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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module FREN2041: POLITICS & CULTURE OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (French)

FREN2041: POLITICS & CULTURE OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Available in 2005/2006	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

French Language 1 (I) (FREN1011) OR an equivalent qualification to the satisfaction of the Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Corequisites

Modern European Languages, Combined Honours and all Joint and 'with' programmes: French Language 2 (FREN2051). Other: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Excluded Combinations

Not available to students taking the Language Centre module French in Society II (LANG2051)

Aims

To introduce students to the ways in which the government and culture of the Fifth Republic have developed since 1958, and to study the social and political issues which shape contemporary French culture.

Content

This module, which is taught and examined in French, is intended to introduce second-year students to the ways in which the government and culture of the Fifth Republic have developed over the last 50 years.
It will be of particular interest to students proposing to spend their third year in France, as well as to those with a particular interest in the social and political issues which shape modern French culture.
Topics: The Founding and Constitution of the Fifth Republic, De Gaulle and 1968, From Mitterrand to Chirac, The Urbanisation of Modern France, Intellectuals and Thinkers, Education, The Media, Imigrants and Identity.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Lectures	18	1 per week	1 hour	18
Seminars	10	1 per fortnight	1 hour	10
Preparation and Reading				172
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Dossier and Report	40%	a project - dossier and 1200 word report in French -		100%
Examination	60%	a two-hour examination in French		100%

Formative Assessment

2 short essays; 1 dossier.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.