French
University of Liverpool
UCAS Code: R120 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
UCAS Code: R120 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
A level in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).
Access to HE Diploma
45 credits at level 3 to include 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit for entry to Beginners’ language
Extended Project
Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade B in the EPQ, for example the offer would be BBB or BBC plus B in the EPQ.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE Mathematics and English at grade 4/C required. Applicants with equivalent qualifications or who do not meet these GCSE requirements will be considered on an individual basis according to their circumstances.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
33 including no score less than 4. Higher Level 6 in the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
including H2 or above in the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applications encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits, entry to Advanced language with an A level or equivalent in relevant language (no subject requirement for entry to Beginners’ Language).
Scottish Advanced Higher
BBB in Advanced Highers including grade B in relevant language for entry to Advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to Beginners' language) combinations of Advanced Highers and Scottish Highers are welcome.
T levels considered in a relevant subject.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Accepted at grade A including two A levels at BB and including the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).
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About this course
French is one of the world’s most important languages in terms of speaker numbers and its role in science, industry and international diplomacy. The perfection of language skills is at the heart of our degrees. We also actively foster in our students the development of professional skills in French. All our degrees demand a full intellectual engagement with a wide selection of areas in French studies. As a subject group, we have a strong interest in looking at French in and beyond France, with the expectation that students will look at French in the European context, as well as in the Americas, Africa and Asia. We also cover French and Francophone culture in a broad historical context that allows our students to understand the standing of French language and grasp the various questions of identity linked to being a speaker of French outside France. In addition, we cover aspects of French studies from various social, literary, filmic and linguistic aspects, ensuring that we not only teach traditional areas of interest but are committed to ensuring students better understand the questions that people are asking themselves across the French-speaking world, from Port-au-Prince to Paris, from Montreal to Marseille, from Guadeloupe to Geneva.
Modules
In the first year, you will study language modules as well as foundation modules. During the second and final year you will take language modules plus six content modules which cover the spectrum of French studies, from the history of the book and Renaissance texts discussing the New World, to Caribbean literature, contemporary French sociolinguistics, and collaboration during the Second World War. You will spend one year in a French-speaking country as an assistant in a school, as a student at a partner Erasmus university or on a work placement. During this year, you will complete an extended essay in French or follow courses at your chosen university. If you combine Major French with a Minor in another language, you may choose to spend half the year abroad in a French-speaking country.
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University of Liverpool
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