About the Department

The Department of French was known, at its inception in 1950, as the Department of French Studies. In 1964, it became the French Section when four other languages –Arabic, Russian, Spanish and Swahili-were introduced and put under the Department of Modern Languages, together with French. In August 2011, the French Section was again given a departmental status, thus reintroducing it as the Department of French.
In addition to the Bachelor of Arts in French, the Department also runs Master of Arts programmes in French, Translation and Conference Interpreting and a Master of Philosophy in French. It also runs a doctoral programme in French with various areas of specialisation.