ObjectivesStudents who complete the postgraduate diploma should:
* achieve fluency in spoken French in a variety of registers;
* acquire advanced writing skills and be able to express abstract concepts in French;
* develop an understanding of a number of areas of Francophone literature, culture and/or linguistics, and be able to reflect critically on them.
Academic titlePostgraduate Diploma in Arts (French)
Course description * Thesis 12,000 words (37.5 points)
* two compulsory subjects (25 points)
* three elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Thesis subject
Subject Semester Credit Points
116-505 French Thesis
A thesis on a topic approved by the French program Honours coordinator. Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50
Compulsory subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
116-461 French IV: Honours Language I
This subject is intended primarily to foster students' writing skills, with a particular focus on expository prose. Students will analyse a series of texts from a variety of genres (personal essays, philosophical arguments, fiction). In each tex... Semester 1 12.50
116-470 Special Research Topics
Students studying French, German, Italian or Spanish at 4th or 5th year are permitted to take this individual reading subject. After consultation with an appropriate member of staff who agrees to act as a supervisor, students wishing to take this sub... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
Elective subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
116-415 The Sociolinguistics of French
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-432 French Cinema and Society
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-449 Special Research Subject A
This subject is designed to allow students to develop their analytical and research skills in a particular area of French cinema. Students may choose to analyse a French film, the work of a French film director, French film criticism, a French film g... Semester 1 12.50
116-451 Contemporary French Fiction
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-452 Introduction to European Critical Theory
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-454 Special Research Subject B
This subject is designed to allow students to develop their analytical and research skills in French literary studies, and particularly in the area of narrative and identity. Students may choose to analyse French literary texts or specific theoretica... Semester 2 12.50
116-456 Espaces Francophones
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-472 French Orientalisms
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
119-410 Seminars in Languages and Linguistics A
A program of advanced seminars on a current topic in language and cultural studies and/or linguistics and applied linguistics. The topic studied will vary from year to year depending on the availability of staff. Students will gain an in-depth knowle... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
119-411 Seminars in Languages and Linguistics B
A program of advanced seminars on a current topic in language and cultural studies and/or linguistics and applied linguistics. The topic studied will vary from year to year depending on the availability of staff. Students will gain an in-depth knowle... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
116-471 French IV: Honours Language II
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50