Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Type : Bachelor’s
Format : Full-time
Duration : 3 years
Next start date : September 2026
Level : Bac +3 (State-recognized degree)
Language : English (70%) & French
Location : Lille
Double degree available through agreements with partner universities (United States and Italy)
Diploma in agreement with Université d’Artois
A license in contact with students from all over the world!
Presentation Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Presentation
Students work in an international and intercultural context in order to increase their knowledge of the language, literature, history, politics, art and cinema etc. of several English- speaking countries (Great Britain, the United States, Ireland, Canada etc.) They also choose options which will prepare them for the world of work (eg. Business English, Didactics of English, Interpretation etc.) Students must also take classes in a second modern language and may study a third one if they wish.
Language of instruction : English (70%) and French
Academic Calendar : Fall semester from early September to
Christmas, spring semester from early January to mid-May.
500 teaching hours per year.
Personalised itinerary
Semester/year abroad
International Class
Small teams
Program Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Program
- Grammar, translation, linguistics and spoken language
- Culture, history and politics
- Literature, film and the arts
- Other modern languages and creative writing workshops
- Optional modules: teaching methodology, business English, interpreting, journalism, marketing or communication
Year 1, Semester 1
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: Introduction to American Civilisation
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to British civilisation
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: An Overview of British Literature up to 1945
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: British Popular Literature from 1945 onwards
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Speaking and Listening Skills
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Introduction to Phonology
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materials
Course title: English Grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Translation: Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Translation: Translation
Number of hours: 18h
BC3 - Analyser et évaluer l’évolution de son profil (professionnalisation)
Course title: Intercultural Communication in English
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Modern Language (1 choice) – Spanish or German
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: French writing workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Computer Science
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Third Foreign Language Option (1 choice) – Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: French (For non-French speakers only)
Course title: French Institutions
Number of hours: 18h
Year 1, Semester 2
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: Unity and Diversity in American Society
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: British History: 1760–1914
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: American literature from its beginnings to the modernist period
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Perceptions of the post-war period through British and American theatre
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Speaking and Listening Skills
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Introduction to Phonology
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materials
Course title: English Grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Translation: Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Translation: Translation
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: French Literature
Number of hours: 24h
Analysing and assessing the development of one’s profile (professional development)
Course title: Intercultural Communication in English
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Modern Language (1 choice) – Spanish or German
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Computer Science
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Third Foreign Language Option (1 choice) – Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: History of France (For non-French speakers only)
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Business English
Number of hours: 24h
Developing an ethical and responsible approach
Course title: English Writing Workshop, Humanities, Service Learning OR Course in Theology, Philosophy, Ethics or Religious Studies
Year 2, Semester 3
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: American Institutions
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: British History – from the origins to the Middle Ages
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: British Poetry: From Spenser to Coleridge
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: US Literature – The Individual and the Community in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Speaking and Listening Comprehension
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Phonology
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materialssupports variés
Course title:English grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Translation
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Linguistics
Number of hours: 12h
Analysing and assessing the development of one’s profile (professional development)
Course title: Introduction to Research
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Academic writing
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Computer Science
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Modern Language (1 choice) – Spanish or German
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Elective (1 choice) – Introduction to Marketing OR Journalism
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Third Foreign Language (1 choice) – Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French (for non-French speakers only)
OR Teacher Training (for students enrolled at the Institute of Teacher Training)
Number of hours: 24h
Year 2, Semester 4
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: The United States from the Civil War to the end of the Great Depression
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: The Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution in Great Britain, 1485–1760
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: The Makings and Breakings of the American Dream
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: US Literature – “Americans Abroad: Transatlantic
Fictions in the Nineteenth Century”
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Argumentation and Listening Comprehension
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Phonology
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materials
Course title: English Grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Translation
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Translation Studies
Number of hours: 12h
Analysing and assessing the development of one’s profile (professional development)
Course title: Creative writing
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Computer Science
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Modern Language (1 choice) – Spanish or German
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Elective (1 choice) – Business Negotiation OR Introduction to Journalism (radio)
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Third Foreign Language (1 choice) – Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French (for non-French speakers only)
OR Teacher Training (for students enrolled at the Institute of Teacher Training)
Number of hours: 24h
Developing an ethical and responsible approach
Course title: ODDYSSEE
Year 3, Semester 5
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: US domestic politics since 1945
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: British Social and Political History 1945–1990
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Doubling and Strangeness in Short Victorian Fiction
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Advanced Shakespeare
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Speaking in English
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materials
Course title: Analytical Grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Advanced Translation 1 – English Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Advanced Translation 1 – English Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Analysing and assessing the development of one’s profile (professional development)
Course A:
American Cinema
Teaching English in lower secondary school
Phonology
Number of hours:
18h
18h
6h
Course B:
French Linguistics
Teaching French
Number of hours:
18h
18h
Course C:
Introduction to liaison interpreting
Introduction to management
Number of hours:
12h
24h
For all: Modern languages – German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French (for non-French speakers only)
OR Teacher training (for students enrolled at the teacher training college)
Number of hours: 24h
Year 3, Semester 6
Speaking, understanding, writing and presenting arguments in English, both in writing and orally
Course title: Reforming America
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Fundamentals of 19th-century British civilisation
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Crime, Horror and Fantasy in the Short Story
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: The Modernist Aesthetic in the Short Fiction of K. Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence and V. Woolf
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Speaking in English
Number of hours: 12h
Translate from English to French and from French to English in various fields, using a range of source materials
Course title: Analytical Grammar
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Advanced Translation 1 – English Theme
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Advanced Translation 1 – English Version
Number of hours: 18h
Analysing and assessing the development of one’s profile (professional development)
Course A :
The Great Gatsby
Teaching English at Sixth Form Level + Work Placement
America in the 1920s
Phonology
Number of hours:
18h
18h
18h
6h
Course B – French as a foreign language (FLE) :
French Linguistics 2 and French Language Teaching 2 + work placement
Introduction to the French-speaking world
Number of hours:
36h
18h
Course C:
Introduction to Consecutive Interpreting
Introduction to Management + Work Placement
International Tourism
Number of hours:
12h
24h
12h
For all: Modern languages – German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French (for non-French speakers only)
OR Teacher training (for students enrolled at the teacher training college)
Number of hours:24h
25
Students per intake
22h
Weekly classes
86%
Success rates
Careers Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Careers and further study
This bachelor’s degree enables students to explore careers in teaching, as well as in translation, international business communication and international relations.
By choosing optional modules, students tailor their study programme to prepare for a specific career.
Students are therefore encouraged to undertake work placements in schools (primary and secondary) in France and abroad.
For students aiming for a career in teaching, the FLSH has a partnership with the Institut de Formation Pédagogique. This partnership enables them to undertake a 60-hour ‘Prépro’ module throughout their Bachelor’s degree, preparing them for a career in teaching and helping them to develop their career plan
Careers
Literary translation
Teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE)
Linguistics
Teacher
International Relations
After completing this bachelor’s degree, you can continue your studies...
scholarship Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Scholarship
As part of its policy to support the funding of studies, the FLSH is introducing a grant of €2,000 for prospective students of the first year of the Bachelor’s degree in History, French studies, English and American Studies and Performance Arts, Film Studies and Contemporary Music.
Teachers Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Some of your future teachers
At the FLSH, teachers play a key role in students’ success. They are professionals and/or researchers who pass on their knowledge with passion.
Daniel Verheyde
Dr in English Literature, Head of the Bachelor’s degree programme in English Language, Literature and Civilisation
Suzanne Bray
Profesor in British Literature and Civilisation
Vincent Roger
Dr in English Literature
Sean Mark
Dr in American Studies and Translation Studies
student projects Bachelor’s Degree English and American Studies
Life on the Bachelor’s degree programme
You can regularly read testimonials from our students on the Bachelor’s degree programme in English Literature, Languages and Civilisations who have gone on study abroad programmes in our articles.
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
I chose the Catholic University of Lille because I liked the idea of a more personalized education. What I particularly appreciate about this program is the close relationship with the faculty. We have some of the same professors from the bachelor’s through the master’s program, which creates a real sense of continuity. They are approachable, always available to offer advice, and each brings their own expertise in different fields such as translation, literature, or cultural studies. I really like this multidisciplinary aspect.
Sixtine
student in Bachelor's Degree English and American Studies
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
While I developed a particular interest in American culture, what stands out most to me is the teaching staff’s ability to make subjects that may seem daunting at first—such as grammar or phonetics—truly engaging. The translation and literature courses were just as enriching, thanks to passionate and engaging instructors. Beyond the classroom, I was touched by the professors’ kindness; they patiently guided us through everything from the methodology for our first research papers to our choices for master’s programs.
Julie
student in Bachelor's Degree English and American Studies
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
I’ve had a passion for English for a long time: I used to ask my mother for books or magazines to help me learn. That memory came back to me, and I decided to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Civilizations—English. What convinced me was the quality of the instruction, the atmosphere, the university’s convenient location, and the opportunities—especially study abroad programs. I was quickly able to put together an application to study in Switzerland as part of an exchange program. Today, I feel right at home in a program that challenges me, where I can envision a professional future that’s more in line with who I am.
Emma
student in Bachelor's Degree English and American Studies
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Administrative contact
Carine CAPON
Program director
Daniel VERHEYDE
Which Master’s programmes are available after this Bachelor’s degree?
Master’s degree English and American Studies, Master’s degree International Marketing, Master’s Degree International relations and contemporary History
Am I eligible for CROUS grants at the FLSH?
Yes, the FLSH offers CROUS grant holders a fee structure tailored to their grade.
What is the pace of the course?
Full-time, face-to-face course. The programme focuses on the English language, literature and civilisation.
What is the pace of the course?
Admission via Parcoursup. An excellent standard of English is required. Grades in languages and overall results are taken into account.
Is international experience compulsory during the course?
A period of study abroad is strongly encouraged. Erasmus partnerships and partnerships with English-speaking universities facilitate these exchanges.
What careers can you pursue with this bachelor’s degree?
Teaching, translation, international relations, communication, journalism, followed by further study at Master’s level.