Summary

Having the ability to communicate successfully across cultures, as well as the expertise to apply language and cultural engagement skills in local and global situations, will enhance your career prospects in a range of professions with an international outlook. An understanding of French is a useful professional skill that can be especially valuable when combined with a wide range of disciplines, including accounting, economics, education, international communication, law, media, politics or science.

The French and Francophone Studies major will develop your proficiency in the language and provide you with an understanding of French and Francophone culture, historical and contemporary global trends, and identity construction in the Francophone world. Units are available from beginner to advanced level.

Key features

• Join a world-leading university

   

  Study at a uni named Australia’s leading institution in foreign language learning, and receive the highest-quality teaching.

• Benefit from our distinctive cross-cultural approach

   

  Identify the relationships between culture, identity, language and communication in a variety of cross-cultural settings.

• Gain a unique set of skills that employers want

   

  Undertake a double major – choose from more than 20 – to expand your options and launch a career enhanced by your unique perspective.

• Undertake in-country residential units

   

  Study overseas in a university-run residential course or under an exchange agreement, with the support of a travel scholarship.