BA Hons (Full Time)
Year:13/14
UCAS Code:LR71
Minimum Length:4 Year(s)
Credit Points:390
Part II Weight:9
Part II Year 2 Weight:4
Part II Year 3 Weight:1
Part II Year 4 Weight:4
Director of Studies:Dr AM Folkard
Compulsory Modules
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PartI
The student must take the following modules:
The student must take 1 modules from the following group:
PartII (Year 2)
The student must take the following modules:
PartII (Year 3)
The student must take the following modules:
PartII (Year 4)
The student must take the following modules:
Educational Aims: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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The Modern Languages and Geography Programmes combine modules from two cognate disciplines to provide a broadly-based integrated programme of study focused on the analysis of economy, society, culture and language. Their aims are:
- To provide a flexible but structured training in French and Geography which will provide students with knowledge and understanding appropriate for subject-specific graduate
employment
- To develop key transferable skills to prepare students for more general graduate employment
- To develop the intellectual and practical skills necessary for progression to postgraduate research and training
- To encourage academic curiosity which will prepare students for lifelong learning
- To offer a choice of modules which will give students experience across the spectrum of French Studies and Geography
- To offer all students the opportunity to conduct a research project
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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Knowledge and Understanding
Although using modules available to all students in the two departments, this degree is distinctive in that it utilises a restricted range of relevant year two and year three courses, entails a year abroad acquiring language skills and requires students to undertake a project that is focused on an approved topic that integrates material from geography and modern languages.
Students will be given guidance on an appropriate choice of modules.
Intellectual skills
- Synthesising and critically evaluating information from a variety of sources
- Interpreting textual, cartographic, and numerical data
- Assessing the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and policies in geography
- Analysing, problem-solving and decision making
- Developing a reasoned argument and intellectual integrity
Practical skills
- high-level French language skills and a detailed knowledge of the society and culture of Francophone countries, particularly through their third year spent in an appropriate
country
- Plan, execute and report on fieldwork and geographical research in the human and physical realms, and an ability to use the technical skills needed for this
- Carry out risk assessments and list appropriate safety precautions associated with practical or project work
- Appreciate the ethical issues in geographical debates, as a citizen and researcher
Transferable skills
- Work independently or as part of a team
- Use relevant Information Technology
- Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills
- Design and prepare project proposals
- An ability to learn new, diverse and complex material
- Take responsibility for, and reflect on one's learning, at university and later in life
