Bachelor in Licence - Lettres

A Licence in Lettres is the standard French bachelor's degree in language and literature studies, centered on French-language literary history, textual analysis, and writing. Students typically study literature from the medieval period through the contemporary era, alongside grammar, linguistics, and methodology for close reading and academic essay writing, and many programs also include a secondary language or a complementary field such as history or communication. The degree is designed to build strong command of written and spoken French together with analytical skills for interpreting texts of all kinds, and graduates commonly move toward teaching qualifications, publishing, editorial work, journalism, or communication roles, as well as continuing into master's-level study in literature, linguistics, or education. This Licence is offered by Université de Mayotte in Dembeni, France, with instruction in French. It runs for three years beginning in September, with yearly tuition of 178 EUR. Because literature degrees place heavy weight on written expression, students in a Lettres program are typically assessed through commentary exercises, dissertations, and oral presentations throughout the degree, developing the kind of close-reading and argumentation skills that transfer into fields well beyond literature itself, including law, journalism, and public communication. For students in Mayotte, a Lettres degree of this kind also often serves as preparation for teacher-training examinations in French language and literature at secondary level.