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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Economics and French

Programme code:BA-ECON&FRENUCAS code:RL11
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:

For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder

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 Economics and 40 credits in French, a 20 credit cornerstone module and 20 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:

FREN1010Language Awareness and Skills
Pre-requisite for: FREN2010/15
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN1020Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1950Economic Theory and Applications 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1010IT for LCS Students5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students who have completed GCSE Maths will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1260Mathematics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1270Statistics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students who have completed A Level Maths (with mechanics) will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1270Statistics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students who have completed A Level Maths (with statistics) will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

In addition, candidates may choose to take the following optional module, provided they have sufficient credits available.

FREN1070Introduction to Skills in French Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 10 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).


NOTE:

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

FREN2010Language in Contexts
Pre-requisite for: FREN9001
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2570Introduction to Econometrics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2610Intermediate Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

HECN2010Introduction to Health Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2040Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2050Industrial Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2230Mathematics for Business and Economics 2
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525
10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2280Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2300Explanation in Economics10 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420Business Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2500Applied Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2665Economics of Innovation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2670Statistics for Business and Economics 2
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525
10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2680Ethics and Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2010Transport Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2030Project Appraisal10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

If students are interested in studying Economics at postgraduate level, BA students are recommended to choose LUBS2230, LUBS2570 and LUBS2670 which are often seen as pre-requisites for entry to postgraduate courses in Economics at leading UK Universities.

Candidates will be required to study a between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

FREN2060Aspects of French History 1789-191420 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2080Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2090Politics and Society in France since 194520 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2120The Foundations of Modern French Thought20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2160Francophone Africa20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN2190The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2200The Seventh Art - Cinema in France20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2240The French Language Today20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2260Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2280Culture and Society in Early Modern France20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2290The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2320The Pleasures of French Poetry20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2330Francophone Africa and the Caribbean20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN2340Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2350Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 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:

FREN9001Year Abroad
Pre-requisite for: FREN3010
120 creditsSemesters 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).

NOTE:

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

FREN3010Advanced Language Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 60 credits from the following optional modules:

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3010International Trade10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3150International Banking and Finance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330Economic Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340Economics of Famines20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3365Environmental Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370Applied Econometrics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435Public Enterprise and Regulation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3505Advanced Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3560Global Economic Coordination and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3570Current Topics in European Integration10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3925The Political Economy of Work10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules:

FREN3045Antiracism in France since 194520 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3070Bilingual Liaison Interpreting20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3390Variation in Spoken French20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3460The Art of Romance: Love, Marriage and Gender in Medieval France20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3480Twentieth Century French Literature and the Visual Arts20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3490Post-Holocaust Culture in France20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3555Existentialism(s): Sartre, Beauvoir and Camus20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3585Camera Lucida: Theory, Practice and Writing of Photography20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3591Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3611Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3620Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3621French Culture and the First World War20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3632Representing Empire20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3641The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3651Contemporary Political Issues in France20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3680The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century: From the Mill to the Mine20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3681The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3691Representations of the City20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3711Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3720Colonial Legacy - Postcolonial Conflict20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3730French as a Professional Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3740Ecrire et s'écrire. Womens' Writing in France, 20th/21st Centuries20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3751Gender, Sex and Cinema in France20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3760Women in Early Modern France20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3770Theory and Practice in French-English Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3780Symbolism and Decadence: French Literature in the Fin de Siècle20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3785Decadence and Symbolism: French Literature in the Fin de Siecle20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3790Dissertation module in French20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3810The Occupation in French Fiction and Film20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3815The Occupation in French Fiction and Film20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3835Surrealism to Slam. Modern French Poetry and Protest20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3840The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3845The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought20 creditsNot running in 201617
FREN3860French Popular Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3865Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present20 creditsNot running in 201617
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

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.

Last updated: 19/09/2016

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