Type : Bachelor’s
Format : Full-time
Duration : 3 years
Next start date : September 2026
Level : Bac +3 (State-recognized degree)
Language : French
Location : Lille
Diploma in agreement with Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale
From great works of French and international literature… to interdisciplinary and vocational knowledge!
Presentation Bachelor's degree French studies
Presentation
This course includes essential classes which enable the student to gain extensive literary knowledge in the context of interdisciplinary training. The main area covered is literature, but students also prepare for the world of work and gradually build up a specific professional career plan. Students are particularly introduced to publishing, both traditional and online, and helped to understand the different literary careers.
Language of instruction : French
Academic Calendar : Fall semester from early September to Christmas, spring semester from early January to mid-May. 500 teaching hours per year.
Entry Requirements : In order to register for this course, the applicant must have either the French baccalaureate or an equivalent diploma (American high school graduation certificate, British A’levels, including French etc.) Non-native French speakers should have attained the level C1 on the European scale in French.
IFP Partnership
French as a Foreign Language (FLE) Training
Literary workshop
Small teams
Program Bachelor's degree French studies
Program
According to Aliocha WALD-LASOWSKI, the programme coordinator for the Bachelor’s degree, “the teaching approach of our Bachelor’s programme enables students to engage with digital and technological tools, drawing on their literary knowledge and their analytical and critical thinking skills. Over the course of their three-year programme, they will explore digital publishing, try their hand at radio drama, create a blog, put together a theatre project and take part in discussions with guest writers at the Literary Workshop in the MediaLab. All these projects to be developed will enrich and nurture their cultural understanding and practical skills.”
- Literature
- Poetry reading
- History of the French language
- Linguistics
- Film analysis
- Drama practice
- History of painting
- Journalism
- Digital tools
- Two modern foreign languages
Year 1, Semester 1
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: The Female Heroine in the Novel
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Sartre and Camus: Existentialism
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literature and Marginality
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Georges Perec: Depicting Disappearance
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Methodology of Commentary and Essay Writing
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: IFP/Service Learning Option
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: History of Literary Movements from the 16th Century to the Present Day
Number of hours: 24h
Organising a literary event
Course title: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: Semiology of the Image
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Introduction to American Literature
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: English
Number of hours: 24h
Year 1, Semester 2
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: The Female Heroine in the Novel
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Césaire and Glissant: the Francophonie
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literature and Spirituality
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Reading Marcel Proust: Du côté de chez Swann
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Introduction to Myths
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: IFP/Service Learning Option
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: History of Literary Movements from the 16th Century to the Present Day
Number of hours: 24h
Organising a literary event
Course title: Reflections on the Arts
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: Introduction to American Literature
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: English
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literary Workshops in Rhetoric
Number of hours: 18h
Year 2, Semester 3
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: Introduction to Chinese Literature
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Flaubert’s L’Éducation sentimentale
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Writing, Composition and Communication
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Theatre Creation Workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Music and Literature
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: IFP Elective/Ethics of Responsibility
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Invention and Expression
Number of hours: 12h
Organising a literary event
Course title: The theme of the city in literature
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Creating journalistic content
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Western Dramaturgy
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: Digital Blogging
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Fantasy: Literature and Cinema
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: The Literary Novel in English
Number of hours: 24h
Year 2, Semester 4
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: The Representation of Jewish Identity in Literature
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Exile in Literature: Gombrowicz, Kafka and Kundera
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Poetry and Painting
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Theatre Creation Workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Balzac’s, Lost Illusions
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: IFP Option / Great Humanist Figures
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Invention and Expression
Number of hours: 12h
Organising a literary event
Course title: Rimbaud and mystical poetry
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Creating journalistic content
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Oral Theatre and Other Arts (shared with MCAC2)
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: Creative Writing Workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: The Short Story in English
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Creative Writing
Number of hours: 18h
Acting ethically and responsibly
Course title: Discovering careers in the book and publishing industry
Number of hours: 18h
Course title: MOOC ODDyssée
Number of hours: 30h
Year 3, Semester 5
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: Women’s Writing and Voices in the Caribbean
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Les Faux-Monnayeurs by André Gide
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: From Fairy Tale to Animation
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Autofiction in literature
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Women and Literature
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: IFP Option: Arts, Literature and Spirituality
Number of hours: 24h
Organising a literary event
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: An ecological and poetic reading of two novels
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Linguistics and the Teaching of French
Number of hours: 36h
Course title: Introduction to African Literature
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: From noir fiction to film noir
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literary Workshop on Rhetoric
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: English Writing Workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Acting ethically and responsibly
Course title: Organising a Book Fair
Number of hours: 24h
Year 3, Semester 6
Engaging in complex reasoning, both orally and in writing, in the field of literature
Course title: Digital Literature and Visual Creation
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literature, Trauma and Resilience
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Women and Literature
Number of hours: 12h
Course title: Latin
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: The Contemporary Novel
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: IFP/European Humanism Option
Number of hours: 24h
Organising a literary event
Course title: Linguistics
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Literature of Struggle and Combat
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Linguistics and the Teaching of French
Number of hours: 36h
Course title: Introduction to Russian Literature
Number of hours: 24h
Using linguistic and digital tools to support literature
Course title: Adventures in Literature and Cinema
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: English Writing Workshop
Number of hours: 24h
Course title: Creative Writing and Literary Creation Workshop
Number of hours: 18h
Acting ethically and responsibly
Course title: Organising a Book Fair
Number of hours: 24h
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Students per intake
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Weekly classes
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Success
careers Bachelor's degree French studies
Careers and further study
The Bachelor’s degree in French studies at the FLSH enables students to explore careers in the book industry across the publishing sector – from the most traditional to the most innovative – as well as related fields centred on books and written culture (bookshops, libraries) and cultural mediation activities (specialist press, literary events and fairs).
Through their choice of modules, students tailor their study programme to prepare for a specific career.
For students aiming for a career in teaching, the FLSH has a partnership with the Institute of Teacher Training. This partnership enables them to undertake a 60-hour preparatory module throughout the Bachelor’s degree, preparing them for a career in teaching and helping them to develop their career plans.
An internship is offered during the Bachelor’s degree but is optional.
Career opportunities
Careers in publishing and documentation
Proofreader
Bookseller
Researcher
Teacher
Copywriter
After completing this bachelor’s degree, you can continue your studies...
Scholarship Bachelor's degree French 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 French studies
Some of your future teachers
At the FLSH, lecturers play a key role in students’ success. They are professionals and/or researchers who pass on their knowledge with passion.
Aliocha Wald Lasowski
Professor in literature, philosophy, political science and musical aesthetics
Zineb Serghini
Dr in Information and Communication Sciences, Head of the Media, Culture and Communication Bachelor’s degree programme
Tiphaine Zetlaoui
Dr in Information and Communication Sciences, co-coordinator of the Master’s programme in Strategic Communication, co-director of the MUSE research unit
Zoeline Smolinski
Lecturer on the Bachelor’s degree programme in Literature, Writing and Creative Writing
Guillaume Foyer
Tutorial Leader in Philosophy and Modern Literature
Gert Valentijn
Lecturer in Contemporary French Literature
projects Bachelor's degree French studies
Student projects
During the three-year Bachelor’s degree in French studies, students undertake projects and are offered the opportunity to take part in events:
- High school pupils’ writing competition organised by third-year undergraduates
- Crime Fiction Masterclass (organised by students)
- Book Fair, Il est temps de lire, organised by third-year undergraduates
- A conversation about the publishing profession with Sophie de Closets, Chief Executive Officer of Editions Flammarion
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
I’ve been an avid reader since I was a child, and my choices have always been guided by this passion. I earned a bachelor’s degree in modern literature, followed by a master’s degree in writing, literature, and digital publishing, which allowed me to discover the world of publishing and take charge of numerous projects, each one more interesting and enriching than the last. Now that I’ve graduated and can look back, I realize that my studies were a true source of happiness, and I have very fond memories of them and the wonderful people I met along the way.
Amandine
former student in Bachelor's Degree French studies
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
“This degree program allowed me to participate in many hands-on projects, such as writing workshops and the creation of a short story collection. I also explored different forms of expression by writing articles, columns, and even a podcast.”
Florine
student in Bachelor's Degree French studies
Les témoignages de nos étudiants
When I was in high school, I didn’t read much; the only books I would even tolerate were manga. I was afraid I wouldn’t understand them, and I didn’t know what to read. In my junior year, there was a book that sparked my love of reading. Before starting this bachelor’s program, I pursued a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but I ended up failing my first year. Eventually, I switched to a bachelor’s program in literature, writing, and creative writing—and it was the best decision of my life! I did an internship at FNAC in the bookstore section and at a publishing house in Paris, where I read manuscripts.
Pauline
former student in Bachelor's Degree French studies
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Administrative contact
Carine CAPON
Assistante des études
Program director
Aliocha WALD-LASOWSKI
Which Master’s programmes are available after this Bachelor’s degree?
This bachelor’s degree leads to a number of master’s programmes: Master’s Degree Digital writing and publishing, Master’s Degree Journalism and contemporary history, Master’s Degree Cultural management, Master MEEF (teaching), Master’s Degree Strategic communication, etc.
How much are the tuition fees?
Fees are on a sliding scale based on household taxable income. An online calculator is available on the UCLille website. Scholarships can help reduce the cost.
Am I eligible for CROUS grants at the FLSH?
Yes. The FLSH is authorised to accept students receiving CROUS grants. Tuition fees are reduced on a sliding scale depending on the grant tier awarded.
What is the pace of the course?
Full-time face-to-face course. Small class sizes to ensure personalised support. Around 30 hours of lessons per week.
What are the selection criteria for this Bachelor’s degree?
Admission is based on an application via Parcoursup. The criteria include academic results, motivation and extracurricular activities related to the humanities and culture.
What careers can you pursue with a Bachelor’s degree in French studies?
Press officer, bookseller, local government editor, tour guide, literary critic, librarian, library curator, or further study at Master’s level.
Is professional experience a requirement?
An internship is included as part of the course. Literary workshops and practical projects are offered throughout the course.