2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages (Chinese and French) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BAML/CH&FR-R | UCAS code: | R1R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Maria Garcia Florenciano | Contact address: | M.GarciaFlorenciano@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
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 Modern Languages (Chinese and French)
On this programme, students will become highly competent in their two chosen languages while acquiring an understanding of(?), analysing, interpreting and engaging with the cultures and societies where these languages are spoken.
A compulsory period of residence abroad will provide students with the unique opportunity to develop language skills in a rich and varied context of use, while engaging with other cultures and societies, thereby fostering intercultural awareness and pluricultural competence, self-reliance and flexibility.
This dual-language programme offers opportunities for students at all levels to engage with the connections and contrasts between the languages they study (e.g. through ‘MODL’ modules that span multiple language areas), enabling them to deepen their critical understanding of their chosen languages. There might also be an opportunity to take discovery modules, which include modules in an additional language for students wishing to expand their linguistic repertoire.
At Level 1, students will study core language modules that are tailored to their ability alongside modules which will introduce them to the cultures and societies of the languages they are studying. They will also receive training in crucial academic skills such as critical analysis, argumentation, research and academic writing.
At Level 2 and 3 students will continue to develop their communicative proficiency and their linguistic and intercultural awareness through core language modules. They will also choose from a range of optional modules exploring various aspects of the cultures, history, politics, and social and economic structures of the countries of the languages of study. They will analyse and critically interpret a wide diversity of cultural forms, products and practice, and will learn to mediate, analyse and compare ideas and events that cross national, cultural or linguistic boundaries.
Throughout the programme, students will develop valuable interpretative, analytical and digital skills, as well as becoming confident researchers. Students will demonstrate these qualities when they undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of their choice in one of the language subjects they study.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Chinese and a minimum of 40 credits in French.
The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Chinese AND French), a further option with French, or discovery modules.
All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| EAST1110 | Modern China: History and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FREN1010 | French Language Awareness and Skills (Common European Framework B2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN1020 | Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students with no prior knowledge of Chinese will be required to study the following modules:
| EAST1010 | Basic Chinese Language 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1020 | Basic Chinese Language 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students with prior knowledge of Chinese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules:
| EAST1460 | Intermediate Chinese (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1461 | Intermediate Chinese (2) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:
| 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) |
Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| 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 may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory residence abroad module
| MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Chinese and a minimum of 40 credits in French.
The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Chinese AND French), a further option with French, or discovery modules.
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| EAST2015 | Chinese 2A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2016 | Chinese 2B | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:
- An Introduction to Cantonese - 20 credits
- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China - 20 credits
| EAST2006 | China Since 1979 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2126 | Classical Chinese | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST2127 | Society and Culture of Early Modern China | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST2148 | Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2360 | Chinese Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students are required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following list of 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 study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:
* Translation and Interpreting in a Professional Context - 20 credits
* Introduction to Professional French - 20 Credits
| FREN2200 | Cinema in France: The Seventh Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of 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 |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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:
At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Chinese and a minimum of 40 credits in French. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects.
All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER Chinese OR French).
The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Chinese AND French), a further option with Chinese OR French, or discovery modules.
All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| EAST3275 | Chinese 3: Advanced Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
All students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:
| 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 French are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from Basket 1 AND Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in Chinese may take up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Basket 1
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Social Sciences) - 20 credits
| EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST3148 | Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3630 | Advanced Chinese to English Translation | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Basket 2
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Humanities) - 20 credits
| EAST3120 | Classical Chinese | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST3271 | East Asia's Regional Political Economy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3525 | Globalising China and the Developing World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Students who take their FYP in Chinese are required to take a minimum of 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:
- 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) |
All students may study up to 20 credits from 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 | |
| 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) |
Discovery modules:
All students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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