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- French and History - MA (Hons)
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Qualification
Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
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Location
Main Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
14-SEP-26
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Studying French and History helps us understand the contemporary world, as well as shedding light on the past. On our flexible joint honours programme, you have the opportunity to develop advanced language skills in French while discovering how the French-speaking (francophone) world, and other cultures around the globe, and have shaped modern civilisation.You will have the opportunity to acquire near-native fluency in this widely-spoken modern language while gaining the broad cultural education valued by graduate employers.We will introduce you to the extraordinary richness and variety of the francophone world through the study of:literature and cinemapolitical history and social movementsphilosophical ideasOur courses cover material from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century and include specialist options taught by leading experts in key disciplines, including post-colonial studies and gender studies.Your studies are your gateway to the cultures of parts of:EuropeAfricaThe AmericasStudying the human past, you will interact with evidence in primary form, and through critical reading of a wide body of historical writing.The Edinburgh experience is distinctive for its range of historical themes, chronological periods and geographical areas. You can choose from courses covering:the early Middle Ages to the most recent pastBritain and Europe, Asia, Africa, and the AmericasFurther, our courses offer a rich variety of approaches to the past, including:political historycultural historysocial historyeconomic historyintellectual historygender historyglobal and transnational history
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£ 28,000per year
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University information
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University League Table
18th
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Campus address
Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
22nd out of 43 7
18th out of 90 1
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Entry standards
/ Max 221192 87%5th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10072.0 72%29th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.84 71%43rd
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Entry standards
/ Max 204187 92%7th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10075.0 75%20th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.82 71%87th
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