Study Schemes

BA  French / German [RR12]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
FR19900

French Language Advanced

Semester 2
FR12910

Images of France: The French Family

FR19930

French Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
GE19900

German Language Advanced

Semester 2
GE19930

German Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
GE11120

Beginners German 1

Semester 2
GE11020

Beginners German 2

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
FR10920

Beginners French 1

Semester 2
FR11020

Beginners French 2

Year 1  Options

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Year 1  Options

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take GE10810 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

GE10810

Exploring German Cultural Identity

Year 1  Options

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Year 1  Options

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR20100

French Language

Semester 2
FR20130

French Language

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE20100

German Language

Semester 2
GE20130

German Language

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR28020

Narrating and Visualising French Colonialism

FR29110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

FR20310

Language of Business 1

FR23320

L'Art Du Récit (19e - 20e Siècles)

FR27820

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

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

GE22820

Children's Literature in German

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

GE27110

Short Prose in German

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 (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR30100

French Language

Semester 2
FR30130

French Language

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE30100

German Language

Semester 2
GE30130

German Language

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

GE32820

Children's Literature in German

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

GE31110

Contemporary German Politics

GE37220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

FR30310

The Language of Business and Current Affairs

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR38020

Narrating and Visualising French Colonialism

FR39110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

FR33320

L'Art Du Rêcit (19e - 20e Siècles)

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