French Studies with Italian : BA Hons : R1R3

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

French Studies with Italian is taught by the Department of Languages and Cultures. We are ranked 2nd in the UK by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for French, and 12th in the Complete University Guide for Italian.

Our distinctive approach enables you to acquire high-level language skills and a thorough understanding of French and Italian cultures and societies within a global context.

Your first year comprises an exploration of the French language and its cultural context. Alongside this, you will study an intensive Italian language and culture module, designed for beginners with little or no prior knowledge. You will also take a minor subject of your choice.

In Year 2, you will study France’s culture, politics and history in more depth, as well as selecting courses which are international in scope and promote a comparative understanding of Europe and beyond. In the core Italian modules, you will improve your linguistic proficiency in a range of settings and study Italian lexis, grammar and syntax.

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. We strongly recommend spending some time in Italy too as part of your degree.

In your fourth year, you will continue developing your French and Italian language alongside a choice of specialist culture and comparative courses, such as ‘Contemporary Cities in Literature and Film’. You will also develop a particular topic from your second year studies into your specialist dissertation.

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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. Our graduates have found work in a wide variety of areas 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.

For the last ten years, languages graduates from Lancaster have been in the top ten universities in the country in terms of their employability, with French Studies ranking 1st for graduate prospects in the Complete University Guide 2017.

Many graduates continue their studies at Lancaster, making the most of our excellent postgraduate research facilities. We offer Masters degrees in Translation and Languages and Cultures, which can lead on to a variety of careers including translation, and teaching.

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.

A Level ABB

Required Subjects A level French. Native French or Italian speakers will not be accepted onto this scheme.

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Italian Language
  • Politics
  • French Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Oral Skills
  • Written Skills
  • French language
  • Legacy of History
  • Contemporary France
  • World Literatures

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

    • Part I French Studies (Advanced/CEFR: B1)
    • Part I Italian Studies (Beginners to CEFR: A2)
Year 2

Core

    • French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • Italian Language: Oral skills (post Beginners /CEFR: B1)
    • Italian Language: Written skills (post Beginners /CEFR: B1)
    • Shaping Contemporary France: Culture, Politics and the Legacy of History

Optional

    • Cross-cultural encounters in World Literatures
    • Economic and Social Change in France, Germany and Spain since 1945
    • Language and Identity in France, Germany and Spain
    • Professional Contexts for Modern Languages
    • 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)
    • Full Unit Dissertation
    • Italian language: Oral and Aural skills (CEFR: B2)
    • Italian Language: Written and Reading Skills (CEFR: B2)

Optional

    • Autocrats, Caudillos and Big Men: Understanding Dictatorship and its Cultural Representation in the 20th Century
    • 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
    • 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
    • The Prosecution of 'Otherness' in Europe: Witchcraft, Heresy and Inquisition (14th -17th C)
    • 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.

Additional information

Overseas Fee - £15,680

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French Studies with Italian : BA Hons : R1R3

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