2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages and Politics (French) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
Programme code: | BAML/FR&PL-R | UCAS code: | L2R1 |
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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 Politics and International Relations outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-politics-and-international-relations
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 Politics (French)
The BA in Modern Languages and Politics will give you the opportunity to explore the political ideas and questions that shape our globalised world. At the same time, you will develop the language skills and cultural competence that will enable you to engage with and understand other peoples and societies.
Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects, through first-class teaching and including a period of residence abroad.
The programme offers you a broad grounding in the academic study of politics, both domestically and globally. You will also be provided with conceptual and methodological tools to enable you to critically analyse political events and phenomena. The programme provides you with a solid grounding in the core areas of political studies, including political theory, comparative politics, international politics and British politics. In addition, you are given the opportunity to pursue more specialist modules on a broad range of crucial topics including, but not limited to: the media and democratic politics, gender, race and culture, the far right, British political parties, human rights, foreign policy, contemporary political theory, national identity, African politics, US politics and Chinese politics.
Having begun your studies with anything from beginner to post-A-level competence in, your language of choice, you will graduate with the ability to communicate and defend your views clearly in this language, either orally or in writing. In addition, you will have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently or in a team. You will also have a strong understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to work effectively with people whose backgrounds differ from your own.
You will also have the opportunity to pursue study in the wider set of courses offered in your schools, including within development studies and international relations. In the third and final year, you undertake a dissertation on an in-depth and specialised topic with advice from tutors.
The programme gives you a diverse skillset, useful for career development in a broad range of fields and professions, including journalism, research, advocacy, the civil service, and roles in local and national government. Other language-based careers such as translating or interpreting or training in these, will also be open to you. What is more, this programme will help you to become a better citizen, equipping you with the skills and confidence required to successfully navigate the increasingly challenging political landscape we face.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in Politics and 80 credits in French.
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Route A
Students with prior knowledge of French (B1 of the CEFR) will be required to study 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 with no prior knowledge of French will be required to study 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 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) |
Discovery modules:
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. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 40 credits in Politics and a minimum of 40 credits in French.
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:
Route A
Students who took FREN1010 in year 1 will be required to study the following module:
FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route B
Students who took FREN1012 and FREN1013 in year 1 will be required to 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 will be required to study 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from Basket 1 AND Basket 2). Students can take only ONE module per Basket:
Basket 1
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 2
PIED2161 | Media and Democracy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Route A
Students taking FREN2010 are required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits of the following optional modules:
- Self and Other (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 taking FREN2010 may study up to 20 credits of 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 taking FREN2017 may take up to 40 credits of 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) |
All 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]
At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in French and a minimum of 40 credits in Politics. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with French.
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 Politics OR French).
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 will be required to study the following compulsory module:
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 Finale 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) | |
PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who take their FYP in French (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) are required to take 40 credits and rom the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2). Students can take only ONE module per Basket.
Basket 1
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 2
- Climate Emergencies (20 Credits)
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3650 | Global Political Economy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students who take their FYP in Politics (PIED3750) 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 (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) 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 choose to take 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 | |
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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