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BA French and German

Programme code:BA-FREN&GERMUCAS code:RR12
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 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in each of their two main subjects, a 20 credit cornerstone module (or 20 credits of language modules), and 20 credits of discovery modules. The discovery 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)
GERM1030German Core Language 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

GERM1060Introduction to Modern Germany20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM1070Approaching German Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM1110Skills in German Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.

MODL1500LCS Academic Essentials5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students are required to study 20 credits from the following cornerstone modules. However they may choose to substitute one of the language modules in the list of options in the subsequent subset.
A. If a language is named on the degree programme, the student may not take cornerstone or discovery language modules in that language.
B. Candidates choosing a language module should ensure that they also enrol onto any co-requisite modules as part of their discovery credits.
C. Candidates thinking of changing programme at the end of level 1 should seek advice before choosing their cornerstone and discovery modules. Subject areas in SMLC require students to have taken 40 credits in a language.

MODL1050Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1060Language: Structure and Sound20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1070World Histories20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1100Politics, Culture and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1150Worlds of Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1401Discourse, Culture and Identity20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB1003Persian for Beginners20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB1006Turkish for Beginners20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB1015Arabic for Beginners20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1200Intermediate Ancient Greek20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1250Intermediate Latin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1810Beginners Ancient Greek20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1910Beginners Latin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1703Basic Thai Language and Culture 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FLTU1003Beginners Korean20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1020Beginners Japanese20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1021Elementary Japanese20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1022Beginners Japanese20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FLTU1023Lower Intermediate Japanese20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1103Beginners Polish20 creditsNot running in 201718
FLTU1123Lower Intermediate Korean20 creditsNot running in 201718
FLTU1601Beginners Italian 20 credits, Semester 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FLTU1602Beginners Italian 20 credits, Semester 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FLTU1603Beginners Italian 20 credits, Semesters 1&220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1613Elementary Italian 20 credits, Semesters 1&220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1623Lower Intermediate Italian 20 credits, Semesters 1&220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1802Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semester 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FLTU1803Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semesters 1&220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1808Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semester 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FLTU1813Elementary Spanish 20 credits, Semesters 1&220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1823Lower Intermediate Spanish20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1833Upper Intermediate Spanish20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1901Beginners Mandarin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1902Beginners Mandarin20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FLTU1911Elementary Mandarin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FLTU1923Lower Intermediate Mandarin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL1010Italian Language A20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL1030Beginners Italian 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1010Beginning Russian 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1101Core Russian Language 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV1111Beginners Czech20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1010Practical Language Skills in Spanish 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1025Beginners Portuguese20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1080Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1084Intermediate Portuguese Language20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1090Spanish Language for Beginners 1A20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1091Pre-Intermediate Spanish Language (A2 of the CEFR)20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SPPO1092Intermediate Spanish (B1 of the CEFR)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1145Catalan Language and Culture I20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

In addition, candidates may choose to take the following optional module:

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

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 45 credits in each of French and German, plus the Term Abroad which is worth 30 credits. Students can choose to spend the third term abroad in either France or Germany.

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:

FREN2015French Language in Contexts15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2031German Core Language 2
Pre-requisite for: GERM3030
15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules

FREN2065Aspects of French History 1789-191415 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2085Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2095Politics and Society in France since 194515 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2125The Foundations of Modern French Thought15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2165Francophone Africa15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2195The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2205The Seventh Art - Cinema in France15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2245The French Language Today15 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN2265Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French15 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN2285Culture and Society in Early Modern France15 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN2295The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature15 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN2325The Pleasures of French Poetry15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2335Francophone Africa and the Caribbean15 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN2345Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2355Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2005Linguists into Schools15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules

GERM2041Applied German Language15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2051From Caligari to Hitler: Introduction to German Cinema15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2311Politics, Society and Culture in the 'Berlin Republic'15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2401Gender, Culture and Representation in German History 1871-200015 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM2601The Shock of the New: Culture and Power in Germany from the Second to the Third Reich15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2701Freedom and Control: Identities in Crisis in German Literature and Film15 creditsNot running in 201718
MODL2005Linguists into Schools15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to enrol on one of the following term abroad modules:

FREN9002Term Abroad30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
GERM9002German Term Abroad30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

If the third term of Year 2 is spent in France, the third year will be spent in Germany or a German-speaking country.
However, if the third term of Year 2 is spent in Germany, the third year will be spent in France or a Francophone country.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to enrol on one of the following year abroad modules:

FREN9001Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM9001German Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects, plus at least 20-credits as a Final Year Project which can be taken in and count towards either subject. The remaining credits can be taken in either of the named subjects.

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:

FREN3010Advanced French Language Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3030German Core Language 320 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3310Final Year Project: Extended Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3320Final Year Project: Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

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

FREN3045Antiracism in France since 194520 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3070French Bilingual Liaison Interpreting20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
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 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3490Post-Holocaust Culture in France20 creditsNot running in 201718
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 201718
FREN3620Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3632Representing Empire20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3641The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
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 201718
FREN3691Representations of the City20 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3711Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3730French as a Professional Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3740Ecrire et s'écrire. Womens' Writing in France, 20th/21st Centuries20 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3751Gender, Sex and Cinema in France20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3770Theory and Practice in French-English Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3835Surrealism to Slam. Modern French Poetry and Protest20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3840The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought20 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3845The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought20 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3860French Popular Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3865Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present20 creditsNot running in 201718
FREN3880Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note:
- The following modules are mutually exclusive: FREN3070, FREN3730 and FREN3770. Candidates may only enrol on one of these modules.
- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their French options must take a minimum of 60 credits in French in the final year including FREN3010.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

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

GERM3040Borders and Border-Crossings in Contemporary German Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3060German for Professional Purposes20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3080Contemporary German Cinema20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3092Advanced Translation from German into English20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3100W. G. Sebald and the Politics of Literature20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3140War Imagined: Cultural Representations of War and Conflict in Germany20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3170German Utopian Thought in Fiction and Film20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3180Screening Terrorism20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
GERM3190Christa Wolf's Stadt der Engel20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3200Untranslatable? German Literature as an Object of Cultural Exchange20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3250Perpetrators and/or Victims? Remembering the Second World War in Germany20 creditsNot running in 201718
GERM3750The German Student Movement20 creditsNot running in 201718
MODL3200Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

-Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their German options must take a minimum of 60 credits in German in the final year including GERM3030.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

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