2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages and Philosophy (French) For students entering from September 2024 onwards
Programme code: | BAML/FR&PH-R | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Maria 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 Philosophy outlined here
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-philosophy.pdf
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 and Philosophy (French)
On this Joint Honours course, you'll combine Philosophy with your chosen language.
On the philosophy side of your degree, your first year will introduce you to topics such as moral philosophy and the history of western philosophy, and you will learn to construct and analyse philosophical arguments.
You will be expected to maintain a balance over a few key areas of philosophy such as value philosophy, the history of philosophy, or theoretical philosophy (such as theories of knowledge and being).
You will also be able to specialise in topics that interest you through optional modules such as feminist philosophy, ancient philosophy, continental philosophy, and philosophy of language. Some of these philosophy modules are undergoing revision, but the list below will give you a flavour of what is likely to be available on this course.
Whether you’re starting your language from beginners’ level, or with prior knowledge, you’ll reach a professional standard in your chosen language through intensive learning practice and year abroad. Depending on the language that you are studying, you will spend either Year 2 or Year 3 in a country where your chosen language is spoken.
If you are taking your language as a beginner, you'll focus on building up quickly your language skills through your compulsory language modules. If you're an advanced learner, your compulsory language module will allow you to consolidate and broaden your language skills.
You will complement your language studies by exploring the cultures and societies of the countries where your chosen language is spoken as well as other countries around the world, choosing from a range of topics, including literature, cinema, popular culture, history, and politics.
In your final year, you will be able to choose to take your Final Year Project either with philosophy or with your chosen language. Depending on your choice of Final Year Project, you'll also have the flexibility to choose from a range of more specialised philosophy or cultural modules to deepen your knowledge.
You can enhance your professional language skills through modules on translation, interpreting or languages for business.
Combining rigorous thinking with communication and professional skills, this degree prepares you for an international career in many sectors.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory module
PHIL1260 | How To Do Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study ONE of the following optional modules
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) |
Students will be required to study at least ONE of the following modules:
PHIL1080 | The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1090 | Knowledge, Self and Reality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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) | 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) | 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 lists of 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
PHIL1005 | The Mind | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL1015 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL1022 | Philosophy Meets the World | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
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. 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.
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study at least 40 credits and may study up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:
PHIL2615 | How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2631 | God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2906 | Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2915 | How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2925 | Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Route A
Students who took FREN1010 in Year 1 (post A-Level route) must take the following module:
FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route B
Students who took FREN1012 and FREN1013 (on the B/ab initio route) must take 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) |
Route A
Students on the post A-Level route must take 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 up to 20 credits from the following 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) |
Route B
Students on the post B (ab initio) route may take a minimum of 20 credits from the following 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) | |
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:
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 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 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:
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) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project 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) | |
PRHS3000 | Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who take their FYP in French are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in Philosophy may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Basket 1
PHIL3310 | Philosophy of Sex and Relationships | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3723 | War, Terror and Justice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2
- Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art - 20 credits
PHIL3125 | Continental Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3700 | Feminist Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students who take their FYP in Philosophy 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) |
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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