Study Schemes

BA  French / German [RR12]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2024/2025)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
GE11900

German Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
GE11940

German Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
FR11900

French Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11940

French Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
FR11700

French Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11740

French Language (Beginners)

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
GE11700

German Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
GE11740

German Language (Beginners)

Year 1  Options

Choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Year 1  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

GE10920

Exploring German Cultural Identity

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR22100

French Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
FR22140

French Language (Intermediate)

Year 2  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE22100

German Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
GE22140

German Language (Intermediate)

Year 2  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
FR21020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR26120

Humour and Literature

FR27820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Year 2  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
GE26020

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE27220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GES0000

Intercalary Year Dissertation

Semester 2
GES0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FRS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
FRS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR33400

French Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
FR33440

French Language (Advanced)

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE33400

German Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
GE33440

German Language (Advanced)

Final Year  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
GE36120

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE37220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Final Year  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
FR31020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR36120

Humour and Literature

FR37820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary