2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Classical Literature and French
Programme code: | BA-CLAS&FREN | UCAS code: | QR81 |
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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: 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:
Languages Cultures and Societies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-15.pdf?sfvrsn=2098f781_12
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 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:
CLAS1610 | After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS1620 | Latin Literature: Republic and Empire | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN1010 | French 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) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:
CLAS1100 | Ancient Lives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 1) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin (Level 1) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 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:
CLAS2800 | Evidence and Enquiry in Classics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts Pre-requisite for: FREN9001 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following core modules:
CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:
CLAS2120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS2360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module) | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS2410 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS2420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS2460 | Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2510 | Pompeii: Past, Present and Future | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS2595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS2660 | The Art of Persuasion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS2900 | Ancient Empires: Power and Control | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2910 | Beginners Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2920 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS2990 | Edge of Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB. Not all modules will run in every year.
Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and up to 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 | Not running in 201920 | |
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 201920 | |
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 201920 | |
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.
- NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
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 in France or a French-speaking country.
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 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. Any remaining credits can be taken in either of the named subjects or as discovery modules. A maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules may be taken in level 3. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
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 module:
FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
CLAS3200 | Major Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following modules:
CLAS3050 | Advanced Ancient Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3230 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3440 | Understanding Aristotle's Poetics | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3460 | Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3510 | Pompeii - Past, Present and Future | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3660 | The Art of Persuasion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3815 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3900 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3910 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3915 | Beginners Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3940 | Making Athens Laugh: Aristophanes & Comedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
CLAS3990 | Edge of Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB. Not all modules will run in every year.
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 and up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:
FREN3012 | Monuments | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3045 | Antiracism in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3073 | Theory and Practice of Interpreting (French and English) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3093 | Iconic Images | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN3094 | The Kaleidoscope: Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary France | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN3591 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3611 | Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3620 | Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3632 | Representing Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3641 | The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
FREN3711 | Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
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) | |
FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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.
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: 15/11/2019
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