2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages and English (French) (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
| Programme code: | BAML/FR&EN-R | UCAS code: | Q3R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 from September 2023. For students who entered the programme before September 2023, you can find the details of your programme: BA Modern Languages and English (French)
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]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details 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 a minimum of 40 credits in English and a minimum of 40 credits in French.
Of the remaining credits, 20 should be taken as optional modules in either English or French. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with English or French.
Students will be required to 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:
Route A
Students who took FREN1010 in Year 1 (post A-Level route) will be required to study the following module:
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts Pre-requisite for: Year Abroad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route B
Students who took FREN1012 and FREN1013 (on the B/ab initio route) will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| FREN2017 | French Language Skills (B1/B2 of the CEFR) Pre-requisite for: Year Abroad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2210 | Forms of Subversion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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) |
Route A
Students on the post A-Level route are required to study a minimum of 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) |
Route A
Students on the Post A-level route 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) |
Route B
Students on the post B (ab initio) route are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- Introduction to Skills in French Translation - 20 Credits (New for 2025/26)
- Writing the self in French - 20 Credits (New for 2025/26)
| 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 may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| 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 study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each subject. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. 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.
Students will be required to study the following compulsory module
| FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study 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:
- From Algiers to Paris and beyond: protest from below (To start in 2026; combines FREN3641 and FREN3865) - 20 Credits
- Global Storytelling in French (To start in 2026) - 20 Credits
- Visual Culture (To start in 2025) - 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 who take their FYP with English MAY take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in French ARE required to take 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Basket 1:
| 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) | |
| ENGL3059 | South African Writing: Apartheid and After | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| 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) | |
| ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2:
| ENGL3006 | Remixing the Renaissance | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3008 | Writing Modern Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3061 | Heart Disease in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3066 | The Public Poet (Creative Writing) | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3100 | Digital Englishes | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3402 | Home Bodies: Domestic Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3407 | Shakespeare and Global Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3461 | Imagining the United States: Citizenship, Domesticity and Slavery | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may take up to 20 credits from the following list of 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:
Students may choose to take 20 credits of discovery modules.
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