The French Studies major aims to develop students' ability to understand, pronounce and speak standard French and to read and write French as it appears in online and print media, cinema and literature. All courses emphasise the importance of critically engaging with Francophone culture, history, politics and society, and draw on a variety of material from written, audio-visual and online sources. Students gain fluency in French and at the same time develop their skills in critical thinking and intercultural understanding via the study of the French-speaking world, in both European and global contexts (e.g. Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific). Students' entry level depends on their prior knowledge of French, and the exact sequence of courses leading to the major depends in turn on the point of entry.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate proficiently and confidently in French;
- identify the structure and uses of French;
- demonstrate a capacity to understand and critically reflect on the societies and cultures of French language and the Francophone world, and their socio-historical contexts;
- construct a schema of the connections between France and its geographical, social and cultural origins; and
- recognise the importance of intercultural communication.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, of which:
a maximum of 18 units may come from the completion of 1000-level courses, and
a minimum of 18 units must come from the completion of 3000-level courses.
The 48 units must consist of:
A minimum of 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
FREN3101 Intermediate French Studies I
FREN3102 Intermediate French Studies II
FREN3103 Advanced French Studies I
FREN3104 Advanced French Studies II
A maximum of 36 units from completion of courses from the following list:
FREN1101 Introductory French Studies I
FREN1102 Introductory French Studies II
FREN2101 Continuing French Studies I
FREN2102 Continuing French Studies II
FREN3107 Voyages Littéraires: Literature in French*
FREN3108 From Colonialism to Cinéma-monde: Films of the French-speaking World *
FREN3109 Global Paris: Culture, History and Identity in the French Capital
FREN3110 Selected Topics in French Studies*
FREN3515 The Sounds of French: Phonetics and Pronunciation
A maximum of 6 units can be completed from courses outside the core language courses list above. These courses, listed below, must be completed on a French or Francophone topic:
ANIP3003 Australian National Internships Program A
HUMN2004 Global Vietnam: Gender, Labour and Migration**
LANG3001 Translation across Languages: the Translation of Literary Texts
LANG3007 Romance Linguistics
LING2013 Teaching Languages
LING2029 Language, Assessment and Policy
SCRN3001 Transnational Screens: Crossing Borders and Identities**
*These courses may be completed more than once if the topic is different each time.
** SCRN3001 Transnational Screens: Crossing Borders and Identities and HUMN2004 Global Vietnam: Gender, Labour and Migration must have all research and assessment completed in French.
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