University of York

BA (Hons) French and Philosophy (with a year abroad)

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Sep
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4 years

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University of York
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Intakes : Sep
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Duration : 4 years
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Award : University of York

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Tuition Fee (Home)
MYR 373,370
Estimated Total Fees
MYR 373,370

Course Content

Year 1
You will study core modules split across your two departments:

  • French Grammar 
  • French Language and Society I 
  • Beginning Philosophy 
  • Ethics 
  • Ancient Philosophy 
  • Reason and Argument A 

You will also choose from the following linguistics modules: 

  • Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology 
  • Introduction to Semantics 
  • Introduction to Syntax 
  • LFA module at any level 

If you are taking French ab initio, you will follow an intensive, fast-track programme with more French. You will not study any linguistics.

  • Ab Initio French Language Skills 
  • Ab Initio French Language and Society 
  • Ab Initio French Grammar 

Year 2

Core modules
You will take core modules in each subject.

  • French Language and Society 
  • Philosophy of Language 

Option modules 
French
Choose one of the following:

  • The Francophone World 
  • French Society Onscreen 

You will study one further module from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. You can either study one of the language options listed above or choose one of the following linguistics modules: 

  • Intermediate phonetics and phonology 
  • Intermediate semantics 
  • Intermediate syntax 
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language I

You can choose to replace this module with a language option from our Languages for All programme, or an elective module from another department. 

Philosophy
You'll take Key Ideas modules. These modules look in more depth at topics across theoretical philosophy and philosophy concerned with value, as well as the history of philosophy. 

You will take a selection of modules, examples of which may include:

  • Ethical Theory 
  • Feminist Philosophy 
  • Religious Ethics 
  • Hume's Empiricism 
  • Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz 
  • Intermediate Logic 
  • Aesthetics 
  • Applied Ethics 
  • Metaphysics 
  • Philosophy of Mind 
  • Philosophy of Science 
  • Nietzsche 
  • Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
  • Kant’s Theoretical & Practical Philosophy

 Year 3

  • Year Abroad (You'll go to a French-speaking country)

Year 4

French
You'll study core modules:

  • French Language and Society III 
  • French and Philosophy Text Module 

You will take an option module, examples of which may include:

  • Translation Methodology and Practice (French) 
  • French Society Onscreen 
  • France and the Second World War: Memory, Trauma and Identity 

You'll also study with the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. You can choose to study another one of the options listed above or choose one of the following linguistics modules: 

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language II 
  • Independent Study 
  • Applied Phonological Theory: Clinical Data in English 

You can choose to replace this module with a language option from our Languages for All programme, or an elective module from another department. 

Philosophy
You will take a Philosophy module, examples of which may include:

  • Short Dissertation 
  • Contemporary Issues in Bioethics 
  • Philosophy of Psychology
  • Happiness, Utility and Well-Being
  • Mind and Morality
  • Theories of Social Justice: Rawls & Beyond 
  • Philosophy of Action
  • Further Topics in Ethics
  • Philosophy of Recognition
  • Idolatry and Tradition: The Philosophy of Maimonides and Cresca

You will take another Philosophy module, examples of which may include:

  • Contemporary Issues in Bioethics 
  • Foundations of Maths 
  • German Idealism: Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy 
  • The Value and Meaning of Life 
  • Consciousness 
  • Short Dissertation
  • Philosophy of Christianity
  • From Marx to Critical Theory
  • Cognitive Anomalies, Democracy and Decision-Making
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Philosophy of Time
  • Property and Self-Ownership
  • Philosophy of Grief

 

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