French (Hons) University of Liverpool

Overview

Fluency in French opens up dynamic and fast-changing parts of the world outside Europe, including North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as parts of the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. 

A mastery of this language brings with it access to cultural products including world literature and cinema, but also important social, cultural, historical and linguistic debates.

Key Features

• At Liverpool, French can be taken from A level or as a beginner’s language, with no previous qualifications necessary. The  French (Hons) BA programme from University of Liverpool is designed to both refresh and extend your knowledge of French, with the perfection of language skills at the heart of our degrees. We also actively foster in our students the development of professional skills in French.
• All the degrees demand a full intellectual engagement with a wide selection of areas in French studies. You will study French both in and beyond France, as well as aspects of French studies from various social, historical, visual, literary, filmic and linguistic aspects.
• All students will spend one year in a French-speaking country as a language assistant in a school, student at a partner university, or on a work placement. If you combine French with a minor in another language, you will split the year between a French-speaking country and another country.

Career opportunities:

French graduates have the opportunity to gain employability skills and work experience, with a curriculum that delivers the skills employers are looking for. The Year Abroad also provides the option to develop international experience as part of their degree studies.

French graduates go on to careers in all sectors worldwide, including:

• The media.
• Industry and commerce.
• Finance.
• Local and central government, administration.
• Translation and interpreting.
• Teaching in schools and universities.

Many of our students also undertake postgraduate study, either in our own department or for example, on a PGCE translation or law conversion course.