BA (Hons) English Studies and French
Course Overview
This joint degree in English Studies and French provides a comprehensive education in literary analysis and linguistic proficiency, equipping students with critical thinking and high-level communication skills. You will explore a diverse range of texts from across the historical and French-speaking world while developing advanced written and spoken French. The program includes exciting opportunities for international study, preparing you for a dynamic global career.
Key Program Highlights
- Critical analysis of English, Scottish, and American literature from the Middle Ages to today
- Advanced French language acquisition with a focus on contemporary cultures and societies
- Opportunity to spend a semester or year abroad at a partner institution in a French-speaking country
- Development of highly valued transferable skills in communication, analysis, and intercultural awareness
- Teaching by expert tutors with access to state-of-the-art language labs and learning resources
Course Overview
This joint degree in English Studies and French provides a comprehensive education in literary analysis and linguistic proficiency, equipping students with critical thinking and high-level communication skills. You will explore a diverse range of texts from across the historical and French-speaking world while developing advanced written and spoken French. The program includes exciting opportunities for international study, preparing you for a dynamic global career.
Key Program Highlights
- Critical analysis of English, Scottish, and American literature from the Middle Ages to today
- Advanced French language acquisition with a focus on contemporary cultures and societies
- Opportunity to spend a semester or year abroad at a partner institution in a French-speaking country
- Development of highly valued transferable skills in communication, analysis, and intercultural awareness
- Teaching by expert tutors with access to state-of-the-art language labs and learning resources
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre
- Accounting and Finance for Managers
- Our Blue Planet
- Ecology: An Introduction
- Introduction to Computing Science
- Economic Decision Making and Markets
- Why is the world like this? Economic perspectives on society
- Introduction to Education: Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology
- Building Planet Earth
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Personal Finance
- Media 1: An Introduction to Media Studies and Industries
- The French-Speaking World 1
- Introductory French 1
- People and the Environment
- Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
- The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
- Introduction to Journalism Studies
- Language and Society
- Mathematics I
- Discrete Structures
- The Global Business Environment: An Introduction
- Philosophy: What is it all About?
- People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
- Religion in the Modern World
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introductory Spanish 1
- Introduction to Sociology and Criminology
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Theories & Approaches
- Our Thirsty Planet: Man and the Aquatic Environment
- Introduction to Physiology
- Programming and User Interface Design
- Introduction to Data Science
- Understanding the Wider Economy
- Introductory Economics
- Introduction to Education: Politics, Policy and Practice
- Landscape Evolution
- The Moving Image
- The French-Speaking World 2
- Introductory French 2
- Global Environmental Issues
- Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations
- Ethical Issues in Journalism
- Foundations of Language
- Practical Statistics
- Mathematics II
- The Management Challenge: An Introduction
- How Should We Live?: Philosophy, Ethics, and Life
- Political Concepts and Ideas
- Religion Colonialism and Nationalism
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Introductory Spanish 2
- Applying a Social Policy Lens
- Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
- Literary Revolutions
- Introduction to Aquatic Environments
- Evolution and Genetics
- Scripting for Data Science
- Economic Decision Making and Markets
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Personal Finance
- Reading Film & Television
- The French-Speaking World 1
- The French-Speaking World 3
- Introductory French 1
- Intermediate French
- Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach
- Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
- The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
- The key to the kingdom: the history and heritage of Stirling
- Reputations in History
- People Management
- Language and the Brain
- Analysis I
- Fundamentals of Sustainability in Management
- Fundamentals of Marketing
- From Plato to Existentialism
- Philosophy: What is it all About?
- People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
- Understanding International Politics
- The Social Mind
- Religion and Culture: Problems of Representation
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 3
- Introductory Spanish 1
- Intermediate Spanish
- Understanding Global Sport
- Writing and History: Scotland and Empire
- Writing and Theory
- Writing and Language
- Science of Diving
- Fact-checking and Fake News
- Biodiversity
- The Organisation of Business
- Introduction to Digital Storytelling
- Managing Information
- Systems
- Programming Language Paradigms
- Statistics for Economics, Business and Management
- The Biosphere
- Finance II
- Digital Media and Culture
- The French-Speaking World 2
- The French-Speaking World 4
- Introductory French 2
- Environmental Resilience
- Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815
- Operations Management
- Practical Statistics
- Optimisation in Theory and Practice
- Numerical Analysis
- Linear Algebra
- Socially Responsible Marketing
- Knowledge and Mind
- Moral Theory
- Comparative Politics - States, People, Power
- Great Political Thinkers
- Research Methods
- Brain and Behaviour
- Inventing Religion: Origins, Methods and Critique
- Global Retailing in Society
- Statistical Techniques
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 4
- Introductory Spanish 2
- The Development of Social Theory
- Foundations of Sport Development and Coaching
- Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
- History of the English Language
- Renaissance Literature 1500-1660
- British Literature 1700-1830
- Modernism and Modernity
- Victorian Literature and Culture
- Creative Writing I
- Dragons, Death and Heroes: Medieval Literature and its Legacy
- Genre I
- Language and Linguistics I
- Nations and Traditions 2: Return of the Pagan Gods
- Theories and Approaches
- Dissertation Preparation
- Pen, Print and Press: Documenting the Eighteenth Century
- Creative Writing II
- Genre II
- Theories and Approaches II: Recent American Writing
- English Studies Dissertation