French (TSM)
- Course Type: Undergraduate
- CAO Course Code: TR001 (TSM)
- No. of Places: 84
- Min Entry Points for 2012:
400* - 580*
points (Points per TSM combination) - Duration: 4 Year(s) Full Time
- Award: B.A.
- Specific Entry Requirements: See requirements
- Course Options:
French (TSM) cannot be studied as a single honor course. It must be combined with one other subject within the two-subject moderatorship (TSM) programme. TSM is a joint honor programme. An honors degree is awarded in both subjects.
For subjects that combine with French see TSM: possible combinations
Alternatively, French may be selected as one of the two languages studied in the European studies programme or studied as the chosen language of either the Computer science and a language, the Business studies and a language or the Law and a language degree programmes.
See also:
TR011: Computer science and language
TR018: Law and French
TR024: European studies - French with German/Italian/Polish/Russian or Spanish
TR085: Business studies and French - How to apply: See how to apply
Admission Requirements
For Admission requirements please click hereApply
Click on the links below to see the available options+ EU Applicants
+ Non-EU Applicants
- TSM Ancient History and Archaeology and French, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM Classical Civilisation and French, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM Drama Studies and French, Closing Date: 01/FEB/2013
- TSM English Literature and French, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM Film Studies and French, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and German, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and History of Art and Architecture, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and History, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Italian, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Jewish and Islamic Civilisations, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Latin, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Mathematics, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Modern Irish, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Music, Closing Date: 01/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Philosophy, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Psychology, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Russian, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Sociology, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Spanish, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
- TSM French and World Religions and Theology, Closing Date: 30/JUN/2013
+ Mature Student - Supplementary Application Form
- TSM Ancient History and Archaeology and French, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM Classical Civilisation and French, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM Drama Studies and French, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM English Literature and French, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM Film Studies and French, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and German, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and History of Art and Architecture, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and History, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Italian, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Jewish and Islamic Civilisations, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Latin, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Mathematics, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Modern Irish, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Music, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Philosophy, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Psychology, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Russian, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Sociology, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and Spanish, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
- TSM French and World Religions and Theology, Closing Date: 08/FEB/2013
+ Advanced Entry Applications
- TSM Ancient History and Archaeology and French, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM Classical Civilisation and French, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM Drama Studies and French, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM English Literature and French, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM Film Studies and French, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and German, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and History of Art and Architecture, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and History, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Italian, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Jewish and Islamic Civilisations, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Latin, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Mathematics, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Modern Irish, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Music, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Philosophy, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Psychology, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Russian, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Sociology, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and Spanish, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
- TSM French and World Religions and Theology, Closing Date: 01/JUN/2013
Is this the right course for you?
French literature, culture and civilisation have a long and distinguished history. If you are interested in the possibility of exploring this dynamic society and in finding out more about other cultures where French is spoken, in Europe and throughout the world, French at Trinity College will appeal to you.
Course overview
French, read in combination with another subject, is designed to provide you with a thorough grounding in all aspects of French language and culture. The result is that you leave university with a high standard of fluency in the language, both written and spoken, and with a wide knowledge of major aspects of French literature, culture and society. The development of reading, analytical, and critical skills, in the form of both oral tasks and written exercises, forms an integral part of this course.
Course content
Language instruction - including computer-based elements - forms the backbone of the teaching programme. Students are expected to progress to a high level of competence in the four basic linguistic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. This includes nurturing an ability to cope with different registers and styles of written and spoken French and to reflect critically on the way the language is used and structured. Examples of optional subjects available over the course of the four years include French linguistics, literature, ideas and politics.
The Freshman years
The programme in the Junior Freshman (first) year includes an introduction to aspects of contemporary France, the French language and literature. First year subject areas include:
- French grammar and grammatical analysis
- Comprehension of the written and spoken language
- Contemporary short stories, novels, theatre, films and a specially prepared anthology of French poetry
You will spend approximately five hours each week working on language and grammar and approximately two hours each week studying literature and other course-work.
In the Senior Freshman (second) year, you will build on this foundation by following courses in the history of French ideas and politics, French literature, French linguistics and in the practice of the French language itself.
The Sophister years
In the Junior and Senior Sophister (third and fourth) years, a wide variety of optional subjects leading on from courses previously undertaken in the Freshman (first and second) years are available. These range from classical and Enlightenment writing to Romantic and contemporary French literature, from politics, society and identity in France to French theory and French travel writing. If you elect to study French in your final year you will research and write a dissertation in English or French on a subject of your choice in consultation with a supervisor.
Assessment
Written, oral and aural examinations, in addition to essays and continuous assessment of your coursework, all contribute to assessment. Senior Sophisters (fourth-year students) will also research and write a final-year dissertation.
Study abroad
A minimum stay of two months in a French-speaking country is required over the duration of your course. Some students opt to spend their second or part of their third year at a university in France within the framework of an Erasmus exchange programme. There are exchange agreements between Trinity College and universities in Orléans and Paris.
Career opportunities
Recent graduates in French have gone on to work in areas as diverse as secondary and university teaching, arts administration, translation and interpreting, diplomacy, tourism, publishing, and investment banking. Increasing numbers of graduates go on to take further postgraduate courses in areas such as law, marketing and business. The combination of an arts degree and a more vocational or professional programme of studies has proved to be highly attractive to prospective employers.
Further information
www.tcd.ie/French
Tel: +353 1 896 1553
Specific Entry Requirements
| Leaving Certificate | HC1 French |
| Advanced GCE (A-Level) | Grade C French |
| Other EU examination systems | See www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate/requirements/matriculation/other/ |