ATS3962 Feasts for the eyes: French and francophone taste, style and fashion
Faculty of Arts
ATS3962 Feasts for the eyes: French and francophone taste, style and fashion is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3962
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3962
No unit lists ATS3962 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must have passed 12 credit points of second year Arts units
Overview
This elective unit provides you with the opportunity to develop your French language speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies and your knowledge of French and Francophone societies through the central theme of fashion. You will explore a range of historical, philosophical, cultural, political and environmental questions that all position fashion and taste as key vectors for individual and collective expression and freedom. The material used in this unit is drawn from authentic French and/or Francophone contexts with a specific emphasis on literature, film and popular culture. This unit will enable you to better understand the centrality of fashion and its multiple applications throughout the world as well as how your own personal fashion choices can have important impacts in an age of global environmental crisis.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3962.
Assessment
- Pre-class/weekly activitiesExercise20%
- Oral presentationPresentation25%
- Research EssayWritten40%
- Post-class exercisesExercise15%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
discuss the importance of fashion in contemporary French and Francophone societies;
- 2
critically examine contemporary global issues related to fashion (such as inequality, discrimination and sustainability) as they emerge in specific localities;
- 3
analyse different types of cultural texts and narrative constructs;
- 4
critically read complex texts in French and in translation.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3962 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Charlotte Mackay
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Charlotte Mackay
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3962?
ATS3962 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3962 offered?
ATS3962 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS3962?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3962 have an exam?
No. ATS3962 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3962?
ATS3962 is part of European languages.