2015/16 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA European Politics and French (no longer recruiting)
Programme code: | BA-EURP&FREN | UCAS code: | RR81 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
ABB at A level including grade A in French
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 1 students must study 125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in each of their two main subjects and 40 credits of elective modules. The elective credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or of one or more modules chosen from other subject areas.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
FREN1010 | Language Awareness and Skills Pre-requisite for: FREN2010/15 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN1020 | Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1010 | IT for LCS Students | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 2 students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 level 1 elective credits may be taken in level 2.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
FREN2010 | Language in Contexts Pre-requisite for: FREN9001 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates must study one of the following optional modules:
FREN2090 | Politics and Society in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
With the permission of the Programme Director candidates may substitute these modules for an alternative appropriate PIED module.
Candidates may choose to take additional credits from the following optional modules:
PIED2160 | Spin Doctors and Electioneering | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2201 | Development Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2402 | United States Politics and Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
PIED2403 | Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2558 | Security Studies | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2703 | Comparative Public Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2704 | Beliefs and Attitudes in Politics | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2810 | Career Planning for POLIS Students | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:
FREN2060 | Aspects of French History 1789-1914 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2080 | Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2090 | Politics and Society in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2120 | The Foundations of Modern French Thought | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2160 | Francophone Africa | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2190 | The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2200 | The Seventh Art - Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2240 | The French Language Today | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN2280 | Culture and Society in Early Modern France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2290 | The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2320 | The Pleasures of French Poetry | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2330 | Francophone Africa and the Caribbean | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their French options must take a minimum of 60 credits in French in level 2 including FREN2010.
Discovery modules:
Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the third year in France or a French-speaking country.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
FREN9001 | Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: FREN3010 | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 credits of either level 2 electives or level 1 special skills electives may be taken in level 3.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
FREN3010 | Advanced Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may study additional credits of optional modules to be chosen from the following list of third level modules in POLIS.
PIED3101 | Elections and Voters | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3155 | British Political Parties | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3160 | Prime Ministers and British Politics | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3202 | Land, Fuel and Agriculture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3206 | The Politics of Aid | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3230 | Gender and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3302 | Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3403 | Politics of Islamism | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3405 | Israel: Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3407 | Israel: Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3601 | Exploring Political Theory | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
PIED3603 | Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3604 | Culture and Community: Theoretical Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3606 | Machiavelli and the Making of Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3610 | Feminist Challenges to Political Theory | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3701 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:
FREN3045 | Antiracism in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3070 | Bilingual Liaison Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3390 | Variation in Spoken French | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3460 | The Art of Romance: Love, Marriage and Gender in Medieval France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3480 | Twentieth Century French Literature and the Visual Arts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3490 | Post-Holocaust Culture in France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3555 | Existentialism(s): Sartre, Beauvoir and Camus | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3585 | Camera Lucida: Theory, Practice and Writing of Photography | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3591 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3611 | Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3620 | Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3621 | French Culture and the First World War | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3641 | The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3651 | Contemporary Political Issues in France | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3680 | The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century: From the Mill to the Mine | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3681 | The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3711 | Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3720 | Colonial Legacy - Postcolonial Conflict | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3730 | French as a Professional Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3740 | Ecrire et s'écrire. Womens' Writing in France, 20th/21st Centuries | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3751 | Gender, Sex and Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3760 | Women in Early Modern France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3770 | Theory and Practice in French-English Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3780 | Symbolism and Decadence: French Literature in the Fin de Siècle | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3785 | Decadence and Symbolism: French Literature in the Fin de Siecle | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3790 | Dissertation module in French | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3810 | The Occupation in French Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3815 | The Occupation in French Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3825 | Rethinking French Cinema: André Bazin and After | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3835 | Surrealism to Slam. Modern French Poetry and Protest | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3840 | The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3845 | The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 | |
FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3870 | Tragi-comedy in Early Modern France | 20 credits | Not running in 201516 |
Please note that the following modules are mutually exclusive: FREN3070, FREN3730 and FREN3770. Candidates may enrol on only one (of none) of these modules.
Discovery modules:
Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
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