Trinity College Dublin School of Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies
Trinity College Dublin – School of Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies
TR001 – TSM Undergraduate Programme in French
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Places: 84Points: 410* - 460 depending on TSM combinationSpecific Subject required: L. Cert Hons French (C1)
* 2009 Final minimum entry level
JF (1st Yr) / SF (2nd Yr) / JS (3rd Yr) / SS (4th Yr)Subject of study
Written and spoken French Language; Introduction to Contemporary France; Introduction to French Literature and Film; /Subject of study
Written and spoken French Language. Additionally students choose 2 from the following three options: French Literature from C16 to C20, Ideas and Politics in France from C16 to C20; Linguistics and French. /Subject of study
Written and spoken French Language. 2 one-semester options from a range including C16 Literature, C19 Romanticism, Literature and Politics, Women in Film, Modern Autobiography and Spoken French. /Subject of study
Translation, Essay-writing in French, Oral French, 2 one-year long courses from a range including C16 and C17 Literature, Travel Writing, the Acquisition and the Teaching of French, Right-Wing Movements in French Culture and Politics. Students also undertake a dissertation on a subject of their choice with an appointed supervisor.Study
Courses taught through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, small group teaching and computer-based work. /Study
Courses taught through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, small group teaching and computer-based work. /Study
Courses taught through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, small group teaching and computer-based work. /Study
Courses taught through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, small group teaching and computer-based work.Assessment
Continuous Assessment 30%End of year exams 70%
ECTs Credits 30 /
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 37.5%End of year exams 62.5%
ECTs Credits 30 /
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 25%End of year exams 75%
ECTs Credits 30 /
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 36%*End of year exams 64%
ECTs Credits 60
* This includes the final year dissertation.
FRENCH IN TCD
What we do and why we do it:
Over 180 million people now speak French in countries on all five continents. The French ‘Arts’ programme as part of TSM, in Trinity, is a challenging and demanding one, which provides students with a thorough grounding in French, and a wide knowledge of major aspects of French literature, culture, society and linguistics. The course aims not only to provide students with the specific skills to pursue a career in French-related areas, but also to develop transferable skills such as an analytical mind, an acute sense of critical inquiry, cultural awareness, communication skills and self-reliance which will equip students to think independently and to see the world in new ways, irrespective of how their career paths develop.
How we do it:
Language instruction is a vital element throughout the four years. Students progress beyond the basic skills of communication to a high level of proficiency in the core skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Parallel courses on aspects of French and francophone culture open up key areas of literature, history, politics and linguistics, as well as set the language in the context from which it derives its vitality. From First to Fourth Year, students have increasing access to optional courses. By fourth Year, they prepare and submit a dissertation of their choice, which provides an insight into independent research methods and continues to foster independent thinking.
Students can also spend a term or a year studying in a French university as part of their four-year programme. In addition, they may intercalate a year working in France.
What do you do with it?
• Arts administration, interpreting, translation, diplomacy, tourism, publishing, teaching, academic research.
• Graduate programmes in investment banking, management consultancy etc.; conversion courses in law, marketing, business.
What do you need to get in?
Be wary of published point-entry levels, which may be misleading! Although French entry points currently stand at 450, our entrants normally have at least a B grade in Leaving Cert Hons French.
French may also be studied at Trinity College as part of Business Studies and French; European Studies; Computer Science, Linguistics and French; and Law and French.