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Beginner French in Arts

  • 02-08-2010 2:54pm
    #1
    brian1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭


    Does anyone here know if you can do French from beginner's level ('ab initio' in college-speak) in first year Arts? I get different answers, depending on who I ask at UCC, so I just want to make sure, as I love French, but didn't study it at secondary school.

    Merci,
    Brian


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  • #2
    Plautus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    I think you might be out of luck with regards to this one.

    The Undergraduate Calendar for CK101:

    http://www.ucc.ie/calendar/arts/art002.html

    'French: A student will not normally be allowed to select French unless he/she has attained a pass standard in French in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). It is recommended that students select Latin with French.'

    See also the Book of Modules for French:

    http://www.ucc.ie/modules/descriptions/page028.html

    'To consolidate and extend knowledge of French' - implying that you already have some.

    F.A.Q. on the French Department's website:

    http://www.ucc.ie/french/prospectus.html#q1
    Must I have taken French in secondary school in order to study it in University?

    Yes, as a rule. Formally speaking, you are required to have reached at least matriculation standard (the equivalent of a pass in the Leaving Certificate examination, or equivalent) if you wish to choose French as one of your subjects in U.C.C. To be admitted to the B.A. in Language and Cultural Studies, the B.A. in European Studies, the B.C.L. in Law and French, and the B.Comm. European (French), you must have reached at least the standard of a C1 in Higher Level French in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent). This is the level we recommend to all those intending to take French as a degree-level subject.

    German, Italian and Spanish are offered ab initio if you'd like to study a continental language; it might be the next best thing.


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