Graduate Certificate in Arts - French Studies

The University of Melbourne

The Graduate Certificate in Arts builds a solid foundation for further studies and research. The certificate helps you develop the analytical and critical capacities you need to understand the important issues and conceptual frameworks relating to your area of study and how to apply these skills to contemporary issues. You will use relevant technologies to understand the best way to handle research tasks.French is one of the world's major international languages: it is spoken by over 200 million people in 43 countries, on five continents. Knowledge of French may increase access to careers in international relations, development studies, business, science and the arts among others. The overall objective of the French specialisation in the Graduate Certificate in Arts is French language acquisition and to teach students to process information from a wide variety of materials in French, both written and spoken, and to produce accounts and discussions of that information in a variety of forms that allow the appreciation of French and Francophone cultures in a differentiated and informed way. Students will start at an entry level that is based on the results of their Placement Test or subject to approval from the head of the French program.

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