French Studies

The French Studies Department was founded in 1967. Since then, the Department has been striving to prove its importance.

TRAINING STRUCTURE

LECTURERS

– The department has 27 contracted and guest lecturers inclusive of 2 associate professors, 8 doctors, 8 researchers, 7 master-holders, and 4 bachelor-holders, all whom, received education in prestigious universities in France, Belgium, and Canada;

– The Department has participated in training courses offered by l’Institut Français de Hanoï – L’Espace, Le Centre de Formation Continue en Français de Spécialité (CFC), Le Centre de Formation d’Interprètes et deTraducteurs (CFIT), Television French Studies, etc.

– Local and international science has been carried as research projects including 2 international research projects, 2 ASEAN projects, 5 Ministerial projects, 20 university projects.

STUDENTS

► There are 16 classes of 400 students in a Bachelor program:

– Bachelor of French studies (Interpreting -Translation)

– Bachelor of French studies (program for talented students) (Interpreting -Translation)

► 200 students of short courses prior to overseas studies granted by the Vietnamese National Budget (Project 322)

► Facilities for students inclusive of the followings

– Media room: almost 5,000 books/materials, electronic pads, head-projector supported by the French Television TV5;

– Wallonie-Bruxelles Center and self-study room: almost 4,000 books/materials, media materials, 10 internet PCs, digital materials, head-projector supported by the Belgian partner

► Students are active at different events, such as the Christmas Music Show, freshmen welcoming ceremony, singing contests, French International Day, etc.

► Many students of outstanding results have successfully applied for scholarship programs: 4 scholarships of interpreting-translation in Belgium, 5 scholarships of 3-month tourism internship in France, 1 first prize at the Allons-en-France Contest, etc.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

– The Department has partnerships with Embassies of Belgium, France, Canada, Sweden, AUF, OIF;

– French and Belgian Universities and Institutes (Tour, Cergy, Pontoise, Louvain), Liberal Institute Marie Haps (ILMH);

– Annual exchange student programs with Sherbrooke College (Canada) and The University of Rangsit (Thailand).

EMPLOYMENTS

Students of proficient French can be employed with:

– Officials of local and international Foreign Affairs Divisions;

– Interpreters-Translators, Secretary, Assistant for international representative offices/enterprises, such as Alcatel, K+, Big C, Air France;

– Tour guides;

– Lecturers of French Studies in universities or colleges;

– Officers of local or central new agents.

Training duration: 4 years

CONTACT:

Office 214, Building C, Hanoi University
Km 9, Nguyen Trai Road, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 84-4-3553-1011
Fax: 84-4-3854-4550
Email: khoaphap@hanu.edu.vn
Website: http://web.hanu.vn/fr

COURSE PRESENTATIONS

FRENCH STUDIES

No.	Course code	Course title	Number of credits	Credit allocation (in working hours)			Pre-requisites	Semester
No.	Course code	Course title	Number of credits	Theory (in class)	Practice (in class)	Personal work
I	Foundation courses		43
1	61PML1PML	Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism	3	45	0	90		1
2	61PML1POE	Political Economics Marxism-Leninism	2	30	0	60	61PML1PML	2
3	61PML2SCS	Scientific Socialism	2	30	0	60	61PML1POE	3
4	61PML3HCM	Ho Chi Minh Ideology	2	30	0	60	61PML2SCS	4
5	61PML2HVC	History of Vietnam Communist Party	2	30	0	60	61PML2SCS	4
6	61PML2GEL	General Law	2	30	0	60	61PML1PML	2
7	61FIT1CSK	Computer skills	3	15	60	60		1
8	61SFL3FL1	Second Foreign Language Skills – A1	3	15	60	75		3
9	61SFL3FL2	Second Foreign Language Skills – A2	4	15	90	95	61SFL3FL1	3
10	61SFL3FL3	Second Foreign Language Skills – 1B1	3	15	60	75	61SFL3FL2	4
11	61SFL3FL4	Second Foreign Language Skills – 2B1	4	15	90	95	61SFL3FL3	4
12	61FRE1SRS	Study and Research Skills	2	30	0	70		1
13	61PED1PED	Physical Education	3	0	90	45
14	61NDE1NDS	National Defence & Security Education	8					2
II.	Professional courses		102
II.1	Fundamental courses		10
Mandatory			6
15	61VIP2INL	Introduction to Linguistics	2	30	0	60		1
16	61VIP2IVL	Introductory Vietnamese Linguistics	2	30	0	60	61VIP2INL	2
17	61VIP2IVC	Introduction to Vietnamese Culture	2	30	0	60		1
Optional			4
18	61VIP2VIU	Vietnamese in Use	2	30	0	60		3
19	61VIP2VTS	Vietnamese Textual Studies	2	30	0	60		3
20	61VIP2HWC	History of World Civilization	2	30	0	60		3
21	61VIP2HAS	Hanoi Studies	2	30	0	60		3
22	61VIP2VIP	Vietnamese Pragmatics	2	30	0	60		3
II.2	Language courses		62
II.2.1	French language practices		46
23	61FRE11A1	French Language Skills 1A1	8	30	180	190		1
24	61FRE11A2	French Language Skills 1A2	8	30	180	190	61FRE11A1	2
25	61FRE11B1	French Language Skills 1B1	8	30	180	190	61FRE11A2	3
26	61FRE21B2	French Language Skills 1B2	8	30	180	190	61FRE11B1	3,4
27	61FRE31C1	French Language Skills 1C1	14	60	300	340	61FRE21B2	4,5
II.2.2	French Language and Culture		16
Mandatory			13
28	61FRE3FFC	French and Francophone Cultural Studies	3	45	0	105	61FRE23B1	5
29	61FRE3LI1	French Linguistics 1	3	45	0	105	61FRE23B1	5
30	61FRE3LI2	French Linguistics 2	3	45	0	105	61FRE3LI1	6
31	61FRE4LIT	Francophone Literature	4	60	0	140	61FRE23B2	7
Optional			3
32	61FRE3INC	Intercultural Communication	3	45	0	105	61FRE23B1	4
33	61FRE3TAN	Text Analysis	3	45	0	105	61FRE23B1	4
34	61FRE3COL	Contrastive Linguistics	3	45	0	105	61FRE23B1	6
II.3	Professional courses		30
II.3.1.	Interpreting and Translation Orientation		30
Mandatory			24
35	61FRE3ITI	Introductory Translation and Interpretation	2	30	0	70	61FRE22B2	5
36	61FRE3IP1	Interpreting Practice 1	4	30	60	110	61FRE22B2	6
37	61FRE3IP2	Interpreting Practice 2	4	30	60	110	61FRE3IP1	7
38	61FRE4IP3	Interpreting Practice 3	3	15	60	75	61FRE3IP2	8
39	61FRE3TP1	Translation Practice 1	4	30	60	90	61FRE22B2	6
40	61FRE3TP2	Translation Practice 2 Intermediate Translation Practice	4	30	60	110	61FRE3TP1	7
41	61FRE4TP3	Translation Practice 3 Advanced Translation Practice	3	15	60	75	61FRE3TP2	8
Optional			6	45	90	180
42	61FRE2GEC	French for Economics	2	15	30	55	61FRE3ITI	6
43	61FRE4LIR	General Law & International Relations	2	15	30	55	61FRE3ITI	6
44	61FRE3SIN	Sight Interpretation	2	15	30	55	61FRE3IP1	8
45	61FRE4SCI	Simulation for Conference Interpretation	2	15	30	55	61FRE3IP2	8
46	61FRE4ITS	Integrated Translation Skills	2	15	30	55	61FRE3TP1	8
47	61FRE4TRE	Translation in Economics	2	15	30	55	61FRE3ITI	7
48	61FRE4LET	Legal Translation	2	15	30	55	61FRE3ITI	7
II.3.2	Tourism Orientation		30
Mandatory			24
49	61FRE3ITO	Introductory Tourism in French	3	15	60	75	61FRE22B2	5
50	61FRE3FT1	French for Tourism 1	4	30	60	110	61FRE22B2	5
51	61FRE3FT2	French for Tourism 2	4	30	60	110	61FRE3FT1	6
52	61FRE3TMK	Tourism Marketing in French	3	30	30	90	61FRE3FT1	6
53	61FRE3TOG	Tourism Geography in French	3	30	30	90	61FRE3FT1	6
54	61FRE4CTO	Culture and Tourism in French	4	30	60	90	61FRE3FT1	7
55	61FRE4SUT	Sustainable Tourism in French	3	30	30	90	61FRE3FT1	8
Optional
56	61FRE4TGS	Tour Guiding Skills in French	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	7
57	61FRE4TOP	Tourism Operation in french	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	7
58	61FRE4CTG	Communication in Tourism for Tour Guides	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	8
59	61FRE4CTS	Communication in Tourism for Tourist Office Staff	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	8
60	?	Hospitality and Restaurant in French	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	8
61	?	Customer Services in French	2	15	30	55	61FRE3FT1	8
III	Intership and Graduation Paper		9
62	61FRE4PRA	Practicum	3					6
63	61FRE4GRP	Graduation Paper	6					8
Substitute for Graduation Paper:
64	61FRE4INT	Internship	6					8
Total (Interpreting and Translation Orientation)			154	1035	1890	3195
Total (Tourism Orientation)			154	1050	1860	3210

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

	Course code	Course title	Semes-ter	Number of credits		Credit allocation (in working hours)			Pre-requisites	Language
						Theory (in class)	Practice (in class)	Personal work
I	Foundation courses			41
1	61PML1PML	Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism	1	3		45	0	105		Vietnamese
2	61PML1POE	Political Economics Marxism-Leninism	2	2		30	0	70	61PML1PML	Vietnamese
3	61PML2SCS	Scientific Socialism	3	2		30	0	70	61PML1POE	Vietnamese
4	61PML3HCM	Ho Chi Minh Ideology	4	2		30	0	70	61PML2SCS	Vietnamese
5	61PML2HVC	History of Vietnam Communist Party	4	2		30	0	70	61PML2SCS	Vietnamese
6	61PML1GEL	General Law	1	2		30	0	70		Vietnamese
7	61FIT1CSK	Computer skills	1	3		15	60	75		Vietnamese
8	61ENG3FA2	Second Foreign Language Skills-A2	5	7		30	150	170		English
9	61ENG3FB1	Second Foreign Language Skills-1B1	6	7		30	150	170	61ENG3FA2	English
10	61PED1PED	Physical Education		3		0	90	60		Vietnamese
11	61PED1NDS	National Defence & Security Education		8						Vietnamese
II.	Professional courses			104
II.1	Fundamental courses			18
Mandatory				14
12	61VIP2BHC	Brief History of Vietnamese Culture	2	3		45	0	105		Vietnamese
13	61COC2INC	Introductory Communication	3	2		15	30	55		Vietnamese
14	61COC2PCO	Psychology of Communication	3	2		15	30	55		Vietnamese
15	61COC3COT	Communication Theories	5	2		15	30	55	61COC2B2	French
16	61COC3LAE	Law and Ethics	8	2		15	30	55		French
17	61COC3PMK	Principles of Marketing	5	3		30	30	90		French
Optional (choose 2 out of 4 courses)				4
18	61VIP1IVC	Introduction to Vietnamese Culture	1	2		30	0	70		Vietnamese
19	61VIP2HAS	Hanoi Studies	3	2		30	0	70		Vietnamese
20	61VIP2VTS	Vietnamese Textual Studies	3	2		30	0	70		Vietnamese
21	61VIP2VIU	Vietnamese in Use	4	2		30	0	70		Vietnamese
II.2	Language courses			38
II.2.1	French language practices			32
22	61COC1A1	French Language Skills A1	1	8		30	180	190		French
23	61COC1A2	French Language Skills A2	2	8		30	180	190	61COC1A1	French
24	61COC2B1	French Language Skills B1	3	8		30	180	190	61COC1A2	French
25	61COC2B2	French Language Skills B2	4	8		30	180	190	61COC2B1	French
II.2.2	French for specific purposes			6
26	61COC2FCS	French for Communication Studies	4	3		15	60	75	61COC2B1	French
27	61COC2FEC	French for Economy	4	3		15	60	75	61COC2B1	French
II.3	Professional courses			48
Mandatory				36
28	61COC2WCO	Written Communication	4	3		15	60	75	61COC2B1	French
29	61COC2OCO	Oral Communication	4	3		15	60	75	61COC2B1	French
30	61COC3MAM	Mass Media	5	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
31	61COC3CCO	Corporate Communication	6	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
32	61COC3MCO	Marketing Communication	6	3		30	30	90	61COC3PMK	French
33	61COC3ECO	E-communication	5	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
34	61COC3PRE	Public Relations	6	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
35	61COC3CUC	Culture and Communication	6	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
36	61COC3RIC	Research methods in Information and Communication	7	3		30	30	90	61COC2B2	French
37	61COC4CTC	Current Trends in Communication	8	3		30	30	90		French
38	61COC3CW1	Creative Content Workshop 1	5	3		30	30	90		French
39	61COC3CW2	Creative Content Workshop 2	6	3		30	30	90	61COC3CW1	French
Optional (choose 4 out of 8 courses)				12
40	61COC4MMC	Multimedia Communication	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3MAM	French
41	61COC4EMA	E-marketing	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3PMK	French
42	61COC4ADC	Advertising and Advertising Creativity	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3PMK	French
43	61COC4VCO	Visual Communication	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3CW1	French
44	61COC4INC	Internal Communication	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3CCO	French
45	61COC4EMC	Event Management and Communication	7	3		30	30	90		French
46	61COC4CCM	Communication Crisis Management	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3CCO	French
47	61COC4BCM	Brand Creation and Management	7	3		30	30	90	61COC3PMK	French
III	Internship and Graduation Paper			9
48	61COC3IN1	Internship 1	6	3
49	61COC4GRP	Graduation Paper	8	6						French
	Substitute for Graduation Paper:
50	61COC4IN2	Internship 2	8	6
Total					154 credits

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