Bachelor's Degree in French and Romance Languages and Literatures
Daytime Programme 180 ECTS credits 3 years
European Qualifications Framework (EQF): Level 6
Internship: no Final assignment: no Exchange Programmes: yes
‘French and Romance Languages and Literatures’ at Saint-Louis University involves the in-depth study of the French language. The programme shows a willingness to study the French language in its native language form, not as learned language: Romance languages are not a subdivision of "modern languages" next to Germanic or Slavic languages.
Following an interdisciplinary approach, the courses of this option aim to develop knowledge and awareness of the language as such, but in particular as a breeding ground conveying a history, a culture, political and social points of view, and more broadly, as understanding of the world and of contemporary society, as a specific delimitation of the field of knowledge.
The programme is a balanced combination of two disciplinary aspects, inseparable and complementary: the linguistic dimension and the literary dimension to approach the language as a whole. Therefore the course includes history of the language lessons (today's French, the French of yesterday, from its Latin origins), entwined with history of French literature courses set in the European literary context, study and practice of the language (language courses, mastery of oral and written expression) mixed with literary analysis courses (interpretation of the great authors, analysis of the various critical approaches, detailed analysis of texts). In the Romance perspective, the study of French is combined with the study of another Romance language and literature: Spanish, Italian, or both (this option is specific to Saint-Louis University).
The bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures is a first cycle programme (a so-called "transition" bachelor), which comprises 180 ECTS. It provides a preparation for several second cycle programmes (Master’s degree) in the same orientation that our students can follow at another university, but also to several master's degrees for which there are "bridges".
The courses of the programme are divided into two sections: a “major” that represents the core of the programme and consists of a set of courses designed to provide a fundamental training and a specialised training, and a “minor”: a set of optional courses.