French

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D24-AA-SPC+1004 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus:	2010

Coordinator

Dr Jacqueline Dutton

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre

Overview:	The DL provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in French language while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course.
Objectives:	On completion of the Diploma, students should: have acquired a mastery of both oral/aural and writing/reading skills comparable to that of a student majoring in a language discipline; have gained a basic understanding of selected aspects of the culture (or cultures) and of the society (or societies) associated with the language.
Structure & Available Subjects:	The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for details.
Subject Options:	Beginners Stream: Level 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN10004 French Beginners Language and Culture A Semester 1 12.50 FREN10005 French Beginners Language and Culture B Semester 2 12.50 Beginners Stream: Level 2 Students completing the DL in French should undertake French Intermediate Language and Culture A and B OR Intensive Intermediate French (25 points) and French Intermediate Cultural Studies Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN20015 French Intermediate Language & Culture A Semester 1 12.50 FREN20017 French Intermediate Language & Culture B Semester 2 12.50 FREN20016 French Intermediate Cultural Studies Semester 2 12.50 FREN20018 Intensive Intermediate French Summer Term 25 Beginners Stream: Level 3 Beginners stream third year students should undertake the following subjects plus one Level 3 elective. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN30003 French Post-Intermediate 3A Semester 1 12.50 FREN30004 French Post-Intermediate 3B Semester 2 12.50 Intermediate Stream: Level 1 Intermediate level study is appropriate for students who have completed four or five years of high school level French, but have not completed VCE or year 12 French. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN10001 French Intermediate Language & Culture A Semester 1 12.50 FREN10003 French Intermediate Language & Culture B Semester 2 12.50 Intermediate Stream: Level 2 Students can substitute French Intermediate Cultural Studies with a Level 2 elective. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN20001 French Language and Culture 2A Semester 1 12.50 FREN20002 French Language and Culture 2B Semester 2 12.50 FREN20016 French Intermediate Cultural Studies Semester 2 12.50 Intermediate Stream: Level 3 Intermediate stream third year students should undertake the following subject, plus two level 3 electives. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN30001 French Language and Culture 3A Semester 1 12.50 Advanced (Post-VCE) Stream: Level 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN10006 French Language and Culture 1A Semester 1 12.50 FREN10007 French Language and Culture 1B Semester 2 12.50 Advanced (Post-VCE) Stream: Level 2 Second year advanced stream students should undertake the following 2 subjects plus a Level 2 elective. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN20001 French Language and Culture 2A Semester 1 12.50 FREN20002 French Language and Culture 2B Semester 2 12.50 Advanced (Post-VCE) Stream: Level 3 Third year advanced stream students should undertake the following subject plus 2 Level 3 electives. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: FREN30001 French Language and Culture 3A Semester 1 12.50 Elective Subjects - Level 2 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 116-018 French Fictions I Not offered in 2010 12.50 116-032 French Fictions II Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN20004 French Non-Fiction I Semester 2 12.50 116-236 French Non-Fiction II Not offered in 2010 12.50 116-022 Topics in French Linguistics Not offered in 2010 12.50 116-024 French and Francophone Societies II Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN20007 French and Francophone Societies I Semester 1 12.50 FREN20009 Paris: Ville Lumiere (on site in Paris) November 12.50 116-041 French Cinema Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN20012 Topics in French Culture I Semester 1 12.50 116-218 Topics in French Culture II Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN20008 Screening Europe: Image and Identity Semester 2 12.50 116-200 Research Topics and Methods Not offered in 2010 12.50 EURO20001 Language and Society in Europe Semester 1 12.50 119-211 Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe Not offered in 2010 12.50 Elective Subjects - Level 3 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 671-319 French Fictions I Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN30006 French Non-Fiction I Semester 2 12.50 671-326 French Fictions II Not offered in 2010 12.50 671-333 French Non-Fiction II Not offered in 2010 12.50 671-321 Topics in French Linguistics Not offered in 2010 12.50 671-322 French and Francophone Societies II Not offered in 2010 12.50 671-327 French Cinema Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN30014 Topics in French Culture I Semester 1 12.50 671-331 Topics in French Culture II Not offered in 2010 12.50 FREN30011 Paris: Ville Lumiere (on site in Paris) November 12.50 FREN30002 French Language and Culture 3B Semester 2 12.50 FREN30010 Screening Europe: Image and Identity Semester 2 12.50 671-328 Research Topics and Methods Not offered in 2010 12.50 673-380 Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe Not offered in 2010 12.50 EURO30001 Language and Society in Europe Semester 1 12.50 FREN30017 French and Francophone Societies I Semester 1 12.50
Related Course(s):	Diploma in Languages

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