Bachelor in Double licence - Lettres / Histoire -

This double licence combines Lettres (Literature) and Histoire (History) at ICES, the Institut Catholique de Vendée, in La Roche-sur-Yon, France, as a three-year bachelor's program taught in French, with an intended start in September. Literature as a discipline studies texts, language, and literary tradition, training students to read closely, interpret meaning, and situate works within their cultural and intellectual context, while history studies past societies and events through the critical analysis of documents, archives, and historiography. Combining the two fields allows students to connect literary study with historical context, examining how literary works reflect and respond to the periods in which they were written, and how historical events and social change are represented in literature. Typical coursework includes French literature across different periods, literary theory and textual analysis, alongside courses in ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary history, historical methodology, and source criticism. Students build strong skills in close reading, structured written argument, and historical analysis, producing essays, commentaries, and dissertations that are central to French humanities education. This combination is well suited to students interested in teaching, publishing, journalism, archival and heritage work, or further graduate study in literature, history, or related humanities fields. Many graduates pursue teaching qualifications in French, literature, or history, while others move into cultural institutions, museums, or communications roles that draw on strong writing and analytical skills. The double licence format requires meeting the coursework requirements of both disciplines in parallel, producing a demanding but intellectually connected three-year course of study bridging literary and historical analysis. As instruction is delivered entirely in French, students need solid French language proficiency to follow lectures, complete assignments, and participate in coursework, and selective entrance examinations are required to apply to this program in La Roche-sur-Yon.