Global Francophone Cities (FREN30026)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Not available in 2025

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Overview

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This subject offers an overview of the history, geography, and culture of a range of cities across the French-speaking world. Students will be introduced to key concepts and debates in Urban Studies and Globalised City Studies and will apply them to a Francophone context. Each city will be analysed through a different lens, allowing students to reflect on how themes such as memory, migration, language, and religion have an impact on the cityscape in the Francophone world. Cities to be explored include Algiers, Fort-de-France, and Montreal.  

Students will examine a range of contemporary, multimedia material set in different Francophone cities, including novels, films, images, comics, and monuments. The assessment tasks will allow students to apply their theoretical knowledge of Urban Studies and Globalised City Studies as developed throughout the subject to a range of Francophone cities through written, oral, and digital assignments. The subject will be taught and assessed in French.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

  • Have demonstrated detailed knowledge and understanding of the history, geography, and culture of a range of Francophone cities.
  • Have gained a good understanding of key concepts in Urban Studies and Globalised City Studies and be able to apply them to the Francophone context.
  • Have reflected critically on the legacies of French colonialism and its impact on the built environment of different Francophone cities.
  • Have learned to analyse closely a range of material in French in different media and genre and carry out their own research on these sources.
  • Have learned to write and present in French for different audiences, thus developing their French-language skills at B2/C1 level of the Common European Framework for Languages.
  • Have developed multimedia skills to produce a webpage in the form of an online exhibition.

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject, students should:

  • Be able to communicate knowledge articulately and concisely through tutorial discussion, essay and assignment writing, and in-class presentations
  • Have developed written communication skills and learnt to write for general and academic audiences through essay and assignment writing
  • Have developed oral communication skills and gained in confidence when speaking in public through tutorial discussion and in-class presentations
  • Have learnt critical thinking and analytical skills through assignment preparation and completion
  • Be able to use multimedia skills to design and create a webpage through assignment preparation and completion
  • Be able to plan their work and use their time efficiently through managing and organising workloads.

Last updated: 4 March 2025

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Completion of a minimum of 12.5 credit points of

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
FREN10003 French 4
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN10007 French 6
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN20002 French 6
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN20017 French 4
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN30004 French 6
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN20018 Intensive French 3 and 4
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
FREN10006 French 5
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN20001 French 5
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN30003 French 5
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN10009 French 8
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN20023 French 8
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FREN30022 French 8
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.

Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home

Last updated: 4 March 2025

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Individual oral presentation in French with a comparative and reflective component (10 minutes)

  • 1000 words (equivalent)
From Week 3 to Week 625%

Online exhibition in French

  • 1000 words
Week 1025%

Critical essay written in French with a comparative and reflective component

  • 2000 words
During the examination period50%
Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures.Throughout the teaching periodN/A
Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. Throughout the semesterN/A

Last updated: 4 March 2025

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Last updated: 4 March 2025

Further information

Last updated: 4 March 2025