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2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Classical Literature and French (No longer recruiting)

Programme code:BA-CLAS&FRENUCAS code:QR81
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Bev Back Contact address:b.back@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:

CLAS1610After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS1620Latin Literature: Republic and Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN1010French Language 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)
MODL1150Worlds of Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Optional modules:

In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:

CLAS1100Ancient Lives20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS1200Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 1)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1250Intermediate Latin (Level 1)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1810Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1910Beginners Latin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN1070Introduction to Skills in French Translation20 creditsSemesters 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:

CLAS2800Evidence and Enquiry in Classics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2010French Language in Contexts
Pre-requisite for: FREN9001
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following core modules:

CLAS2600Virgil's Aeneid20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2700Homer's Iliad20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:

CLAS2120Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2200Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2220Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2250The Athenian Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2260Intermediate Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2350Herodotus and the Beginning of History20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2360Ovid the Innovator20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2370Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module)20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2390The Rise of Rome: Myth and History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2410Roman Comedy20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2420Augustus and his Legacy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2430The Ancient Greek Novel20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2450Screening Antiquity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2460Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2510Pompeii: Past, Present and Future20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2595Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2650The Image of Sparta20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2660The Art of Persuasion20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2680Greek Art and Society20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2710Plato on Love20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2790Greek Tragedy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2810Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2890The City in the Roman World20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS2900Ancient Empires: Power and Control20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2910Beginners Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2920Plato's Republic20 creditsNot running in 202021
ITAL3045Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015Black Europe20 creditsSemesters 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:

FREN2060Aspects of French History 1789-191420 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN2080Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2090Politics and Society in France since 194520 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2120The Foundations of Modern French Thought20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2160Francophone Africa20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN2190The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2200Cinema in France: The Seventh Art20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2260Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2290The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN2320The Pleasures of French Poetry20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN2340Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN2350Introduction to Professional French Translation and Interpreting20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015Black Europe20 creditsSemesters 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:

FREN9001French Year Abroad
Pre-requisite for: FREN3010
120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

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

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits, which includes a 40-credit Final Year Project Module. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects: the Final Year Project module can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Any remaining credits should be taken as optional modules in either of the named subjects, or as Discovery modules.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

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

Optional modules:

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

CLAS3200Major Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 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 who choose a French Final Year Project are required to choose at least 40 credits from the list below:

CLAS3050Advanced Ancient Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3120Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3220Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3230Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) 20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3250The Athenian Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3260Intermediate Latin (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3350Herodotus and the Beginning of History20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3360Ovid the Innovator20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3370Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3390The Rise of Rome: Myth and History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3420Augustus and his Legacy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3430The Ancient Greek Novel20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3440Understanding Aristotle's Poetics20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3450Screening Antiquity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3460Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3510Pompeii - Past, Present and Future20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3595Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3650The Image of Sparta20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3660The Art of Persuasion20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3680Greek Art and Society20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3710Plato on Love20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3740Greek Religion20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3790Greek Tragedy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3815Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3890The City in the Roman World20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3900Roman Comedy20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3910Plato's Republic20 creditsNot running in 202021
CLAS3915Beginners Latin (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3940Making Athens Laugh: Aristophanes & Comedy20 creditsNot running in 202021
ITAL3045Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

NB. Not all modules will run in every year.

Candidates who take CLAS3200 will be required to take at least 20 credits from the list below:

FREN3012Monuments20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3045Antiracism in France since 194520 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3073Theory and Practice of Interpreting (French and English)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3093Iconic Images20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3094The Kaleidoscope: Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary France20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FREN3591Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3611Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3620Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3632Representing Empire20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3641The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3691Representations of the City20 creditsNot running in 202021
FREN3711Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3751French Cinema, Sex and Gender20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FREN3770Theory and Practice in French-English Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FREN3865Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan 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.

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.

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