French is a major international language. It's the first language of more than 100 million people across the world, while more than 60 million people speak French as a second language.

Studying with us will give you the chance to become a fluent linguist and, with our year abroad programme, an opportunity to experience living, working and/or studying in another country.

In politics and international relations, we cover diverse and relevant issues, such as international terrorism to the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

Our graduates go on to work in a number of areas, with many pursuing academic research careers in the UK, Europe and North America.

Assessment

French

Our assessment methods include:

• written examinations, including translations
• writing for a specific purpose
• essays

Continuous assessment ranges from online grammar tests to group projects, while oral/aural tests are performed throughout the course. Students write a dissertation in their final year.

Politics & International Relations

The School of Government & Public Policy encourages independent learning by reducing assessment through formal exams, instead using more flexible forms of class assessment.

In pre-Honours classes, you'll be examined at the end of the semester. Two-hour exams are held at the end of each semester. For most classes, a formal essay-based exam at the end of the class accounts for two-thirds of the class assessment.

In pre-Honours classes in research methods, assessment is entirely by class work. In some classes, essays are supplemented by or, in part, replaced by project work or book reviews. At Honours level, single Honours students complete a 10,000-word dissertation in Politics.