2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA French (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BAFREN-R | UCAS code: | R120 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Nigel Saint | Contact address: | n.w.saint@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:
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 from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:
BA French
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:
| FREN1010 | French Language Awareness and Skills (Common European Framework B2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN1019 | Writing the self in French | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN1020 | Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students on the A (post A-Level) route must take 20 credits of the following optional modules:
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route B
Students on the B (ab initio) route must take all the following compulsory modules:
| FREN1012 | French for Beginners (A1 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FREN1013 | Pre-Intermediate French (A2 of the CEFR) | 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) |
Students on the B (ab initio) route must take 20 credits of the following optional modules:
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Route A
Students on the A (post A-Level) route must take the following compulsory module:
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students on the post A-Level route must take 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- Self and Other (from 2025) - 20 credits
| FREN2060 | Aspects of French History 1789-1914 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| 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) | |
| FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may take 20 credits from the following optional modules:
* Introduction to Professional French - 20 Credits
| FREN2200 | Cinema in France: The Seventh Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FREN2350 | Introduction to Professional French Translation and Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students on the post A-Level route are required to take 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2070 | Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MODL2250 | Digital Communications Across Cultures | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Route B
Students on the B (ab initio) route must take the following compulsory 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 on the post B (ab initio) route must take a minimum of 20 and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- Introduction to Skills in French Translation - 20 credits
- Writing the self in French - 20 credits
| 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) |
Students on the post B (ab initio) route must also take 20 from the following optional modules:
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2070 | Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MODL2250 | Digital Communications Across Cultures | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Discovery modules:
Students on Route A may take up to 40 credits of discovery modules
Students on Route B must take a minimum of 20 and may take up to 40 credits of discovery modules
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
All Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
All Students must take the following compulsory module:
| FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module
| 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 must choose a minimum of 20 and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- From Algiers to Paris and beyond: protest from below - 20 credits
- Global Storytelling in French - 20 credits
- Visual Culture - 20 credits
| 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 | |
| FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may also take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:
| 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 | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may also take a minimum of 20 and up to 40 credits of discovery modules
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