Description
This course will provide you with high level language skills and introduce you to major contemporary cultural, historical, political and economic developments and issues concerning the two countries. With the option to spend a year abroad, the study of French and Spanish will equip you with language and communication experience and a range of transferable skills valued by employers.
If you choose this course you will benefit from:
A year studying or working abroad, which provides you with an international experience that many businesses are looking for when employing a graduate. You will usually spend half of the year in a French speaking country and half of the year in a Spanish-speaking country
Use of modern technologies, such as busuu.com and Livemocha, to maintain links with native speakers of the languages that you are studying
Experienced teaching staff who bring professional or research expertise in to their teaching
Modules in French and Spanish 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 language teachers
Detailed Course Facts
Tuition fee- GBP 8586 Module (EEA)
- GBP 10950 Module (Non-EEA)
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.With the option to spend a year abroad, the study of French and Spanish will equip you with language and communication experience and a range of transferable skills valued by employers.
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test. More About IELTSRequirements
- A-Levels: BCC, to include French at grade C
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM, plus A2 French at grade C or equivalent
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28 points to include French at Higher Level
- 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 SchemeMerit 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.
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 BordersBrazilian students are able to apply for full scholarship - including tuition fees and accommodation - to study undergraduate sandwich programmes at Coventry University.
Commonwealth Scholarship SchemeThe 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 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.
