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E Educational booklet D.U of French Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (D.U. E.F.S.H)

University calendar :

Beginning of End of classes Exams Retake exams classes

Semester 1*

Semester 2* End of January End of April 12th week May of classes in April-May

(*) This D.U. is exclusively a one-term course : It must be validated in one semestre ; semester 2.

Educational director : Administrative secretary : Emmanuelle Sauvage Rialdo Fleming : 01 40 97 73 20 [email protected] rfleming @parisnanterre.fr

Course description : Linguistic and cultural one-term course (30 ECTS) for foreign students who have attained the level C1 of CEFR in French and are aiming to attain the level C2. This DU allows the continuation of university studies requiring an advanced cultural and linguistic level, especially in the field of humanities and social studies.

Admission conditions :

Any higher education diploma obtained in the country of origin or a university diploma of the level C1, like DU FLE C1 in Paris Nanterre. - Language prerequisite : Knowledge of French equivalent to the level DELF C1 or to the level 5 of TCF (test of French knowledge) or of TEF (Test of Evaluation of French).

Course goals: - A very high level of French language knowledge : The C2 level is the maximum level of the CECRL and corresponds to that of a fully bilingual speaker. Mastery of university methodological tools

- Mastery of academic methodological tools related to studies in the field of human sciences: article review, surveys, documents, writing of academic articles, communication at seminars, production of annotated bibliographies, synthesis of documents, presentation of specialized issues ……. -Knowledge of the references of culture and civilization applied within the French university.

Possible further studies : This DU allows to continue all university studies that require a good linguistic and cultural level.

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Charter of exams: http://www.u-paris10.fr/formation/deroulement-des-examens-consultez-la-charte-des-examens- 324774.kjsp?RH=for_org&RF=1279015478225

Charter of knowing how to live together: http://www.u-paris10.fr/l-universite/charte-du-savoir-vivre-ensemble-551185.kjsp?RH=FR

Course planning : Number of Coefficient ECTS hours UE Language et methodology 5 h per week 5 15 Methodology of academic writings 2 h per week 1.5 4.5 Follow-up of a seminar 2 h per week 1.5 4.5 Advanced French grammar 2 h per week 1 3 Linguistic stengthening 2 h per week 1 3 UE Culture and Interculturality 4h per week 5 15 French in all its states 2 h per week 1.5 4.5 Literature and interculturality 2 h per week 1.5 4.5 France through its cinema 2 h per week 1 3 Plurality of cultures in France today 2 h per week 1 3

Rules of obtaining the diploma : - Consideration of all notes and overall average - Rules of attribution of notes : 10 to 12/20 : sufficient 12 to14/20 : satisfactory, fair 14 to 16/20 : good 16/20 and more : very good - The ECs make up for each other. -An EU is taken for granted when all the constituent elements have been followed and the average of the EC considering the coefficients is equal to or greater than 10. - UE is cumulated without time limits. Any CE with a score of 10 or higher is considered to be definitely acquired. However, in the case of re-enrolment after interruption of studies, only the UE are accumulated, the EC alone which are not included in the validation of an UE are not retained after the semester authorized for preparing the diploma.

Presentation of lessons and evaluation procedures:

For all courses, the evaluation is based on continuous assessment, including attendance (no more than 3 absences are allowed for a EC) and punctuality (delays or early departures from an EC are counted accordingly). The final grade is based on the average of the marks acquired during the continuous assessments and the grade of the end-of-term exams at the end of the semester. The end-of-term exams aim to check the skills acquired during the semester.

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Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC201 Methodology of academic writings: 24 h per semester Professor Marie Heimburger Content/description Training on Academic writing Target skills Mastery of methods related to academic exercises and reinforcement of French, especilaly writing. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC202 Follow-up of a seminar : 24 h per semester Professor Emmanuelle Sauvage Content/description Methodological framework followed by participation in a seminar in humanities and social sciences Target skills Knowing how to understand and reproduce ( in oral and written reports) a seminar adressing an audience specialist in humanities. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam on a critical report of a document.

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC203 Advanced French grammar : 24 h per semester Professor Claire Gandouly Content/description Study of complex structures of the language and introduction to stylistic elements that enable to improve the understanding and the written production in keeping with the aims of the French university. Target skills Upgrading knowledge of the complex structures of the French written language. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC204 : Linguistic strengthening: 24 h per semester

Professors Marie Heimburger Review and consolidation of the grammatical Content/description competences of the level C1. The purpose of the course is to review points of language that the students do not master. Oral and written Target skills productions during the semester define the content of the course. Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the Texts and bibliography course

Continuous assessment Personal work + 2 hours end-of-term

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Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC205 French in all its states : 24 h per semester Professor Hélène Parent Content/description Linguistic, metalinguistic and intercultural development aiming to provide information on the history of the French language, linguistics and semantics, and the life of French in French-speaking areas. Target skills Acquiring a deep knowledge of the French language in its historical and geographical diversity. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC206 Literature and interculturality: 24 h per semester. Professor Emmanuelle Sauvage Content/description Teaching of general and comparative literature dealing with intertextuality and interculturality in literature especially through travel narratives of yesterday and today or francophone postcolonial literature. Target skills Knowing how to decode a contemporary literary work by placing it in its cultural and aesthetic context. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam dealing with a commentary.

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC207 France through its cinema: 24 h per semester Professor Cécile Brou Content/description Teaching about codes and history of the French cinema, aiming at problematize a historical, political and cultural knowledge of France and the French people Target skills Being able to understand and analyze films or excerpts that examine historical and social topics in France. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam

Code/title/ number of hours 4L2DC208 Plurality of cultures in France today: 24 hours per semester Professor Eric Ferrié Content/description Working on ethnological survey and intercultural reflections on both France today and the cultural practices of countries from which students come. Target skills To be able to analyze a cultural practice within its ethnological dimension. Texts and bibliography Communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Continuous assessment Notes of personal work + 2 hours end-of-term exam

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Rules of Procedures F.ET.E

Course Validation Rules 1/ assiduity The F.ET.E Language and Culture Courses are one-term courses based on continuous assessment (It is not like normal lectures) : Therefore, Students’ participation in all classes is mandatory. In case of absence for reasons that must be justified, the student must inform the teacher in charge of the course. If a student is absent for more than 3 times in a course, the course is not validated. (*) 2/ punctuality Students commit to strictly respect the classes schedules : no delay is tolerated, no departure before the end of the course either. Repeated delays and / or early departures from the course may be counted as an absence and may result in putting the student at risk of not validating the course .3/ Continuous assessment : It needs to be understood that continuous assessment means :

- Participation in all written or oral activities required by the teacher in charge of the course: The tasks required (homework or presentations) must be achieved within the deadlines set by the teacher;

- Participation at the end-of-term exam. If, for an explicit justified reason, a student cannot participate at this exam, it is proposed to him to take part in the retake exam

4/ Final grade : The final score is established on the basis of the average between the continuous assessment and the end-of-term exams, according to the calculation rules conveyed to students at the beginning of the course : That could be 50/50, 60/40, or even 70/30, depending on the type of the course.

5/ Retake sessions : The retake exams for the first term take place during the second term exams ; the retake exams for the second term take place at the beginning of June.

6/ Using dictionaries during the retake exams :

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- Using bilingual dictionaries is allowed for language courses ; levels 1 and 2. - Using unilingual dictionaries is allowed for language courses, levels 3, 4 et 5 ;

- Using all types of dictionaries (bilingual or unilingual) is allowed for all levels of courses with cultural content.

It needs to be understood that a language dictionary means : Paper dictionary or electronic one excluding phones and laptops.

(*) Any particular case must be reported to the administrative director of F.ET.E, who will transfer it to the director of F.ET.E for decision-making.