BA French and English
Summary of degree
Key Facts
UCAS code: RQ13
Entry requirements: ABB (must include A-level B in French or another language and B in A-level English)
Duration (years): Four
First year
In French you will take Understanding Contemporary France, French language, and an option chosen from 20th Century French Literature, Civilisation Française, Textual Analysis.
In English you will study three modules: Reading English, The Novel, and Variation and Change in the English Language.
Second Year
In addition to the development of language skills, you will choose from optional modules on a variety of cultural, linguistic and literary topics such as Interpreting, Bande dessinée, Introduction to Francophonie, Introduction to French Cinema, European Cinema, and European Texts in Translation. In English, you will take modules in Renaissance Literature, Concepts in Criticism, and From Satire to Sensibility: Literature 1660 to 1789.
Third Year – Study abroad
The third year is spent in either France or a Francophone country in a French university.
Fourth Year
In the final year a wide range of options allows you to specialise in areas of studies of particular appeal to you. In English you may choose to do a dissertation alongside optional modules. French options include French Cinema, Life Writing, Interpreting, Immigration and Ethnicity in Colonial and Post-Colonial France, Gender and Power in Contemporary France.
For further information contact Helen Rawlings or Dr Julian North
Entry requirements
For the most recent information on our entry requirements please refer to our online prospectus - link below.
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