Bachelor of Arts

Cross-disciplinary skills

• Excellent command of written and spoken French;
• Develop an argument with a critical mind ;
• Analyse and synthesise data to exploit it...

Subject-specific skills

• Solid knowledge of French and francophone literature;
• Ability to situate literary, pictorial and cinematographic works in their context of production... ;
• History of the French language ;
• Mastery of the concepts of literary analysis ;
• Notions of FLE
• Knowledge of the specific cultural and linguistic features of French Guiana...

Recruitment level : Bac or Bac +2 (BTS for example) or on the basis of a portfolio (in the case of foreign diplomas)

Accessible in : initial and continuing training

Training required : general baccalaureate or arts speciality.

Admission requirementshe Humanities degree is aimed at students with a solid grounding in French and an interest in literary subjects, who ultimately wish to train for teaching or careers in culture or journalism.

Registration form: recruitment in L1 after the baccalauréat, on Parcoursup. Recruitment possible in L2 or L3, on ecandidat.

Semester 1

UEO 1. LANGUAGE AND METHODS (68h, 13 ECTS)

• Syntax 1: traditional grammar
• Compound commentary
• Written expression: text summary and Voltaire Project

UEP 1. LITERATURE AND CIVILISATION (52h, 8 ECTS)

• The novel in the 19th century
• Introduction to the study of poetry

UEC 1. 1 SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION (60h, 5 ECTS)

• Digital culture and skills, university work methods, documentary research

UEC 2. LIVING LANGUAGES (48h, 4 ECTS)

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Semester 2

UEO 2.1. FRENCH LANGUAGE (44h, 8 ECTS)

• Syntax 2: applied grammar
• General linguistics

UEO 2.2. LITERARY METHODS AND TECHNIQUES (66h, 9 ECTS)

• Oral text explanation
• Approach to narrative genres
• Essay 1

UEP 2.1. LITERATURE AND CIVILISATION (66h, 8 ECTS)

• French literature from the West Indies and French Guiana
• Theatre in the 19th century
• Literature from the Americas

UEC 1. 1 SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION (28h, 1 ECTS)

• Digital literacy and skills, tutoring

UEC 2. LIVING LANGUAGES (48h, 4 ECTS)

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Semester 3

UEO 3.1. LANGUAGE AND TECHNIQUES (44h, 8 ECTS)

• History of the French language 1
• Syntax 3: orality

UEO 3.2. LITERATURE (78h, 9 ECTS)

• French-language literature in the world, issues and debates
• Poetry in the 19th century
• Self-writing from the 16th century to the present day

UEP 3.1. CIVILISATION (between 60h and 64h, 7 ECTS)

• Introduction to oral literature from the West Indies and French Guiana OR Tangible and intangible heritage
• Contact between cultures in the Americas OR Pre-professionalisation in teaching (for AED prépro)

CEU 3: SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION (68 hrs, 6 ECTS)

• Creative writing workshop and modern languages

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Semester 4

UEO 4.1. LANGUAGE AND TECHNIQUES (44h, 7 ECTS)

• History of the French language 2
• Stylistics 1

UEO 4.2. LITERATURE (78h, 9 ECTS)

• 17th century literature
• 18th century literature
• Children's literature

UEP 4.1. CIVILISATION (44h, 4 ECTS)

• French-language African literature
• Latin language and civilisation 2

UEP 4.2. PREPROFESSIONALISATION (32h, 4 ECTS)

• Work placement, tutored project

UEC 4. ADDITIONAL COURSES (72 H ETD, 6 ECTS)

• Modern languages, free EC

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Semester 5

UEO 5.1. LANGUAGE AND TECHNIQUES (44h, 6 ECTS)

• Lexicology
• Stylistics 2

UEP5.1 LITERATURE (66h, 9 ECTS)

• The novel in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Introduction to general and comparative literature
• Introduction to literary criticism and theory: the novel

UEP5 (CHOICE A) MODERN LETTERS-TEACHING TRADES (88h, 9 ECTS)

• History of language 3
• Latin language and civilisation 3
• History of art from Antiquity to the Renaissance
• Medieval literature

UEP5 (CHOICE B) FLE/LCR COURSE (90h, 9 ECTS)

• Oral and written practice of a language spoken in French Guyana
• Didactics 1
• Teaching French in a multilingual environment
• Language policies and language cooperation
  OR
• Oral and written practice of a language spoken in French Guyana
• Anthropology of Guyanese societies
• Elements of history and anthropology: the slave trade, slavery, marooning, post-slavery societies, etc.
• Festive, cultural and artistic practices of the people of French Guiana

CEU 5: SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION (48 hours, 4 ECTS)

•  Specialised English, free EC

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Semester 6

UEO 6.1. LANGUAGE AND TECHNIQUES (66h, 9 ECTS)

• Syntax 4, grammar in question
• Essay 2
• Stylistics 3

UEP6.1. LITERATURE (66h, 9 ECTS)

• Theatre in the 20th and 21st centuries
• Poetry of the 20th and 21st centuries
• Women's French-language literature

UEP6.2 PREPROFESSIONALISATION (24h, 4 ECTS)

• Tutored project OR Pre-professionalisation in teaching (AED prépro)

UEP6 (CHOICE A) MODERN LETTERS-TEACHING TRADES (92h, 10 ECTS)

• History of language 4
• Latin language and civilisation 4
• Sixteenth-century literature
• History of art from the Renaissance to the 19th century

UEP6 (CHOICE B) . FLE/LCR COURSE (68h, 10 ECTS)

Languages spoken in French Guiana: dynamics and issues
Oral and written practice of a language spoken in French Guyana
Didactics 2 (FLE course - French, Foreign Languages) OR Literature of the Guiana Plateau (LCR course - Regional Languages and Cultures)

Career opportunities

• Teaching professions
• Professions in culture and cultural mediation
• Communication professions

Sectors of activity

• Education
• Culture
• Journalism, communication