B.Sc.French Philology (sub-programme of academic program Philology)
| Study location | Latvia, Riga |
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| Academic field | Languages and Philological Sciences 09.0 (ISCED 222) French studies (JACS R100) |
| Type | Bachelor, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years (240 ECTS) |
| Study language | combined English/French |
| Awards | B.Sc. (Bachelor Degree in Humanities in Language Studies) |
| Tuition fee | €3,050 per year |
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| Application fee | €148.38 one-time |
| Deposit | €500 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English It is mandatory to provide one of the certificates: • The score of the TOEFL test should be at least 500 (61 iBT). • Requested IELTS score: 5,5 or above. • TOEIC test score: 700 or above. • FCE (First Certificate in English): B. • CAE/CPE (CAE=Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English/CPE=Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English) C. • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A) total score: 46 or above. • Duolingo score 95+ NOTE: If your previous studies were in English, confirmed by diploma, transcript, or a school certificate, an additional English certificate is not required. |
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Overview
The programme “French Philology” offers simultaneous studies of two Romanic and German languages. The goal of the programme is to prepare multi competence specialists, who have not only a good command of two Romance languages but know also the history, geography, culture, economics and politics of the respective language speaking countries. The studies of the specific areal, courses for professional purposes (translation, business language, language teaching methodology), basics of economics and law, diplomacy, politics, academic studies and research. The programme envisages students’ mobility within the framework of Erasmus in the institutions of higher learning of France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Germany. Some courses have been delivered by guest lecturers. After successful completion of the programme graduates may pursue further studies in the Master’s degree programme ‘Romance Languages and Culture’ or any other relevant programme.
Programme structure
The study programme offers elective module of second foreign language studies:
French – Spanish module
French – Italian module
French – German module
Career opportunities
After graduation students can work as translators, assistant managers etc. in government or private institutions in Latvia and abroad where knowledge of Romance and German languages and knowledge of Romance and German language speaking countries history, geography, culture, economics and politics and diplomacy are required.
