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    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