Detailed Structure of Postgraduate Programme

DETAILED STRUCTURE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) PROGRAMMES
1st Semester/All Options/ Full Time Credit
FRE 501    Advanced Oral French 2
FRE 502    Literary Criticism in French 2
FRE 503    Research Methods 2
FRE 504     General Linguistics 2
FRE 505    French Grammar and stylistics 2
FRE 506    Linguistics Applied to the Teaching of French 2
FRE 507     Advanced Essay writing 2
FRE 508     Translation of Documents 2
FRE 509     World Literature in Translation 2
18 credits
PGD Literature Option
2nd Semester/Literature Option/ Full Time Credit
FRE 510    19th Century French Literature 2
FRE 511     20th Century French Literature 2
FRE 512     African Francophone Literature 2
FRE 513      Caribbean Francophone Literature 2
FRE 524     Project/Long Essay 6
14 Credits
 

Total Credit Units Required  for the PGD Literature Option = 32 Units

 

PGD Translation Option
2nd Semester/Translation Option/ Full Time Credit
FRE 514        Translation of Literary Texts 2
FRE 515        Translation of non-literary texts 2
FRE 516        Translation of Document 2
FRE 517         Cultural and Linguistic Problems of Translation 2
FRE 524     Project/Long Essay 6
14 Credits
Total Credit Units Required  for the PGD Translation Option    = 32 credits
 

PGD Linguistics Option
2nd Semester/Linguistics Option/ Full Time Credit
FRE 518   Review of Modern French Grammar 2
FRE 519   French Tenses, Aspects and Modals 2
FRE 520  Semantics and Lexicology of French 2
FRE 521  Phonetics & Phonology 2
FRE 524   Project /Long Essay 6
DETAILED STRUCTURE OF  M.A. PROGRAMMES
M.A. African & Caribbean Literature in   French  
1st  Semester  (Core Courses) Credit
FRE  601     Research Methodology 3
FRE  602     Literary Theory and Criticism 3
FRE  603     African Fiction of the Colonial Times 3
FRE  604     Francophone African Theatre and Drama 3
TOTAL 12
Electives (Choose one)
FRE 605     Stylistics and the Literary Analysis 3
FRE 606     Issues in Comparative Literature 3
FRE 607     Advanced Translation I 3
2nd  Semester  (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 608     Postcolonial Literature (Fiction) 3
FRE 609     Francophone African Poetry and Drama in French 3
FRE 610     African-American and Caribbean Literature in French 3
FRE 611     Francophonie and Francophone Literature 3
TOTAL 12 Credits
 

Electives (Choose one)

 

  
FRE 612     Modern Literature of France 3
FRE 613     Realism in World Literature 3
FRE 614     Advanced Translation II 3
 

Total Core Courses      =          24 credit

FRE 642   M.A. Dissertation          =             6 credit

TOTAL REQUIRED        =         30 credit                                                              

 

M.A. Comparative Literature

 
1st  Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 601    Research Methodology 3
FRE 602    Literary Theory and Criticism 3
FRE 605    Stylistics and Literary Analysis 3
FRE 615    Issues in Comparative Literature 3
TOTAL 12 credits
Elective: FRE 607 Adv Translation I

NB: (*) The following courses marked asterisks are to be based on any relevant or local African Oral Literature(s) and written African Literature in any two or more European Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, even if in translation.
2nd Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 616    Comparative Studies in the African Novel 3
FRE 617    Comparative Studies in Poetry (French, English, African) 3
FRE 618    Comparative Studies in Drama 3
FRE 610    African-American and Caribbean Literature in French 3
TOTAL 12 credits
Electives (Choose one)
FRE 619     Modern European Literature 3
FRE 613     Realism in World Literature 3
FRE 614     Adv. Translation II 3
Total Core Courses      =          24 credits

FRE 642 M.A. Dissertation           =             6 credit

TOTAL REQUIRED        =         30 credits                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.A. French Literature

 
1st  Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 601    Research Methodology 3
FRE 602    Literary Theory and Criticism 3
FRE 620    French Fiction Since the 19th Century 3
FRE 621    Trends in the French Drama from Classical Age to the End of the 19th    Century 3
TOTAL 12
Electives (Choose one)
FRE 605    Stylistics and Literary Analysis 3
FRE 615    Issues in Comparative Literature 3
FRE 607     Advanced Translation I 3
2nd  Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 601    Main Movements in French Poetry over the Ages 3
FRE 622    French Theatre and Drama in Modern Times:  The Absurd, Before and After 3
FRE 611    Francophonie and Francophone Literature 3
FRE 623     Modern Literature of Revolt in France 3
TOTAL 12
 

Electives (Choose one)
FRE 613     Realism in World Literature 3
FRE 614     Adv. Translation II 3
Total Core Courses      =          24 credit

FRE 642 M.A. Dissertation           =             6 credit

TOTAL REQUIRED        =         30 credit  

 

 
 

 

 
M.A. French Language and Linguistics
1st Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 601    Research Methodology 3
FRE 624    French Phonetics and Phonology 3
FRE 625   Syntax and Morphology of Modern French 3
FRE 626   Lexicology, Semantics & Pragmatics of French 3
TOTAL 12
 

Electives (Choose one)
FRE 638    Bilingualism and Multilingualism 3
FRE 639    Varieties of French 3
FRE 607     Advanced Translation I 3
FRE 640    Applied Linguistics 3
2nd Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 628    Discourse Analysis 3
FRE 629    Contrastive Linguistics 3
FRE 630    The French Language in Nigeria 3
TOTAL 12
Electives (Choose one)
FRE 631    Sociolinguistics 3
FRE 632    Psycholinguistics 3
FRE 633    French as a Foreign Language 3
FRE 614     Adv. Translation II 3
Total Core Courses      =          24 credit

 FRE 642 M.A. Dissertation           =             6 credit

TOTAL REQUIRED        =         30 credit                                                              

 
 

 

 

M.A. French Language and Translation
1st  Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 601    Research Methodology 3
FRE 634    Theories and Methods of Translation 3
FRE 635    Advanced Studies in Literary Translation 3
FRE 636    Machine Translation 3
TOTAL 12
Electives (Choose one)
FRE 625  Syntax and Morphology of Modern French 3
FRE 627   Stylistics 3
2nd Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 638    Advanced Studies in Non-Literary Translation 3
FRE 639    Pragmatics of  Translation 3
FRE 640      Terminology Theory and Research 3
FRE 641      World Literature in Translation 3
Electives (Choose one)

 
FRE 628    Discourse Analysis 3
FRE 633    French as a Foreign Language 3
Total Core Courses      =          24 credits

FRE 642 M.A. Dissertation           =             6 credit

TOTAL REQUIRED        =         30 credits

 

 

DETAILED STRUCTURE OF  Ph.D. PROGRAMMES

                                                          

 
1st Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 701    Current Techniques of Critical Discourse in Africa 3
FRE 702    World Literatures in French 3
FRE 703    Doctoral Seminar I 3
TOTAL 9
2nd   Semester (Core Courses) Credit
FRE 704   Postcolonial Literature in French 3
FRE 705  African and Black World Literatures in French 3
FRE 706  Doctoral Seminar II 3
TOTAL 9
Total Core Courses    =   18 credits

FRE 720 Ph.D. Thesis    =     9 credits

Total Required   =   27 credits

 

 
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature  
1st  Semester   (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 707   Current Techniques of Critical Discourse in Comparative Literature 3
FRE 702    World Literatures in French 3
FRE 703    Doctoral Seminar I 3
TOTAL 9
2nd  Semester  (Core Courses) Credit
Theme Studies, Influences Literatures of Ideas 3
FRE 705  African and Black World Literatures in French 3
FRE 706  Doctoral Seminar II 3
TOTAL 9
 

Total Core Courses    =   18 credits

FRE 720 Ph.D. Thesis    =     9 credits

Total Required   =   27 credits

 
Ph.D. in French Literature
1st Semester (Core Courses)
FRE 708    Current Techniques of Critical Discourse in France 3
FRE 709    World Literature in French 3
FRE 703    Doctoral Seminar I 3
TOTAL 9
2nd  Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 710   21st Century French Literature 3
FRE 705  Current Trends in French Literature 3
FRE 706  Doctoral Seminar II 3
TOTAL 9
 

Total Core Courses    =   18 credits

FRE 720 Ph.D. Thesis    =     9 credits

Total Required   =   27 credits

 
Ph.D. in French Language and Linguistics
1st Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 711   Linguistic Theory and Modern French 3
FRE 712   Applied Linguistics in French 3
FRE 703    Doctoral Seminar I 3
TOTAL 9
2nd  Semester  (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 713   Language Acquisition 3
FRE 714   Semantics 3
FRE 706  Doctoral Seminar II 3
TOTAL 9
 

Electives (Choose one)
FRE 715  French-Based Pidgins/Creoles 3
FRE 716  Lexicography 3
Total Core Courses =    18 credits

FRE 720 Ph.D. Thesis   =       9 credits

Total Required       =     27 credits

 
Ph.D. in French Language and Translation

 
1st  Semester  (Core Courses)  Credits
FRE 716   Advanced Theories and Methods of Translation 3
FRE 717   Stylistic Comparison 3
FRE 703   Doctoral Seminar I 3
TOTAL 9
2nd Semester (Core Courses) Credits
FRE 718  Bilingualism, Multilingualism and Interpretation 3
FRE 719    Linguistic, Cultural and Ideological Problems of Translation 3
FRE 706    Doctoral Seminar II 3
TOTAL 9
Total Core Courses =    18 credits

FRE 720 Ph.D. Thesis   =       9 credits

Total Required       =     27 credits