Programme Name: Credit-based Undergraduate Programme

Level of training: Undergraduate

Field of study: French language studies

Mode of training: Full-time

(Issued under Decision No 856, 21/09/2016 of the Rector of Hue University of Foreign Languages).

 

1. Training objectives

- General Objectives

Provide students of BA in French Language Studies with political awareness and professional ethics, good health, the ability to handle well specialization-related work, meeting the requirements of the society and of the economy in the process of international integration.

- Specific objectives

Provide students with relative breadth and depth in knowledge of French Language, culture and literature, develop and improve a command of communicative skills in French, allowing for a relatively stable professional level such as teaching French at schools, being translators and interpreters in the field of economics, culture, society, initially forming the capacity of doing scientific research on language, literature or French culture, as well as the ability to perform professionally in some other services such as tourism and museum.

 

2. Training duration: 4 years

 

3. Volume of knowledge: 139-141 credits (not including the content of Physical Education (4 credits) and National Defence Education (165) periods).

 

4. Candidates for Recruitment: Based on the recruitment regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

5. Training process and Graduation condition: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education And Training.

 

6. Grading Scale: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

7. Programme Content

7.1. Programme Structure

7.1.1. General knowledge           

7.1.1.1. Theories of politics

7.1.1.2. Natural Sciences                   

7.1.1.3. Social Sciences

7.1.1.4. Humanities                             

7.1.1.5. General Second Foreign Language

7.1.2. Professional knowledge          

7.1.2.1. Linguistics                               

7.1.2.2. Culture-Literature                 

7.1.2.3. Practical Language skills      

7.1.2.4. Knowledge of Specialized field      

7.1.2.5. Practicum and Internship                

7.1.2.6. Thesis (or alternatives) 

41 credits

10 credits

05 credits

08 credits

04 credits

14 credits

98-100 credits

08 credits

06 credits

48 credits

24-26 credits

05 credits

07 credits

7.2 List of courses

No

Module code

Module name

Numbers of credits

1

2

3

4

A

1

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

41

I

1

Theory of Politics

10

1

CTR1012

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 1

2

2

CTR1063

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 2

3

3

CTR1022

Ho Chi Minh’s ideology

2

4

CTR1034

Revolutionary strategies of Vietnamese Communist Party

3

II

1

Natural Sciences

5

 

 

Compulsory

5

5

KTN1013

Basic Informatics

3

6

KTN1022

Environment and Human beings

2

II

1

Social Sciences

8

 

 

Compulsory

8

7

KXH1012

Contrastive Linguistics

2

8

KXJ1022

Vietnamese in use

2

9

KHP1072

Research methodology

2

10

KXH1042

Introduction to linguistics

2

IV

1

Humanities

4

 

 

Compulsory

4

11

KNV1012

History of World civilization

2

12

KNV1022

Introduction to Vietnamese culture

2

V

NNT5

General 2nd Foreign Language: selecting one of the languages taught at the university (Except for French)

7/11

 

 

Compulsory (7 out of 11 credits to be selected)

7/11

13

NNT(5)012

General 2nd Foreign Language 1 (Listening)

2

14

NNT(5)022

General 2nd FL 2 (Speaking)

2

15

NNT(5)032

General 2nd FL 3 (Reading)

2

16

NNT(5)042

General 2nd FL 4 (Writing)

2

17

NNT(5)053

General 2nd FL 5 (Grammar/Translation Practice)

3

 

1

Non-specialized FL

7

 

1

Physical Education

4

 

1

National Defence Education

6 weeks

B

2

Professional Knowledge

98-100

 

PHA2

Linguistics

8

 

 

Compulsory

6

18

PHA2012

French Phonetics-Phonology

2

19

PHA2022

French Lexicality

2

20

PHA2032

French Morphology

2

 

 

Elective

2/6

21

PHA2042

French Syntax

2

22

PHA2052

Text Grammar

2

23

PHAA022

Pragmatics

2

 

 

PHA3

Culture-Literature

6

 

 

Compulsory

 

24

PHA3012

French History and Geography

2

25

PHA3052

Cross-cultural communication

2

 

 

Elective

2/6

26

PHA3062

Contemporary history of France

2

27

PHA3042

Literature of French-speaking countries

2

28

PHA3022

History of French literature

2

 

IX

PHA4

Practical Language skills

48

 

 

Compulsory

46

29

PHA4013

Listening I

3

30

PHA4023

Speaking I

3

31

PHA4032

Reading I

2

32

PHA4042

Writing I

2

33

PHA4052

Grammar I

2

34

PHA4063

Listening II

3

35

PHA4073

Speaking II

3

36

PHA4082

Reading II

2

37

PHA4092

Writing II

2

38

PHA4102

Grammar II

2

39

PHA4112

Listening III

2

40

PHA4122

Speaking III

2

41

PHA4132

Reading III

2

42

PHA4142

Writing III

2

43

PHA4152

Listening IV

2

44

PHA4162

Speaking IV

2

45

PHA4172

Reading IV

2

46

PHA4182

Writing IV

2

47

PHA4252

Listening-Speaking V

3

48

PHA4212

Reading-Writing V

3

49

PHA4262

Basic Translation Practice

2

 

 

 

Specialization Knowledge for Literature

24

 

 

Linguistics

12

 

 

Compulsory

10

50

PHAA012

Discourse Theory

2

51

PHAA022

Pragmatics

2

52

PHAA032

Stylistics

2

53

PHAA042

Semantics

2

54

PHAA052

Language Interaction

2

55

PHAA062

Sociolinguistics

2

56

PHAA072

Language-Psychology

2

 

 

Culture-Literature

12

 

 

Compulsory

10

57

PHAA082

French Literature (XVII-XVIII)

2

58

PHAA092

French Literature (XIX)

2

59

PHAA102

French Literature (XX)

2

60

PHAA112

French Socio-cultural life

2

61

PHAA122

French Socio-Economic-Political Political life

2

 

 

Elective

2/4

62

PHAA132

History of French Language

2

63

PHAA142

Quebec Literature

2

64

 

Practicum  and alternative modules

5

 

 

Practicum

5

 

 

Alternative modules

5

65

PHAA152

French Literature

2

66

PHAA163

Linguistics I

3

 

 

Thesis (or alternatives)

7

 

 

Alternatives

 

67

PHAA172

Linguistics II

2

68

PHAA183

Culture (Standards of French society)

3

69

PHAA192

Advanced Practical Language Skills

2

70

PHAATN7

Thesis

7

 

 

Total Number of Credits

139

 

PHAB

Specialization Knowledge for Pedagogy

26

 

 

Compulsory

26

71

GDHS012

Educational studies I

2

72

GDHS022

Educational studies II

2

73

GDHS032

Psychology I

2

74

GDHS042

Psychology II

2

75

QLHS052

Governance and educational administration

2

76

PHAB062

Teaching Methodology II – Pedagogy practice

2

77

PHAB072

Teaching Methodology I – Theories  and Methods of Teaching

2

78

PHAB092

Teaching Methodology III (Reading + Writing)

2

79

PHAB103

Teaching Methodology IV (Listening + Speaking)

2

80

PHAB113

Teaching Methodology V (Vocabulary-Phonetics-Semantics)

3

81

PHAB122

Teaching Methodology VI (Teaching Practice)

3

82

PHAB132

Teaching Methodology VII (Using Textbooks)

2

83

PHAB145

Practicum and Internship

5

 

 

Alternatives

 

84

PHAB163

Teaching Methodology VIII (Observation and Lesson Analysis)

2

85

PHAB173

Teaching Methodology IX (Evaluation and Design)

 3

86

PHAA192

Advanced Practical Language Skills

2

87

PHABTN7

Thesis

7

 

 

Total Number of Credits

141

 

PHAC

Specialization knowledge for Translation-Interpretation

24

 

 

Compulsory

20

88

PHAC012

Supportive knowledge of Translation

2

89

PHAC022

Translation Theory

2

90

PHAC032

Translation 1

2

91

PHAC042

Translation 2

2

92

PHAC052

Translation 3

2

93

PHAC062

Translation 4

2

94

PHAC072

Interpretation 1

2

95

PHAC082

Interpretation 2

2

96

PHAC092

Interpretation 3

2

97

PHAC102

Interpretation 4

2

 

 

Elective

4/6

98

PHAC112

Intensive Translation I

2

99

PHAC122

Intensive Translation II

2

100

PHAC132

Advanced Interpretation

2

101

PHAC145

Practicum

5

 

 

Thesis (or alternatives)

7

 

 

Alternatives

 

102

PHAC152

Translation in Western History

2

103

PHAC163

Text Analysis/Synthesis (French-Vietnamese oriented Translation)

3

104

PHAA192

Advanced Practical Skills

2

105

PHACTN7

Thesis

7

 

 

Total Number of Credits

141

 

PHAD

Specialization Knowledge for Tourism

26

106

PHAG173

French for Tourism

3

107

PHAG314

Tour Guide

4

108

PHAG343

Cultural heritage

3

109

PHAG363

Introduction to Tourism

3

110

PHAG352

Tourism Law

2

111

PHAG182

Receptionist practice

2

112

PHAG323

Vietnamese Historical-Cultural Sites

3

 

 

Elective

6/12

113

PHAG023

Tourism industry

3

114

PHAG193

Tourism Geography

3

115

PHAG213

Restaurant Service Technology

3

116

PHAG333

Eco-tourism and environment

3

117

PHAG062

Practicum

5

118

PHAG382

Accommodation Service

02

119

PHAG393

Tourism Project Management

03

 

 

Thesis (or alternatives)

07

 

 

Alternatives

 

120

PHAG203

Tourism Communication Culture

3

121

PHAG072

Tour Design and Management

2

122

PHAG372

Electronic Travel

2

123

PHAGTN7

Thesis

7

 

 

Total Number of Credits

139