2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages and English (French)
Programme code: | BA-ML/FR&EN | UCAS code: | Q3R1 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Chiara La Sala | Contact address: | M.C.LaSala@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 480
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
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:
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Languages, Cultures and Societies outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10
The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for English outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-english
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA Modern Languages and English (French)(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of the BA Modern Languages and English at the University of
Leeds lie in the combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which it offers, as well as in the exceptional
range of degree combinations with languages available.
This programme also allows the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
The combination of English with the study of another language and cultural context allows students to
explore cultural production in multiple cultural contexts, gaining deeper and more critical cultural
insights alongside sophisticated reception and production skills in a major world language.
The programme permits 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. It is emphatically a joint
honours programme, rather than an integrated programme: 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.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in English and a minimum of 40 credits in French.
Students on Route A may take the remaining 20 credits as discovery modules or as further options with English or French.
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
ENGL1055 | Writing Matters | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Route A
Students on the French A (post A-Level) route must take the following modules:
FREN1010 | French Language Awareness and Skills (Common European Framework B2) 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) |
Route B
Students on the French B (ab initio) route must take all the following modules:
FREN1012 | French for Beginners (A1 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN1013 | Pre-Intermediate French (A2 of the CEFR) Pre-requisite for: FREN2017 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FREN1023 | Ab Initio Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route A
Students taking FREN1010 may take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Basket 1
FREN1019 | Writing the self in French | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Basket 2
ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1286 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Route A
Students taking FREN1010 may take up to 20 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 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 should be taken in either English or their chosen language; the final 20 credits may be taken as Discovery modules or in either English or the chosen language. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
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:
Students must study the following compulsory modules:
ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
All students may study up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (Baskets 1-4):
Basket 1:
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2085 | Medieval and Tudor Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2:
ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3:
ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 4:
ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students who studied FREN1010 and FREN1020 in level 1 must study the following module:
FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who studied FREN1012, FREN1013 and FREN1023 in level 1 must study the following modules:
FREN2017 | French Language Skills (B1/B2 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2210 | Forms of Subversion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students taking FREN2010 will be required to study a minimum of 20 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 | ||
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 | ||
FREN2200 | Cinema in France: The Seventh Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
FREN2320 | The Pleasures of French Poetry | 20 credits | ||
FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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 taking FREN2017 may choose to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules
FREN2060 | Aspects of French History 1789-1914 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
FREN2200 | Cinema in France: The Seventh Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in English or French.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory module
MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: Year 4 | 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 English and in their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
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:
Students must study the following compulsory module:
FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
ENGL3005 | Textual Editing Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 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 (Podcast) | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Students who take their FYP in English will be required to study at least 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.
- Students who take their FYP in French may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules.
Basket 1:
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) | |
FREN3641 | The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
FREN3751 | French Cinema, Sex and Gender | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL3200 | Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3410 | Contemporary World Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who take their FYP with English MAY take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 2 OR Basket 3).
Students who take their FYP in French ARE required to take 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 2 OR Basket 3).
Basket 2:
ENGL3031 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3033 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3034 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3046 | Parts, Periodicals, Newspapers: Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Press | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3059 | South African Writing: Apartheid and After | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3063 | Haunted Hinterlands: Wyrd Works and Folk Horror Fictions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3406 | Home Bodies: Companion Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3407 | Shakespeare and Global Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAH3001 | Global African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3:
ENGL3004 | The Writings of Graham Greene | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3008 | Writing Modern Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3036 | Speech Acts: Contemporary Approaches to Text and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3065 | Page, Publication and Audience | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32941 | ‘Global English’: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Decolonisation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3408 | Digital Discourse: language and social media | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3461 | Imagining the United States: Citizenship, Domesticity and Slavery | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in English or their chosen language.
- Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
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