FREN406 Heroines in Society

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites	FREN302 or FREN350 or equivalent
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	FREN306 or FREN390 or FREN490
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	FREN306 - Heroines in Society
Coordinator(s)	To be advised
Unit Description	The theme of the unit is heroines in society, as portrayed in three widely different texts.
Materials	Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer	Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	No. Words
Assignment 1: Writing task		10%
Assessment Notes
Reading diary on one of the three set texts (consisting of 5-10 questions)

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 2: Writing task		10%
Assessment Notes
Reading diary on one of the three set texts (consisting of 5-10 questions)

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 3: Essay		30%	3000
Assessment Notes
Essay in French or English on one of the three set texts

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Final Examination	2 hrs	50%	2000
Assessment Notes
An examination, consisting of two essays in French or English, on the two texts not treated in the essay. No pre-written notes, books or dictionaries of any kind permitted.

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

understand and appreciate a sample of important literary works, written in French, or their equivalent in other areas of French or Francophone culture and civilisation;
analyse their content;
relate this to the context in which the works were conceived.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will demonstrate a command of some of the main French literary texts that focus on Heroines in Society.
2	Communication Skills Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity.
3	Global Perspectives The study of literature of a foreign culture will give understanding and insight into such a society and culture.
4	Information Literacy Students are encouraged to access relevant web pages.
5	Life-Long Learning The appreciation of literature encourages further reading and feeds into later literary studies.
6	Problem Solving As literature depicts issues of historical/societal/philosophical complexity, its analysis demands problem-solving skills of a high nature.
7	Social Responsibility Students are exposed to and consider ethical questions raised in the texts.

Course and Unit Catalogue 2010