Program Overview

French and English BA Honours

Overview

The French and English BA Honours course at the University of Westminster is designed to train students to become competent linguists and communicators, ready to enter graduate employment. The course emphasizes employability, offering high-quality teaching in all language skills alongside knowledge and understanding of contemporary cultural contexts.

Course Structure

The course is structured over three years, with the option to undertake a professional placement year in industry or a period of study abroad at one of Westminster's partner institutions.

Year 1

• Introducing English Language
• Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
• Introduction to Translation (available to intermediate students)
• Language and Text
• Objects and Meaning: The Social Life of Material Culture
• The French World and the Word
• What is Literature?

Year 2

• Expressions of French Culture
• History of the English Language
• Language in the Public Space
• Making Memory: Culture, History and Representation
• Multilingual e-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
• Spoken Discourse Analysis
• The Novel
• Understanding Culture: Francophone Studies in Focus

Placement Year

Between Years 2 and 3, students have the opportunity to undertake a professional placement year in industry or a period of study abroad at one of Westminster's partner institutions.

Year 3

• Final Year Project
• Identities on the Move: Francophone Studies in Focus
• Issues in Culture
• Language and Power
• Multilingualism in Society: Theory and Practice
• Reading the Present
• Sex Strike: Gender and Protest
• Sexualities in Literature and Culture
• Studies in Literary Language
• Themes in Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
• Work Placement for Humanities

Entry Requirements

UK

• A levels – BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points)
• T levels – 104 UCAS Tariff points
• International Baccalaureate – 104 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DMM
• BTEC Diploma – D*D
• Access – 104 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course

International

• International Baccalaureate – 104 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme

Additional Requirements

• GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher Level
• GCSE Maths grade 4/C – IB grade 4
• IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component (if first language is not English)

Fees and Funding

UK

• UK tuition fee: £1,580 (Price per 20-credit module)
• Funding available: tuition fee loans, scholarships, and undergraduate student funding options

International

• International tuition fee: £2,830 (Price per 20-credit module)
• Funding available: international student funding, EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching Methods

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Practical sessions
• Independent learning

Assessment Methods

• Essays
• Exams
• Individual and group presentations
• Projects
• Critical analysis

Supporting You

• Study support: workshops, 1-2-1 support, and online resources
• Personal tutors: support in fulfilling academic and personal potential
• Student advice team: specialist advice on funding, benefits, and visas
• Extra-curricular activities: volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events

Course Location

• Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW

Related Courses

• French and Linguistics BA Honours
• French and International Communication BA Honours