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French and German BSc (Hons)
Aston University

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Department of French


About this course

Students develop near-native proficiency and a high level of communicative skills (written and spoken) through the study of the history, politics, culture and economics of contemporary France and French-speaking countries; lectures, seminars and tutorials are designed to guide students towards an understanding of relevant areas and topics to broaden and deepen knowledge and to stimulate intellectual debate; a strong emphasis of the course is on acquiring and applying proficient linguistic skills in a state of the art laboratory.

Modules

Year 1: Core French and German language skills; French and German history; language and communication; electives from: linguistics; history; literature; media; politics; translation. Year 2: Core French and German language skills; contemporary France and Germany; electives from: text analysis; linguistics; history; information technology; politics; sociolinguistics; literature. Year 3: Work placement; exchange university; assistantship. Year 4: Core French and German language skills; contemporary affairs research/diplomarbeit; electives from: interpreting; politics; sociolinguistics; literature; translation; economics; history; media. Students without German A-level have 1 year of intensive tuition and a year in Germany, and then rejoin the post A-level entry for the final 2 years of the degree.

Entry requirements

BBB - ABB or 300 - 320 (SQA Higher: BBBBB - AAABB or SQA Advanced Higher: BBB - ABB)

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Starting How long Days you attend Details Where Class info Price

Mon 1st Oct 2012

4 years

Full time The deadline for the receipt of full-tim
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Birmingham,
B4 7ET
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£9000 per year

*More info: £9000 per year

UCAS code

RR12

Awarding body

Aston University

Subject areas

Modern Languages, German Language, French Language


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