BA (Hons) Modern Languages - French
University of Exeter
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Streatham Campus

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SEP-26

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4 Years

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At the University of Exeter, we provide a lively and friendly learning community in which to learn French, offering an inspiring teaching programme driven by internationally renowned researchers. Our basic philosophy is to ensure broad academic coverage with maximum choice, allowing you to study one or two additional languages alongside French should you wish to. As part of the BA Modern Languages: French course you can select from a wide variety of modules in most areas of French Studies: ...Read more

At the University of Exeter, we provide a lively and friendly learning community in which to learn French, offering an inspiring teaching programme driven by internationally renowned researchers. Our basic philosophy is to ensure broad academic coverage with maximum choice, allowing you to study one or two additional languages alongside French should you wish to. As part of the BA Modern Languages: French course you can select from a wide variety of modules in most areas of French Studies: cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present literature and the visual arts film linguistics gender studies and philosophy. You can decide to pursue a broad programme of study that includes modules taken from several of the areas mentioned above, or you can specialise in one or two of these areas.In your third year, you will spend a year abroad in a Francophone country either studying at one of our renowned partner universities such as Rennes, Paris- Sorbonne and Brussels, teaching English as part of a British Council placement or gaining valuable employment experience and practical applied learning by working abroad. Work placements can be part-funded by the EU’s Erasmus Work Placement scheme.You can study French through four pathways:choose to study French modules only and graduate with a BA in Frenchwith one or two other languages (eg, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish) as part of our BA Modern Languages degreewith Arabic, Art History & Visual Culture, Classical Studies, English, Film Studies, History, International Relations, Latin, Politics, Philosophy or Sociology as part of one of our Combined Honours Programmesor with a bespoke selection of subjects as part of our Flexible Combined honours programme

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What students say
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11 Jan 26

The campus is ideal, very modern but also surrounded by nature and greenery which makes it a relaxing space to work on coursework, attend lectures or seminars and go to Student..Read more

SR
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15 Dec 25

The course is very interesting and well structured. I really like the campus and..Read more

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ABB - AAA Grades / Points required

GCSE/National 4/National 5:

Grade 4/C in GCSE English language Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

32 - 36 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDM - DDD Grades / Points required

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£24,950 per year

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£24,950 per year

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BA (Hons) Modern Languages - French
The campus is ideal, very modern but also surrounded by nature and greenery which makes it a relaxing space to work on coursework, attend lectures or seminars and go to Student...
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University of Exeter
Northcote House Exeter Devon EX4 4QJ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Exeter Central  0.4 miles away

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