2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Economics and French
Programme code: | BA-ECON&FREN | UCAS code: | RL11 |
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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:
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:
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) | |
LUBS1295 | Economics and Global History | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS1950 | Economic Theory and Applications 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1010 | IT for LCS Students | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students who have completed GCSE Maths will be required to study the following modules
LUBS1260 | Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS1270 | Statistics for Economics and Business 1 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS1280 | Mathematical Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students who have completed A Level Maths (with mechanics) will be required to study the following modules
LUBS1270 | Statistics for Economics and Business 1 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS1280 | Mathematical Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students who have completed A Level Maths (with statistics) will be required to study the following modules
LUBS1280 | Mathematical Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
In addition, candidates may choose to take the following optional module, provided they have sufficient credits available.
FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 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:
FREN2010 | Language in Contexts Pre-requisite for: FREN9001 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS2140 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2570 | Introduction to Econometrics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2610 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:
HECN2010 | Introduction to Health Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2040 | Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2050 | Industrial Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2230 | Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2280 | Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2300 | Explanation in Economics | 10 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
LUBS2400 | The International Economic Environment | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2420 | Business Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2500 | Applied Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2590 | Labour Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2665 | Economics of Innovation | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2670 | Statistics for Business and Economics 2 Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2675 | How to be a Successful Policy Economist | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2680 | Ethics and Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
TRAN2010 | Transport Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
TRAN2030 | Project Appraisal | 10 credits | Semester 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:
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 | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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 201617 | |
FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2350 | Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting | 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).
NOTE:
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
FREN3010 | Advanced Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 60 credits from the following optional modules:
HECN3010 | Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3005 | Advanced Microeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3010 | International Trade | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3011 | Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3150 | International Banking and Finance | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3330 | Economic Development | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3340 | Economics of Famines | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3365 | Environmental Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3370 | Applied Econometrics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3430 | Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3435 | Public Enterprise and Regulation | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3505 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3560 | Global Economic Coordination and Governance | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3570 | Current Topics in European Integration | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3785 | The Economics of Unions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3925 | The Political Economy of Work | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3930 | Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules:
FREN3045 | Antiracism in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
FREN3070 | Bilingual Liaison Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3390 | Variation in Spoken French | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Not running in 201617 | |
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 201617 | |
FREN3632 | Representing Empire | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3641 | The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3651 | Contemporary Political Issues in France | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
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 201617 | |
FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3711 | Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3720 | Colonial Legacy - Postcolonial Conflict | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Not running in 201617 | |
FREN3785 | Decadence and Symbolism: French Literature in the Fin de Siecle | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
FREN3790 | Dissertation module in French | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3810 | The Occupation in French Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
FREN3815 | The Occupation in French Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3845 | The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
FREN3860 | French Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 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.
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