2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA French and Theatre and Performance
Programme code: | BA-FREN&THEA | UCAS code: | R1W4 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Martin Thomas | Contact address: | m.thomas@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:
QAA Subject benchmark statement Languages and Related Subjects
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/languages07.pdf
Dance, Drama and Performance (2007)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-statement-Dance-drama-performance.aspx
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Enable students to study the disciplines of French and Theatre/Performance to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory modules and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in French as Single Honours students;
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a cornerstone module: Introduction to Audio-Visual Cultures, exploring a particular aspect of the field of Theatre/Performance;
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing;
- Require students to undertake one year residence abroad in the third year at a French university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses. Subject to the approval of the Residence Abroad Committee in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, students may do a work placement in French speaking countries;
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of independent research in the realms of theatre and performance including a case study of French theatre and culture. In addition, students should use original source materials in the target language;
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines;
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either Theatre/Performance or French, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area;
- Have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval.
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 and 20 credits of discovery modules. The discovery module credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or modules chosen from other subject areas.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
FREN1010 | French Language Awareness and Skills Pre-requisite for: FREN2010 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN1020 | Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI1703 | Performance Project 1: From Text to Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1711 | Performance Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may choose to take one of the following modules instead of a Discovery Module:
FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI1704 | Exploring Performance: Cultures and Contexts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1705 | Making Dance Theatre | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1706 | Managing Festivals and Events | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1707 | Exploring the Performing Arts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI1708 | Exploring the Musical | 20 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) |
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 a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or 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:
FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts Pre-requisite for: FREN9001 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI2704 | Interpreting Theatre and Performance Histories | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 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 | Not running in 201819 | |
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) | |
FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
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) | |
FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2350 | Introduction to Professional French Translation and Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2015 | Black Europe | 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.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules
PECI2701 | Creative Practice and Performance Contexts | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2702 | Researching Theatre and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2706 | Cultural Flashpoints in the Performing Arts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2707 | Arts Marketing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2708 | Exploring Musical Theatre | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2709 | Performance Design | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2710 | Industry Study | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI2712 | Somatic Practices in the 20th and 21st Centuries | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
PECI2713 | Performer Training in the C20th and C21st | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2714 | Politics, Identity and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 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 of the programme in a French-speaking country, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module
FREN9001 | French Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: FREN3010 | 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 60 credits in Theatre and Performance and 40 credits in French, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the Theatre and Performance side but which will cover both named subjects. The remaining 20 credits can be taken in either of the two named subjects or as a Discovery Module.
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) | |
PECI3700 | Independent Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules
FREN3045 | Antiracism in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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 | Not running in 201819 | |
FREN3480 | Twentieth Century French Literature and the Visual Arts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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 | Not running in 201819 | |
FREN3611 | Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
FREN3620 | Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
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) | |
FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
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) | |
FREN3751 | Gender, Sex and Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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) | |
FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3880 | Introduction to Professional French 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 20 credits from the following optional modules
PECI3701 | Contemporary Issues in Arts and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3704 | Independent Practice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3705 | Arts and Cultural Management | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3707 | Performance Design and Space | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3708 | Contemporary Theatre Makers | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 07/02/2019
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