116-027 French, Foreigners and Aliens

116-133 French I: Cultural Perspectives and 116-134 French I: Language in Context II or equivalent. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed first-year European studies, see Prerequisites.

This subject covers topics such as French identity, assimilation and integration of the regions, colonisation and de-colonisation, early and contemporary immigration in France, immigration policies, migrants' sons and daughters, racism and anti-racism, nationality and citizenship. On completion of this subject, students should be able to analyse critically and synthesise coherently the arguments in the current debate on immigration in France; and discriminate among statements of evidence, interpretations, opinion and facts, regarding the definition and redefinition of the notions of culture, identity, and Frenchness.