ObjectivesEnglish Studies and French offers you the opportunity to combine studies in French language with the literature and culture of both French and English. You will normally devote half of your time to each discipline. Core modules are followed by all students, and additional modules are selected from a variety of topics, including literature of all periods, critical theory, linguistics, culture and film.
Entry requirementsRequired subjects: A in English, B in French A level IB score: 34 (6 in English and 5 in French)
Academic titleBA English Studies and French
Course descriptionBA English Studies and French
Programme
Year one
You gain familiarity with the practices of working at degree level and are introduced to language and modern literature in core English modules and may be able to choose a module introducing either medieval studies or drama. In French, you take the core language module, and can pursue a choice of introductory studies in reading French texts, contemporary France, French history or linguistics.
Year two
You take a core module in literary theory and choose further modules in English language, modern literary culture, medieval studies and/or performance analysis. In French, a choice of French modules is available and your language studies will be consolidated and developed.
Year three
Year three is spent in France or a French-speaking country, on a programme of studies in a higher education institution, as an assistant in a school or on a work placement.
Year four
You choose from a wide range of modules enabling you to specialise in key areas of English Studies. Joint honours students enjoy the same wide range of final year options in English Studies as single honours. In French, you perfect your command of the language and its use in increasingly sophisticated contexts, and study optional modules.
