2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA French and Italian A
Programme code: | BA-FREN&IT/A | UCAS code: | RR13 |
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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 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:
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) | |
ITAL1010 | Italian Language A | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL1034 | Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL1040 | Italy from Fascism to the Present | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL1085 | Skills and Issues in Italian Studies | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL1150 | Italian Cinema: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan 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.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 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.
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
ARAB1003 | Persian for Beginners | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB1006 | Turkish for Beginners | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB1015 | Arabic for Beginners | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
EAST1703 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FLTU1003 | Beginners Korean | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1020 | Beginners Japanese | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1021 | Elementary Japanese | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1022 | Beginners Japanese | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FLTU1023 | Lower Intermediate Japanese | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1103 | Beginners Polish | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FLTU1123 | Lower Intermediate Korean | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FLTU1401 | Beginners German | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FLTU1402 | Beginners German 20 credits, Semester 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FLTU1403 | Beginners German 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1413 | Elementary German 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1423 | Lower Intermediate German 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1433 | Upper Intermediate German 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1443 | Advanced German | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1802 | Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semester 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FLTU1803 | Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1808 | Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semester 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FLTU1813 | Elementary Spanish 20 credits, Semesters 1&2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1823 | Lower Intermediate Spanish | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1833 | Upper Intermediate Spanish | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1901 | Beginners Mandarin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1902 | Beginners Mandarin | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FLTU1911 | Elementary Mandarin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FLTU1923 | Lower Intermediate Mandarin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM1030 | German Core Language 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM1041 | German Core Language Intensive (I) | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
SLAV1010 | Beginning Russian 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLAV1101 | Core Russian Language 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLAV1111 | Beginners Czech | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO1010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO1025 | Beginners Portuguese | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO1080 | Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO1084 | Intermediate Portuguese Language | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO1090 | Spanish Language for Beginners 1A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO1091 | Pre-Intermediate Spanish Language (A2 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SPPO1092 | Intermediate Spanish (B1 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO1145 | Catalan Language and Culture I | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
In addition, candidates may choose to take the following optional module:
FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 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 Italian, plus the Term Abroad which is worth 30 credits. Students can choose to spend the third term abroad in either France or Italy.
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:
FREN2015 | French Language in Contexts | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2011 | Italian Language A | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules
FREN2065 | Aspects of French History 1789-1914 | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2085 | Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2095 | Politics and Society in France since 1945 | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2125 | The Foundations of Modern French Thought | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2165 | Francophone Africa | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2195 | The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2205 | The Seventh Art - Cinema in France | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2245 | The French Language Today | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN2265 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN2285 | Culture and Society in Early Modern France | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN2295 | The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN2325 | The Pleasures of French Poetry | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2335 | Francophone Africa and the Caribbean | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN2345 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2355 | Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2005 | Linguists into Schools | 15 credits | Semesters 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
ITAL2024 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2026 | Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2091 | Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2094 | The Italian Renaissance: Ideals and Realities | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL2201 | Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2301 | Italy: Regions, Identities and Nation | 15 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2401 | Tall Tales: An Introduction to the Italian Short Story | 15 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL2005 | Linguists into Schools | 15 credits | Semesters 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:
FREN9002 | Term Abroad | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL9002 | Term Abroad Italy | 30 credits | Semester 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 Italy.
However, if the third term of Year 2 is spent in Italy, 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:
FREN9001 | Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL9001 | Year Abroad in Italy | 120 credits | Semesters 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:
FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL3010 | Italian Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3320 | Final Year Project: Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Italian students may only count MODL3310 or MODL3320 as their Final Year Project module. French students can take any of the modules listed in this section.
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 201718 | |
FREN3070 | French Bilingual Liaison Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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 | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN3490 | Post-Holocaust Culture in France | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
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 201718 | |
FREN3620 | Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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 201718 | |
FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN3711 | Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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 | Not running in 201718 | |
FREN3751 | Gender, Sex and Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3770 | Theory and Practice in French-English Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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 201718 | |
FREN3845 | The Sublime and the Abject in French Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
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 201718 | |
FREN3880 | Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 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:
ITAL3025 | Italian Terrorisms/Italian Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3033 | The Making of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3110 | Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3153 | Primo Levi: From Testimony to Fiction | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3233 | Minority Languages and Dialects in Italy from Fascism to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3253 | Language and Identity in Twentieth-Century Italian Novels | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3310 | 'Giocare al Romanzo': Italo Calvino and the Novel, from Neorealism to Postmodern | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL3340 | Bad Christmas Films: The Italian Cinepanettone | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3350 | Specialised Uses of Italian | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3370 | Dark Italy: Italian Crime Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3375 | A Year With 366 Days: A Journey Through Petrarch's Canzoniere | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3400 | Made in Italy. Italian for Business | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3450 | Family Novels: Life Stories, Gender and Social Change in Modern Italy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
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