2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA French

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Languages, Cultures and Societies:
Languages, Cultures and Societies

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA French(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Studying French at Leeds will enable you to become a versatile, inter-culturally aware, and professional graduate able to speak, write and read French with confidence in the workplace and beyond. Thanks to the skills gained from our course, which includes a compulsory year abroad, our students from the last ten years are now working in journalism and the media, the charity sector, translation and interpreting, law, the civil service, business, marketing, tourism, education, design, the arts and finance.
Language skills and a broad knowledge of the diverse cultural heritage and varied history of the French-speaking world will make you part of the global reach of French ‘soft power’ today: as a major cultural, economic and political force, France remains hugely influential in the shaping of the modern world. On our degree, language, culture and society combine and interact from the beginning: knowing about the diversity of French means that you will be greatly respected when working with any French speaker. At Leeds you will gain a thorough knowledge of this global language and its culture, especially during the year abroad in a French-speaking context (Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Senegal are recent destinations in addition to Metropolitan France).
Whether you are learning as a beginner or have a more advanced understanding of French, you’ll study the language of the media, commerce and cultural expression, and choose between options in advanced translation and interpreting, political institutions, modern history, literature, contemporary visual culture and cinema. The research culture of French@Leeds ranges widely and we are committed to offering modules taught in French from the second year onwards.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Route A
Students on the A (post A-Level) route must take all the following compulsory modules:

Students on the A (post A-Level) route must take 20 credits of the following optional modules:

Route B
Students on the B (ab initio) route must take all the following compulsory modules:

Students on the B (ab initio) route must take 20 credits of the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students on Route A must take 20 credits of discovery modules

Students on Route B must take 40 credits of discovery modules

Year2 - View timetable

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

At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 80 credits of French/MODL modules and the remaining credits should be taken either as Discovery modules and/or as further French/MODL modules, or FOAH2020.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students who took FREN1010 in year 1 will be required to study the following module:

Students who took FREN1013, FREN1012 and FREN1023 in year 1 will be required to study the following modules:

Students taking FREN2010 will be required to study 60-100 credits from the following optional modules;

Students taking FREN2017 will be required to study 40-80 credits from the following optional modules (NB only FREN2060, FREN2200, MODL2015 and MODL2075 are available to you)

Students taking FREN2010 may also choose the below optional module

Students taking FREN2017 may also choose the below optional module:

Students may also choose to study the below module, as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools.

Discovery modules:

- No more than 20 credits of Discovery modules may be at level one.
- Students may choose to study FLTU2333 Introduction to Professional French, but no other FLTU-coded modules in French are suitable.

Students may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules and/or take further optional French/MODL modules or FOAH2020.

Year3 - View timetable

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

Candidates will spend the third year in France or a Francophone country.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be enrolled on the following module:

Year4 - View timetable

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

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) 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:

All students will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:

Students are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 60 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Discovery modules:

All students may take up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules from the above list of optional modules. Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits. 
Students may take FLTU2333 Introduction to Professional French, but no other FLTU-coded modules in French are suitable

Last updated: 01/05/2024 08:05:21

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