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Course Description
Lancaster’s joint French Studies and English Literature degree is taught by the Department of Languages and Cultures in conjunction with the Department of English and Creative Writing. This degree includes an international placement in year 3.
Your French Studies programme enables you to acquire high-level language skills while gaining a thorough understanding of the country’s historical, cultural, social and political background in a global context. In English Literature you will study a wide range of authors, genres, historical periods, literary movements, techniques and critical approaches.
Your first year comprises an exploration of the French language and its cultural context, as well as a core module in English Literature. Alongside this, you can choose another English module such as World Literature or Creative Writing, or alternatively a minor subject from another department.
Building on your language skills in Year 2, you will study the culture, politics and history of the French-speaking world in more depth, as well as selecting modules which are international in scope and promote a comparative understanding of Europe and beyond. You will combine these with the core English module, ‘The Theory and Practice of Criticism’ and choose options such as ‘British Romanticism’, ‘Literature and Film’ and ‘American Literature to 1900’.
Spending your third year abroad in a French-speaking country makes a major contribution to your command of the language, while deepening your intercultural sensitivity. You can study at a partner institution or conduct a work placement.
In your final year, you consolidate your French language skills, and study specialist culture and comparative modules, such as ‘Mirrors across Media: Reflexivity in Literature, Film, Comics and Video Games’. You will also select English Literature modules such as the full-year ‘Shakespeare’ and ‘Contemporary Literature’ as well as choosing from a variety of specialist half-year modules.
Course Content
Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme to complement your main specialism. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years. For more information about our teaching methods at Lancaster please visit our Teaching and Learning section.
The following courses do not offer modules outside of the subject area due to the structured nature of the programmes: Architecture, Law, Physics, Engineering, Medicine, Sports and Exercise Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine and Biomedical Science.
Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, and the University will make every reasonable effort to offer modules as advertised. In some cases changes may be necessary and may result in some combinations being unavailable, for example as a result of student feedback, timetabling, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes and new research.
Year 1
Core
English Literature
Part I French Studies (Advanced/CEFR: B1)
Part I French Studies (Beginners to CEFR: A2)
Year 2
Core
French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: B2)
French Language: Oral skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1))
French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: B2)
French Language: Written Skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1)
Second Year Programme for Academic Skills, Employability and International placement preparation
Shaping Contemporary France: Moments and Movements
The Theory and Practice of Criticism
Optional
American Literature to 1900
British Romanticism
Cross-cultural encounters in World Literatures
Economic and Social Change in France, Germany and Spain since 1945
Language and Identity in France, Germany and Spain
Literature, Film, and Media
Professional Contexts for Modern Languages
Renaissance to Restoration, English Literature, 1580-1688
Society on Screen: The Language of Film
Understanding culture
Victorian Literature
Year 3
Core
International Placement Year: Intercultural and Academic Reflection
Year 4
Core
French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: C1/C2)
French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: C1/C2)
Optional
21st Century Theory: Literature, Culture, Criticism
Between the Acts
Bible and Literature
Contemporary Cities in Literature and Film
Contemporary Literature in English
Dissertation Unit
Francophone Voices: Literature and Film from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Canada
Imagining Modern Europe: Post-Revolutionary Utopias and Ideologies in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
Literature and the Visual Arts
Modernity of Forms and Forms of Modernity in French Literature 1850-2000
Monstrous Bodies: Romantic Period Poetry and Prose
Performing Death, Desire and Gender
Schools Volunteering Project
Science Fiction in Literature and Film
Shakespeare
The Byron-Shelley Circle
Translation as a Cultural Practice
Utopias and Utopianism
Victorian Gothic
Women Writers of Britain and America
Course Intakes
| Location | Start Date | Fees | Duration | ||
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Classroom Bailrigg Lancaster Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom |
September, 2025
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4 years, Full Time |
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Entry Requirements
A Level AAB
Required Subjects A level English Literature or A level English Language and Literature grade A. A level French, or if this is to be studied from beginners’ level, AS grade B or A level grade B in another foreign language, or GCSE grade A or 7 in a foreign language. Native French speakers will not be accepted onto this scheme.
IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component. For other English language qualifications we accept, please see our English language requirements webpages.
Other Qualifications
International Baccalaureate 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 Higher Level subjects including 6 in a HL Literature subject, and appropriate evidence of language ability
BTEC Considered alongside A level English Literature or A level English Language and Literature grade A, and appropriate evidence of language ability
We welcome applications from students with a range of alternative UK and international qualifications, including combinations of qualification. Further guidance on admission to the University, including other qualifications that we accept, frequently asked questions and information on applying, can be found on our general admissions webpages.
Contact Admissions Team + 44 (0) 1524 592028 or via ugadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk
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