French and Latin BA

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The French and Latin degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1

The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of French and Latin language, theory and concepts. You will also gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits MLF1001French Language 30 CLA1254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 Optional modules

Select 30 credits of French Level 1 optional modules.

Select 30 credits of Classics Level 1 optional modules.

CodeModuleCredits French MLF1014Love and Death in French Culture15 MLF1015War and Conflict in French Literature15 MLF1103The French Language, Present and Past15 MLF1105An Introduction to French Thought15 MLF1119French Cinema from the New Wave to the Present Day15 MLF1121French Visual History15 Classics Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA1303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA1308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA1354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA1357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA1406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA1408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA1410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Ancient World CLA1508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of French and Latin language, knowledge and methods through a set of compulsory modules. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits MLF2001French Language, Written and Oral 30 CLA2254Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30 Optional modules

Select 30 credits of French and Modern Languages Level 2 optional modules.

Select 30 credits of Classics Level 2 optional modules.

CodeModuleCredits French MLF2003Freedom and French Realism15 MLF2012Evolution of the French Language15 MLF2029Varieties of French15 MLF2056Provoking Thoughts: French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century15 MLF2063Crime and Punishment in French Fiction15 MLF2065Contemporary French Film: Issues and Debates15 MLF2066Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment15 MLF2067Gender and Resistance: Contemporary Women's Writing in French15 MLF2068 Telling Stories: Narrative Strategies in 19th and 20th Century Fiction in French15 MLF2069East is East? Cross-Cultural Encounters in Medieval French Literature15 Modern Languages SML2209Music in Medieval Europe15 SML2244Multilingualism in Society15 Classics Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA2303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA2308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA2354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA2357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA2406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA2408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA2410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Ancient World CLA2508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Year 3

The third year is spent abroad, either on a work placement, studying at a university, or in a school working as a language assistant.

Compulsory module choice CodeModuleCredits SML3010Work and Study Abroad120 SML3020Study Abroad at a Partner University120 SML3025Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University120 Year 4 Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits MLF3111Advanced French Language Skills30 CLA3251Classical Language and Texts: Latin V: Epic 30 Optional modules

Select 30 credits of French and Modern Languages Level 3 optional modules.

Select 30 credits of Classics Level 3 optional modules.

CodeModuleCredits French MLF3034Sociolinguistics of French15 MLF3046Dialectology in France15 MLF3050Music, Poetry, and Society At the Late Medieval French Court15 MLF3053Looking Awry: Exploring the Unorthodox in Early Modern France15 MLF3069Writing Women and Strange Monsters15 MLF3070Diasporic Cinemas15 MLF3072Sex and the Text: Gender and Authority in Late Medieval France15 MLF3073Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu15 Modern Languages SML3012Law in Fiction15 SML3015Dissertation15 SML3017Language Contact15 SML3030Extended Dissertation30 SML3031Advanced Translation Skills15 SML3035The Fantastic in 19th and 20th Century Literature15 SML3036Beyond Sex and the City: Becoming a Woman in Western Cinema15 SML3037Longing for an Audience: Medieval Troubadour Lyric15 Classics CLA3009Dissertation 30 CLA3010Greek Mythology30 CLA3018Neronian Literature and Society30 CLA3020Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World30 CLA3028Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macedon30 CLA3108The World of Late Antiquity30 CLA3112Medicine in Antiquity15 CLA3116Britain in the Roman World15 CLA3255Greek Political Thought15 CLA3256Impact of Greek Culture15 CLA3258The Reception of Greek Culture15 CLA3259The Ancient Greek Novel15 CLA3260Tales of the Unexpected: Paradoxography, Fiction and the Culture of Wonder15 CLA3263Being and Not-Being in Greek Philosophy: from Parmenides to Aristotle15 CLA3264Ancient Science and Society15 CLA3265Art and Visual Culture in the Roman World15 CLA3267Dialogues with the Past: Creative Interpretative Project15 Full module descriptions

For full module descriptions please visit the Classics and Ancient History website and French website.