & II)

• Advanced Oral Competence in French
• French Feminist Writing
• Language and Society in the French-speaking World
• Languages in the Classroom: Teaching French
• Lovers and Libertines: 18th century French Fiction
• Modern Languages Research Project
• Proust

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year abroad

You have three options for how you spend your year in a French-speaking country:

• teaching English as a foreign language assistant
• attending university
• in the professional world, either on a work placement with our support, or independently with our approval.

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.