GO UNIVERSITY  Ghana/Global 2016/17/1S8/19

BA ENGLISH & FRENCH - 3 Years

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Overview

English and French are two of the world’s major languages, and each has its own rich literary and cultural heritage. This Joint Honours degree offers the best of both worlds: the chance to explore literature in English while building French language skills and exploring Francophone cultures and societies.

Core modules will build your language skills and allow you to engage with poetry, prose and drama. Our English and French departments are so large and diverse that we also offer a wide range of optional modules enabling you to explore the areas of English literature and Francophone culture that interest you. You’ll also spend a year abroad to gain first-hand experience of a Francophone society.

You could study children’s literature, creative writing or medieval English romance, as well as French philosophy or African and Caribbean culture in French. You could also pick up practical skills such as translating or interpreting.

 

Course Content

In your first year you’ll study core modules that consolidate your French language skills and allow you to explore different areas of English literature. You’ll also study a Cornerstone module that connects your two subjects and build a good knowledge base to prepare you for your second year.

At this point, you’ll choose key periods in English literary history to explore in-depth, as well as choosing from an array of optional modules in both English and French. You could study post-apartheid narratives, Romantic poetry, world theatre or the digital humanities, as well as French cinema or Francophone Africa.

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Course Structure

Year 1

• Compulsory modules

• Studying and Researching English 5 credits

• Language Awareness and Skills 20 credits

• Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) 20 credits

• IT for LCS Students 5 credits

• Worlds of Literature 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Writing Critically 20 credits

• Prose: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

• Poetry: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

• Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

• Introduction to Skills in French Translation

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• Year 2

• Compulsory modules

• Language in Contexts 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

• Medieval Literature 20 credits

• Eighteenth-Century Literature 20 credits

• Literature of the Romantic Period 20 credits

• Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages 20 credits

• The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars 20 credits

• The French Language Today 20 credits

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• Year 3

• Compulsory modules

• Advanced Language Skills 20 credits

• Final Year Project

• Optional modules

• Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

• Modern Literature 20 credits

• Shakespeare 20 credits

• Ecrire et s'ecrire. Womens' Writing in France, 20th/21st Centuries 20 credits

• French Popular Culture 20 credits

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• Learning and teaching

• You’ll be taught through lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical classes. You’ll enjoy extensive tutorial support and have freedom in your workload and options.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

• Assessment

• You’re assessed by a range of methods, including formal exams and in-course assessment.

• Read more about teaching and assessment on the School website.

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• For more information on typical modules, read Actuarial Mathematics BSc in programme catalogue after enrollment