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Elementary stream first-year subject descriptions
Elementary stream second and third-year subject descriptions
Intermediate stream subject descriptions
Post VCE stream first-year subject descriptions
Post VCE stream second and third-year subject descriptions
Additional French subject descriptions available at second and third-year
Fourth Year Honours subject descriptions
French involves the study of the language and of the cultural traditions and transformations of one of the world's great civilisations. France has exerted a major influence on the cultural and political history of the modern world and it has a central position in the European Union. French is also the language of numerous other countries and cultures - in Europe, Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and it is one of the main languages used by international bodies such as the United Nations.
Graduates in French are equipped to excel in numerous professions, including radio and television, the diplomatic service, international trade, the law, and administration. They may also undertake further training for professions such as journalism, teaching, interpreting, and librarianship. At the international level, French is widely used, and competence in French can open doors to a variety of opportunities.
The French Section offers separate entry points for those students who have passed VCE French, those who have completed four or five years of study, and those who have little or no prior knowledge of the language. It has a strong commitment to language teaching, and employs the most recent advances in teaching technologies. These include the use of the computer laboratory at the Horwood Language Centre, and French television via satellite. The Section is also committed to the critical examination of the French language cultural tradition and offers students a number of pathways to competence in this area.
The language stream or level in which a student enrols will be determined by the department. Placement will be based on the students' VCE results, other language study record or a placement test. A placement test is held for Post-VCE and intermediate candidates during Orientation Week each year. Enrolment will remain provisional until confirmed or, alternatively, altered according to students' needs as determined during the first weeks of teaching. As far as possible, changes will be notified in the first two weeks of the semester. Changes in weeks 3 and 4 will have to be reported to the Associate Dean.
For admission to Post-VCE subjects (116-114 French Part 1: Contemporary France I and 116-115 French Part 1: Cultural Perspectives), students should normally have obtained a pass in the VCE French examination or its equivalent.
Students with four or five years of high-school French or equivalent enrol in the Intermediate stream (116-173 Intermediate French I and 116-174 Intermediate French II). Upon successful completion of the programme, students obtaining at least H2A results may proceed to 116-214 French Part 2: Language (Post-VCE stream). Those obtaining less than H2A results may continue on to 116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1 (Elementary stream).
Admission to Introduction to 116-101 Introduction To French Part 1A and 116-102 French Part 1A will be limited to students who have no knowledge or very little knowledge of French. Admission to 116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1 will require a pass in French 1A/2C or in 183-109 Intensive Beginners French (Summer School), or equivalent.
A Beginners French (116-205 Introduction To French Part 2C) is available to students wishing to begin French in the second year of their course; 116-306 French Part 3C, Unit 1 is offered in the following year.
A major in French requires the completion of five 16.7 points subjects at second and third-year level including 116-214 French Part 2: Language and 116-314 French Part 3: Language and Communication I and 116-315 French Part 3 Language and Communication II.
The two remaining 'content' based subjects are chosen from a list of second and third-year level subjects offered by the Department. At least one of these subjects must be taught in French. Students achieving a level of H2A in 116-314 French Part 3: Language and Communication I may elect to replace by 116-315 French Part 3 Language and Communication II with a further content based subject.
Students wishing to take Pure French Honours are strongly advised to enrol in additional French subjects at second and third-year level.
It is possible to be admitted to the Post-VCE French stream through the elementary stream or the intermediate stream. Through the elementary stream, the requirements are: (a) at least an H2A in French Part 1A; (b) subsequent enrolment and pass in both French Part 2A (Units 1 and 2) and French Part 2. Through the intermediate stream, the requirements are: (a) at least an H2A in Intermediate French 2, and (b) subsequent enrolment and pass in French Part 2. Students may then complete the requirements for the major sequence (Post-VCE French stream).
Students are encouraged to consider choosing additional subjects (literary, cultural, linguistic) related to French studies offered in other departments. Please note, they cannot be counted toward the French major.
Art History
111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century
History
131-244 Class, Gender and Revolution: France 1815-1919
131-245 The Crises of Modern France: Society and Culture 1919-1995
Politics
166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
175-200 First Language Acquisition
175-201 Second Language Learning and Teaching
The prerequisite for admission to honours is completion of the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in French (Post-VCE French stream) with a average grade over the major of at least H2B.
Students taking Pure Honours in French must complete:
Students undertaking Combined Honours in French must complete:
The French Section offers various possibilities for suitably qualified students to gain credit for study in France and elsewhere through exchange and other programs. Through the School of Languages a number of travelling scholarships are available. Interested students should consult the departmental handbook for more details.
Diploma in Modern Languages - French Studies, Graduate Diploma in Arts (Modern Languages - French Studies), Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (French Studies), Masters, PhD.
For more information please contact:
Department of French and Italian116-101 Introduction To French Part 1A
116-102 French Part 1A
116-205 Introduction To French Part 2C
116-206 French Part 2C
116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1
116-202 French Part 2A, Unit 2
116-306 French Part 3C, Unit 1
116-307 French Part 3C, Unit 2
116-302 French Part 3A
116-173 Intermediate French I
116-174 Intermediate French II
116-114 French Part 1: Contemporary France I
116-115 French Part 1: Cultural Perspectives
116-214 French Part 2: Language
116-314 French Part 3: Language and Communication I
116-315 French Part 3 Language and Communication II
116-220 Classical and Contemporary Novel
116-221 Performing The Text: The French Theatre From Corneille To Beckett
116-222 Poetics and Poetry
116-223 France and the Pacific
116-224 Varieties of French
116-225 Spoken French: Theory and Practice
116-227 Introduction To Romance
116-228 French Reading Course for Beginners
116-230 En-Gendering Culture: Women and Representation in French Society
116-231 Special Study Program
116-233 French Cinema 1940/1968: Aesthetics and Ideology
116-234 French, Foreigners, and Aliens: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France
116-235 European Spectacle 1918-1968
116-242 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930
116-243 The Word and the Image: Art, Music, Literature and Society in 19th and 20th Centuries France
116-277 Paris: Capital of the Nineteenth Century (on site in Paris)
116-278 Foreignness, Integration and Exclusion: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France and Germany
116-279 Puzzles and Mazes: Experimental Writing in Twentieth-Century France
116-287 Passions, powers, liberties: the culture of classical and enlightenment France
116-432 Imaging Change: French Cinema Since the New Wave
116-449 Special Reading Course
116-450 Topics in French Syntax and Semantics
116-451 Themes in Contemporary Literature
116-452 Welcome Unreason: French Critical Thought and its Dissidents
116-454 Translation Theory and Practice
116-456 Espaces Francophones: Converging and Diverging Cultures
116-461 French Part 4: Advanced Spoken and Written Language
116-464 French Honours Thesis
116-470 French Erotic Literature, 1560-1954
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