📖Program Curriculum
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
YEAR 1
The course you study in 1 depends on how much French you have studied before If you have an SQA Higher or A-level in French (grade A or B) you will take the non-beginners’ language course alongside our French culture course
If you are a beginner or near-beginner and have some previous language experience you can take the level 1 beginners’ course which provides an intensive foundation in reading writing and speaking French
YEAR 2
In your second you will extend your linguistic skills in our language and culture courses using authentic French texts and media sources
Students progressing from the first-year beginners’ course normally study French culture 1 alongside French 2 courses
You will also study other subjects in 1 and 2 see Flexible degrees
YEAR 3 (YEAR ABROAD)
If you progress to Honours you will spend your third abroad normally either working as a language assistant in a school or studying at a university The University has a number of exchange programmes and will provide support and advice
YEARS 4 AND 5
Along with core language study you will be able to choose from a wide range of options including literature cinema history and other aspects of the language and cultures of the French-speaking world
Degree structure for Non Beginners Languages
Degree structure for Beginners Languages
Course details
Courses you will take as part of a French programme may include
YEAR 1
FRENCH CULTURE 1 (NON-BEGINNERS)
FRENCH LANGUAGE 1 (BEGINNERS)
FRENCH LANGUAGE 1 (NON-BEGINNERS)
YEAR 2
FRENCH CULTURE 2
FRENCH LANGUAGE 2
YEAR 3
FRENCH YEAR ABROAD ASSISTANTSHIP
FRENCH YEAR ABROAD STUDY
FRENCH YEAR ABROAD WORK PLACEMENT
YEARS 4 AND 5 (HONOURS)
(Not all courses listed will be available in each session)
BANDE DESSINEE
COURT AND CONFLICT IN MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE
FRENCH CINEMA
LANGUAGE AND SOCIO-CULTURAL IDENTITY IN MODERN FRANCE
MODERN FRENCH THOUGHT
SATIRE AND SUBVERSION IN MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE
THE EUROPEAN EMBLEM
TRAVEL WRITING
FRENCH SONG AND SOCIETY FROM TROUBADOURS TO RAP
FRENCH HONOURS SPOKEN LANGUAGE (JUNIOR)
FRENCH HONOURS SPOKEN LANGUAGE (SENIOR)
FRENCH HONOURS WRITTEN LANGUAGE (JUNIOR)
FRENCH HONOURS WRITTEN LANGUAGE (SENIOR)
CONSUMPTION CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN FRANCE
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY NOVEL IN FRENCH
ZOMBIES AND TERROR REPRESENTATIONS OF HAITIAN DICTATORSHIP
FRANCE 1940-44 THE OCCUPATION AND ITS LEGACIES
FOOD AND CULTURE IN FRANCE
WRITING THE VISUAL THE ART OF THE TEXT
MODERN FRENCH POETRY AND POETICS
SUBSIDIARY FRENCH LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
FRENCH DISSERTATION
APPLIED DISSERTATION WITH PLACEMENT IN FRENCH
TRANSLATION STUDIES AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY TOPICS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Courses available to students of all Modern Languages include
THE BROTHERS GRIMM AND THE EUROPEAN FAIRY TALE
NARRATING THE CITY REPRESENTATION OF URBAN SPACE IN LITERATURE AND FILM
CLASSIC EUROPEAN CINEEAST AND WEST
MYTHS AND MODERN IMAGINATION
TRANSCULTURAL CONNECTIONS 'CLASSIC' TEXTS AND THEIR ADAPTATIONS ACROSS CULTURES
BESTSELLERS IN THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
CERVANTES IN HOLLYWOOD
CZECH CINEMA
CZECH POLISH AND RUSSIAN WOMEN'S WRITING IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
SUBSIDIARY CZECH LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
SUBSIDIARY CZECH LANGUAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
MILAN KUNDERA A FRENCH WRITER? A STUDY IN INTERCULTURAL LITERARY DISCOURSE
TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (HONS)
EUROPEAN POLITICAL THOUGHT A VIEW FROM GERMANY
BRECHT
CATALAN 1
CATALAN 2
THE LOST EMPIRE BYZANTIUM AND THE SLAVS 800-1600
THE MEDIEVALISTS THE MIDDLE AGES IN 20TH CENTURY EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA A CASE STUDY OF A COUNTRY IN EUROPE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF FILM
HISTORY THROUGH FILM AND LITERATURE CRISIS SITUATIONS
EUROPEAN AND LATIN-AMERICAN CINETRANSATLANTIC CONNECTIONS
TEXT IMAGE CULTURES THEORY AND PRACTICE
LOVE AND OR HATE EMOTIONS IN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
SUBSIDIARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
MEMORY TRAUAND HISTORY IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE
MONEY MARKETS AND MORALS EUROPEAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT
SUBSIDIARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) LANGUAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
CENSORSHIP IN WESTERN CULTURE
MULTILINGUALISM IN CONTEXT
LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING FOR EUROPEAN MINORITY LANGUAGES
SUBSIDIARY POLISH LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
SUBSIDIARY POLISH LANGUAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
SUBSIDIARY PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
SUBSIDIARY PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
SUBSIDIARY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE (BEGINNERS)
SUBSIDIARY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND STATE POWER
BRAVE NEW WORLDS RUSSIAN CULTURE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
EXISTENTIALISM ATHEISM REASON AND FAITH
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract
