French Studies and Computing : BSc Hons : GR41

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Lancaster’s joint French Studies and Computing is taught by the Department of Languages and Cultures in conjunction with the School of Computing and Communications. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 ranks French Studies 2nd in the UK while the School of Computing received the highest award in its most recent Periodic Quality Review of teaching.

Your French Studies programme enables you to acquire high-level language skills while gaining a thorough understanding of the country’s historical, cultural, social and political background in a global context. In Computing, you’ll focus on developing professional skills, including extensive study of software and systems development.

Your first year comprises an exploration of the French language and its cultural context, as well as core modules in the fundamentals of computer science and software development. Alongside this, you will study a minor subject of your choice.

Building on your language skills in Year 2, you will study the culture, politics and history of the French-speaking world in more depth, as well as selecting modules which are international in scope and promote a comparative understanding of Europe and beyond. You will combine these with modules such as Databases, HCI, Networking and Software Design.

Spending your third year abroad in a French-speaking country makes a major contribution to your command of the language, while deepening your intercultural sensitivity. You can study at a partner institution or conduct a work placement.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

As well as language and subject-related skills, a degree in languages develops rich interpersonal, intercultural, cognitive and transferable skills that can be utilised across a variety of careers such as accountancy, IT, business development, civil service, events management, finance, journalism, publishing, research and sales, as well as teaching and translating both in the UK and abroad. Combined with the technical and sought-after skills gained in Computer Science, graduates may go on to join major technology companies such as IBM, Google or BAE whilst others prefer software design, development and management roles within SMEs, or starting their own business.
For the last ten years, languages graduates from Lancaster have been in the top ten universities in the country in terms of their employment prospects. The Complete University Guide 2017 ranked French Studies 1st and Computer Science 2nd in the UK for graduate prospects.
Many graduates continue their studies at Lancaster, making the most of our excellent postgraduate research facilities. We offer Masters degrees in Translation, Languages and Cultures, Computer Science and Telecommunication as well as a range of PhD research degrees.

A Level AAB

Required Subjects A level French, or if this is to be studied from beginners’ level, AS grade B or A level grade B in another foreign language, or GCSE grade A or 7 in a foreign language. Native French speakers will not be accepted onto this scheme.

GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6, English Language grade C or 4

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • French Speaking
  • Politics
  • Computing
  • Design
  • Computer Science
  • French Studies
  • Software development
  • Oral Skills
  • Written Skills
  • French language

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • Fundamentals of Computer Science
    • Part I French Studies (Advanced/CEFR: B1)
    • Part I French Studies (Beginners to CEFR: A2)
    • Software Development
Year 2

Core

    • Computer Science Group Project
    • French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • French Language: Oral skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1))
    • French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • French Language: Written Skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1)
    • Second Year Programme for Academic Skills, Employability and International placement preparation
    • Shaping Contemporary France: Culture, Politics and the Legacy of History
    • Software Design

Optional

    • Advanced Programming
    • Computer Networks
    • Cross-cultural encounters in World Literatures
    • Databases
    • Economic and Social Change in France, Germany and Spain since 1945
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Language and Identity in France, Germany and Spain
    • Professional Contexts for Modern Languages
    • Social, Ethical and Professional Issues in Computing
    • Society on Screen: The Language of Film
    • Understanding culture
Year 3

Core

    • Residence Abroad: intercultural and academic reflection
Year 4

Core

    • French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: C1/C2)
    • French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: C1/C2)
    • Languages and Compilation

Optional

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Autocrats, Caudillos and Big Men: Understanding Dictatorship and its Cultural Representation in the 20th Century
    • Computer Science Seminars
    • Contemporary Cities in Literature and Film
    • Francophone Voices: Literature and Film from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Canada
    • French Culture in the Digital Age
    • Full Unit Dissertation
    • Imagining Modern Europe: Post-Revolutionary Utopias and Ideologies in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
    • Mirrors across Media: Reflexivity in Literature, Film, Comics and Video Games
    • Modernity of Forms and Forms of Modernity in French Literature 1850-2000
    • Security and Risk
    • The Prosecution of 'Otherness' in Europe: Witchcraft, Heresy and Inquisition (14th -17th C)
    • Third Year Project
    • Translation as a Cultural Practice
    • Writing in the margins: narrating cross-cultural experience

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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Overseas Fee - £17,285

French Studies and Computing : BSc Hons : GR41

£ 9,250 VAT inc.