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Masters in French - Linguistics

College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
PAC Course Code: CKE34
Qualification: MA
Duration: 1 year full-time
EU Fees: The EU tuition fee for this MA programme 2009/2010 (1 year full-time) was E4,855.00.
Closing Date - EU Applicants: Tue, 01 June 10
Closing Date - Non-EU Applicants: Mon, 31 May 10

Overview of French - Linguistics (MA)

The MA degree in French – Linguistics aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop an awareness and understanding of key concepts in various fields of linguistics and to focus on a range of research questions and research methods in linguistics. Students will have the opportunity to work on a range of specialized areas

key issues in the evolution of the French language
sociolinguistic approaches to language variation and change in French and to issues of language and gender
theory of second language acquisition
language policy and planning and the international status of French

Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

Collect, analyse and draw conclusions on various types of linguistic data;
Engage in critical discussion of linguistic topics;
Deliver an oral presentation on a linguistic topic;
Identify broad trends of scholarship in the area;
Select, define and carry out an individual research topic and present the findings in a research dissertation.

What will I be Studying?

Programme Requirements
Part I consists of taught modules to the value of 45 credits. Part II consists of a dissertation to the value of 45 credits.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I
FR6101 Approaches to Linguistics (15 credits)
plus
either 30 credits from the following (subject to availability):
FR6102 Language Variation and Change: The Case of French (10 credits)
FR6103 Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (10 credits)
FR6104 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Language and Gender (10 credits)
FR6105 Language Policy and Language Practice in Canada (10 credits)
FR6106 The Evolution of the French Language: Issues and Milestones (10 credits)
or
20 credits from the following:
FR6102 Language Variation and Change: The Case of French (10 credits)
FR6103 Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (10 credits)
FR6104 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Language and Gender (10 credits)
FR6105 Language Policy and Language Practice in Canada (10 credits)
FR6106 The Evolution of the French Language: Issues and Milestones (10 credits)
and
10 credits from the following:
FR6203 Orientalism, Ethnography and the Other (10 credits)
FR6204 Contemporary French Philosophy: Theory as Vision (10 credits)
FR6205 Reading the City (10 credits)
FR6303 Marguerite Duras: L'Écriture dans tous ses états (10 credits)
FR6304 Unsettling Identities: Auto-biographical Spaces in Contemporary Writing (10 credits)
FR6305 "Lorsque le theatre se fait femme": Women Writing for the Stage in France (10 credits)
FR6402 Myth in Modern Novel (10 credits)
FR6403 French Writers in Rome (10 credits)
FR6404 "Regards Croisés": Travel Writing around France in Ireland and Ireland in France (10 credits)
FR6405 Heroes and Heroines from Aeschylus to Lara Croft (10 credits)
FR6002 Camille Claudel (10 credits)
FR6003 Myth and the Imaginaire: Tragedy, Anime, Romans graphiques (10 credits)

Part II
FR6199 Dissertation (45 credits)

Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules 2009/2010.

(Elective modules will be subject to availability)

Entry Requirements

A standard of at least a second-class honours in the subject in the B.A. examination, or an equivalent qualification, will be expected.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL equivalent

Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Programmes

Please note that non-EU applicants are not eligible to study part-time programmes

Application Procedure

To apply for this programme, please go on-line to www.pac.ie/ucc Full details of the application procedure can be found how to apply

Please note an additional supplementary candidate's statement form is NOT required when applying for this postgraduate programme

All other required supporting documentation (e.g. evidence of non-UCC undergraduate/postgraduate qualifications) must be UPLOADED via the PAC "Application Status" link or sent in hard copy to The Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1, Courthouse Square, Galway (marked with the applicants PAC application number)

Further Information

Number of Places: 10

Dr Maeve Conrick
Department of French, University College Cork
Tel + 33 21 4902653
Email: m.conrick@ucc.ie

Dr Martin Howard
Department of French, Univeristy College Cork
Tel + 33 21 4902520
Email: m.howard@ucc.ie

Web page: Dept.of French

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