French and International Relations

Description

For centuries, French has been considered the language of diplomacy, essential for working in the European Union and other international organisations. The combined study of French and International Relations allows you to deepen your understanding of the French language and the events and issues that have shaped world politics.
This flexible course offers you the opportunity to spend a year abroad and to tailor your degree to suit your personal interests or career aspirations.
If you choose this course you will benefit from:

• A year studying or working in a French-speaking country, which provides you with an international experience that many businesses are looking for when employing
a graduate
• Use of modern technologies, such as busuu.com and Livemocha, to maintain links with native speakers of the language that you are studying
• Experienced teaching staff who bring professional or research expertise in to their teaching
• Modules in French culture and society that give you specific applied language skills which will be relevant to the workplace
• The opportunity to gain valuable work experience by mentoring pupils and shadowing French teachers

Detailed Course Facts

Tuition fee

• GBP 8586 Module (EEA)
• GBP 10950 Module (International)

Start date September 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Part-time, Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

This course is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new developments and the requirements of the profession and of employers. The following represents some of the subjects that currently make up the course.

Your course will be based on a series of mini-lectures and task-based activities such as translation from and into French, listening and grammar exercises, oral presentations and summary writing from written and audio/visual sources. In addition, your personal tutor will review and discuss your progress with you and will be available for advice.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

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Requirements

Typical Offers

• A-Levels: BCC, to include French at grade C
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM, plus A2 French at grade C or equivalent

Access: The Access Diploma to include 30 Level 3 credits at Merit in French units. Access applicants can meet the GCSE requirements through their current studies and do not need to have these qualifications separately

• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28 points to include French at Higher Level

Essential Entry Requirements:

• GCSEs: 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C including English Language, or specified equivalents

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Coventry University.

Funding

Merit Scholarship Scheme

Merit Scholarship scheme: £1,000, in year one only and based on academic performance.

• Available to all international students applying for full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Coventry University.
• Scholarships are allocated on the basis of academic merit. (Postgraduate applicants must hold 2.1 or equivalent, undergraduate applicants must hold A-levels or equivalent at grades BBC)
• There is no separate scholarship application process: all undergraduate applications from self-funded international students from any non-EU country and postgraduate applications from international, will automatically be considered for a merit award. You will not have to do anything, if you are successful you will be notified in due course by the International Office.

University Research Studentship Scheme

Occasionally, funding becomes available to enable the University, either centrally, through one of the faculties or from other sources, to offer research studentships in specified topics or fields of study.

Science Without Borders

Brazilian students are able to apply for full scholarship - including tuition fees and accommodation - to study undergraduate sandwich programmes at Coventry University.

Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC) offers opportunities to Commonwealth citizens to study in the UK, as part of the UK's contribution to the international Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.

If you are a citizen of a developed Commonwealth country, you can apply for:

Scholarships for PhD and split-site (PhD) study

If you are a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, you can apply for

• Scholarships for Masters, PhD, or split-site (PhD) study at UK universities
• Shared Scholarships for Masters study at selected UK universities

If you are a citizen of the Maldives, St Helena or the Seychelles, you can apply for:

• Scholarships for undergraduate study at UK universities

Ferguson Trust Scholarships

Ferguson Trust Scholarships are made available through the generosity of The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust. The Trust was set up in memory of two generations of the Ferguson family to promote education, international friendship and understanding, and the promotion of world peace and development. The Trust supports people from low-income and conflict-affected regions who want to improve their knowledge of peace and reconciliation. Scholarship amounts vary and are dependent on individual circumstances and assessment.