UKTESML008: BA (hons): Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Italian)



Year 1, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0001 French written & spoken language 1A      6 Credits

ESML0003 French cultural studies 1A: Styles & genres in French culture      3 Credits

ESML0005 French politics & society 1A: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises      3 Credits

ESML0060 Italian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio)      6 Credits

ESML0064 Italian cultural studies 1A: Introduction to Italian cultural history      3 Credits

ESML0065 Italian politics & society 1A: Italian foundation history (1860-1914)      3 Credits

ESML0103 Europe 1A: Introduction to European studies      6 Credits




Year 1, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0002 French written & spoken language 1B      6 Credits

ESML0004 French cultural studies 1B: Changing viewpoints in the novel      3 Credits

ESML0006 French politics & society 1B: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises      3 Credits

ESML0061 Italian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio)      6 Credits

ESML0066 Italian cultural studies 1B: Italian writing of the 19th and 20th centuries      3 Credits

ESML0067 Italian politics & society 1B: Italian fascism      3 Credits

ESML0104 Europe 1B: Europe since 1945      6 Credits




Year 2, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0007 French written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0009 French cultural studies 2A: Violence & disintegration      3 Credits

ESML0011 French politics & society 2A: Les années Mitterrand      3 Credits

ESML0068 Italian written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0070 Italian cultural studies 2A: Italian writers of the early 20th Century      3 Credits

ESML0071 Italian politics & society 2A: Italy since 1945      3 Credits

ESML0105 Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union      6 Credits




Year 2, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0008 French written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits

ESML0069 Italian written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0283 Italian politics & society 2B, option 1: Migratory movements & migrants in post-war Italy      3 Credits

ESML0284 Italian politics & society 2B, option 2: Political scandals in Italy since 1945      3 Credits

ESML0371 Italian politics and society 2B, option 3: The representation of Italy      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0081 Economic organisation of the European Community      6 Credits

ESML0385 European political thought      6 Credits

ESML0407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

ESML0424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL)      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0010 French cultural studies 2B, option 1: Conflicting realities: film in France in the 1920s & 1930s      3 Credits

ESML0012 French cultural studies 2B, option 2: First person camera: French cinema & the auteur tradition      3 Credits

ESML0109 French cultural studies 2B, option 7: Camus & the Algerian question      3 Credits

ESML0112 French cultural studies 2B, option 8: Images of conflict: the French at war      3 Credits

ESML0430 French cultural studies 2B, option 11: Ecrire les langues francaises: recent francophone literature      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0271 French politics & society 2B, option 1: Regional policy in the Fifth Republic      3 Credits

ESML0272 French politics & society 2B, option 2: 'Capitale et province'      3 Credits

ESML0273 French politics & society 2B, option 3: The role & position of women in French society      3 Credits

ESML0274 French politics & society 2B, option 4: French local politics      3 Credits

ESML0275 French politics & society 2B, option 5: Rural society in contemporary France      3 Credits

ESML0276 French politics & society 2B, option 6: The experience of women during the Second World War      3 Credits

ESML0277 French politics & society 2B, option 7: La France: une société au pluriel      3 Credits

ESML0278 French politics & society 2B, option 8: Political communication from party & individual      3 Credits

ESML0279 French politics & society 2B, option 9: France coming to terms with the German occupation of 1940-44      3 Credits

ESML0298 French politics & society 2B: option 10: La France dans le monde      3 Credits

ESML0373 French politics & society 2B, option 11: Political scandals in France      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0280 Italian cultural studies 2B, option 1: Decadentismo: Luigi Pirandello & Italo Svevo      3 Credits

ESML0281 Italian cultural studies 2B, option 2: Post-war Italian cinema      3 Credits

ESML0282 Italian cultural studies 2B, option 3: Post-war Italian narrative      3 Credits




Year 3, Academic Year

Mode of Attendance: Paid period of experience


Mandatory Units

ESML0300 Year abroad      60 Credits




Year 4, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0013 French written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits

ESML0074 Italian written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0040 International relations 1: A history of international relations theory      6 Credits

ECOI0042 Politics of developing countries: ethnicity, religion and nationalism      6 Credits

ESML0107 European option E1: Intellectuals & identity in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

ESML0110 European option E3: European film 1      6 Credits

ESML0294 European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe divided      6 Credits

MANG0040 European integration studies 1      5 Credits

Select between 3 and      9 credits from the following list:

ESML0017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle      6 Credits

ESML0018 French national option F4: Films of the nouvelle vague      6 Credits

ESML0019 French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais      6 Credits

ESML0022 French national option F8: Specialist language - translation A      3 Credits

ESML0024 French national option F9: Specialist language - interpreting A      3 Credits

ESML0027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande      6 Credits

ESML0028 French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement      6 Credits

ESML0388 French national option F7: Les partis politiques en France      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0076 Italian national option IT1: Territorial identities & socio-political cultures in Italy      6 Credits

ESML0078 Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo      6 Credits

ESML0421 IT7: The changing nature of left-wing politics-Power, oppression and resistance in Italy since 1960s      6 Credits




Year 4, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0014 French written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits

ESML0075 Italian written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0041 International relations 2: contemporary international relations      6 Credits

ECOI0043 Governance and the policy process in developing countries      6 Credits

ESML0108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era?      6 Credits

ESML0111 European option E4: European film 2      6 Credits

ESML0295 European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe in the 1990s: towards unification?      6 Credits

MANG0059 European integration studies 2      5 Credits

SOCP0012 European social policy: a comparative approach      6 Credits

SOCP0070 Social issues in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

Select between 3 and      9 credits from the following list:

ESML0016 French national option F2: La France urbaine      6 Credits

ESML0020 French national option F6: French autobiography      6 Credits

ESML0023 French national option F8: Specialist language - translation B      3 Credits

ESML0025 French national option F9: Specialist language - interpreting B      3 Credits

ESML0026 French national option F10: Surrealism      6 Credits

ESML0029 French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine      6 Credits

ESML0422 French national option F14: Marguerite Duras - Femme du siècle      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0077 Italian national option IT2: The novel, the cinema & Italian society      6 Credits

ESML0079 Italian national option IT4: Women in Italian society      6 Credits

ESML0421 IT7: The changing nature of left-wing politics-Power,oppression and resistance in Italy since 1960      6 Credits



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