科克大学学院

The Higher Diploma in French is aimed at graduates who want to be considered for a master’s course in French, but do not have an honours degree in French, or who want to add a Higher Diploma in Arts subject to their qualifications.

Objectives of the course:

to provide you with opportunities to further develop your skills in the study and the use of the French language
to provide you with opportunities to extend and deepen your skills in the reading and discussion of texts
to introduce you to work in specialised areas of French as a multidisciplinary subject
to give you a sense of French culture in French-speaking countries around the world

On graduation from this course, you will have:

developed a capacity for independent critical thinking
acquired and developed transferable skills such as information gathering, analysis and interpretation
acquired a range of personal and interpersonal skills in addition to communication and listening skills
developed reflectiveness, self-awareness and a capacity for cooperative endeavour through taking responsibility for group work

The modules on offer, are in the main, those offered to second-year and final-year degree students. French as a degree-level subject is organised into a number of distinct elements:

language modules on reading, writing, speaking and listening
core modules dealing with the study of culture and literature
specialised modules covering different areas of French as a multidisciplinary subject, including literary studies, linguistics, French thought and the history of ideas, cultural studies, French society and institutions, the francophone world.

Skills and Careers Information

This course will enables you to:

develop your language skills through extensive reading of materials in French
comment analytically on a wide range of materials in French
demonstrate an awareness of French and francophone culture and cultural production
apply critical methodologies developed by French and francophone writers in thought and/or literature and/or linguistics and/or cultural studies
apply research methodologies to prepare original, well-argued essays on a range of subjects relating to French language and culture.