French Joint Honours, BA (Hons)

An exciting programme of study designed to ensure rapid progress in the French language and in-depth knowledge of the societies and cultures in which it is spoken. In year three you can spend time working or studying in France. Combine with another subject or language to create your Joint Honours degree. Why choose this course?

French can be studied from A-level. You will develop:

• French language skills
• knowledge and understanding of the contemporary French-speaking world
• applied language skills such as translation.

Learning will take place in language classes and a range of lively options including modules that explore contemporary French culture, society and politics. You will achieve a high level of communicative skill, and an in-depth understanding of French culture and society. To further increase your career options you can take a final year module that develops translation and interpreting skills.

Take a year abroad

The year abroad option will allow you to increase your foreign language fluency and understanding of other cultures. You will come away with an experience that will give you a real advantage when competing for the best jobs. In year three you can spend time working or studying in France. Our partner Universities are found in Aix-en-Provence, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris XII, Lille, Strasbourg and Versailles. There are no fees to pay for the year abroad and students remaining within Europe receive a grant from the EU.

Joint Honours Degree combinations and UCAS codes

French is taken in combination with one of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The number in brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in French alongside the listed subject.

• Chinese (Mandarin) (RT11)
• Communication and Society (RP19)
• English (RQ13)
• European Studies (RR19)
• Film and TV (RP13)
• German (RR12)
• Global Studies (RL19)
• History (RV11)
• International Relations (RL12)
• Italian (RR13)
• Linguistics (RQ11)
• Media (RL16)
• Philosophy (RV15)
• Spanish (RR14)
• TESOL (RX11).

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What will I study?

European Studies must be combined with another subject to create your degree programme.

Find out more about our degree combinations including European Studies:

• BA (Hons) French and Communication and Society (RP19)
• BA (Hons) French and English (RQ13)
• BA (Hons) French and European Studies (RR19)
• BA (Hons) French and Film and TV (RP13)
• BA (Hons) French and German (RR12)
• BA (Hons) French and Global Studies (RL19)
• BA (Hons) French and History (RV11)
• BA (Hons) French and International Relations (RL12)
• BA (Hons) French and Italian (RR13)
• BA (Hons) French and Linguistics (RQ11)
• BA (Hons) French and Mandarin Chinese (RT11)
• BA (Hons) French and Media (RL16)
• BA (Hons) French and Philosophy (RV15)
• BA (Hons) French and Spanish (RR14)
• BA (Hons) French and TESOL (RX11)

Extra opportunities

Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for students in the School of Arts and Humanities. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enable students to take part in optional:

• International exchange (plus optional Year Abroad during Year Three)
• Work placements
• Learn or improve language skills

Gain valuable work experience that will impress employers, learn another language, experience other cultures and travel the globe - all as part of your degree. Our international exchange partners include universities in:

• Australia
• Europe
• USA
• Canada
• Thailand.

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Please note that course specifications may be subject to change

Language learning support
To provide opportunities to develop language skills outside the classroom, you will have access to our excellent language resource centres which provide:

• internet access
• audio-visual facilities
• an extensive library of the latest Spanish-language films
• computer-aided language learning software
• course-related books, materials and periodicals.

Books and library resources
In our library you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list. The library also stocks french periodicals. Clifton campus has its own Blackwell’s Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.

IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across Clifton campus, with PCs providing access to Microsoft Office, email, web browsing, networked file storage and high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student). Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.