French III: Bachelor’s Degree Thesis

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• collect material that is in French and that is relevant to linguistics, literature or language education for use in an academic study, and demonstrate theoretical knowledge of a few current research questions of choice in the same area of specialisation
• demonstrate independence and the ability to solve problems, as well as a reflective approach
• write a theoretical text in sound French where they use methods appropriate for their work with regard to good research practise and ethical principles and where they can search for and critically interpret relevant sources, as well as analyse and summarise their results
• take into account and use different opinions from their supervisor and other students in order to work on their texts
• analyse, discuss and critically evaluate another thesis in French in a constructive manner at the oral examination
• reference correctly, quote correctly and provide a relevant bibliography
• defend their degree thesis in French at the oral examination.

The degree thesis has either a linguistic, a literary or a language education focus. Focus and subject is chosen in consultation with the supervisor. Students who want to write a thesis that focuses on language education must have taken a course in language learning and teaching. During the course, students write a degree thesis in acceptable French, 20-25 pages (7500-9000 words). Students defend their degree thesis at an examining seminar.

• Active participation in seminars and supervision
• Independent written degree thesis
• Discussion and examination of another student’s thesis
• Oral defence of their thesis

The grading scale used for the final course grade is A–F.

Grades are reported as follows:

• Thesis - 15 Credits | A–F

This course overlaps the previous course codes GFR2KR and GFR2AS.