Program Overview

Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature

Degree Overview

To obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in French Language and Literature, the student must complete 123 credit hours. These hours are University requirements (UR), College requirements (CR), and Program requirements (PR).

Degree Structure

• College: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Department: Foreign Languages
• Level: Undergraduate
• Study System: Courses
• Total Credit Hours: 123 Cr. Hrs.
• Duration: 4 Years
• Intake: Fall and Spring
• Language: French
• Study Mode: Full Time

Degree Requirements

University Requirements

The program requires students to take 24 credit hours, 18 of which are compulsory and the 6 are electives. Seven domains are covered:

• English Language
• Arabic Language
• Islamic Studies
• UAE Studies
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Information Technology
• Humanities, Social and Arts
• Natural and Health Sciences

College Requirements

Every student has to select 5 courses out of these 6:

• Art of Writing in Arabic
• Introduction to Education
• Islamic History
• History of the Islamic City
• Women and Development
• Arab Society

Program Requirements

Students have to take all the compulsory courses (21 courses) and select 5 elective courses from the list of electives courses for the BA in French.

Compulsory Courses

Course number | Course Title | Credited hours | Prerequisite s
---|---|---|---
| French for beginnersI | 6 |
| French for beginners II | 6 |
| Oral and written Comprehension I | 3 |
| Writing Skills I | 3 |
| Advanced French | 3 |
| Oral and Written Comprehension II | 3 |
| Writing Skills II | 3 |
| Oral Practice | 3 |
| Grammar I | 3 |
| Grammar II | 3 |
| Civilization of the Francophone World | 3 |
| Debate | 3 |
| Contemporary French civilization | 3 |
| History and Analysis of Literary Texts | 3 |
| French Literature in the 18th and 19th Centuries | 3 |
| General Linguistics | 3 |
| Syntax | 3 |
| Literature and films | 3 |
| Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| French literature in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| Field Training | 3 |

Elective Courses

Course number | Course Title | Credited hours | Prerequisites
---|---|---|---
| General Translation | 3 |
| French for Business | 3 |
| Introduction to Translation | 3 |
| Francophone studies | 3 |
| Assessment of Teaching FLE | 3 |
| French for Diplomacy | 3 |
| French for Tourism | 3 |
| Teaching French as a Foreign Language | 3 |
| Internship in translation | 3 |
| Film studies | 3 |

Course Description

Course description

French intensive course Course code: 099 6UNCREDITED Course This course is based on Alter Ego I manual. The main objective of this course is to introduce learners to French and to teach them the basics of the four skills corresponding to level A1.

Career Path

Graduates of the proposed program will have a wide range of job opportunities in the private and public sectors. The labor market in the UAE offers graduates of the program job opportunities in federal ministries, media organizations, the Federal National Council, International inter-governmental organizations in the UAE, embassies, national security, strategic studies and research centers, schools, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) offices, etc.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the sounds of French and pronounce words and sentences clearly and legibly in terms of segmental and supra-segmental features.
• Analyze words into their respective constituents and differentiate sense relations between lexical units.
• Analyze sentences into their basic constituents and produce well-formed sentences of various levels of complexity.
• Analyze language at the semantic, sociolinguistic, and discoursal levels.
• Communicate with clarity, precision, in a variety of forms and for a variety of audiences in well-organized informative and persuasive speeches, paragraphs, essays, reports or research papers.
• Differentiate between the major teaching methods and techniques and apply the appropriate teaching method/techniques in teaching specific language skills, taking into consideration language learning principles and styles.
• Prepare valid tests of different types to assess the various language skills.
• Read a variety of literary genres critically and proficiently to demonstrate in writing or speech the comprehension, analysis, and interpretation of those genres.
• Translate and interpret a variety of text types from French into Arabic and vice versa, using proper terminology and appropriate style.
• Characterize the cultural specificities of the French speaking world.
• Use research skills and procedures to conduct research and deliver written and oral presentations.