Bachelor in Licence - Lettres

The Licence - Lettres (Bachelor of Letters) at Université de Bretagne Sud, based at the Lorient campus in France, is a three-year bachelor-level program conducted entirely in French. Letters as a discipline covers the study of literary texts, language, and the history of ideas across periods and cultures. Students typically engage with French literature from the medieval period through to contemporary writing, examining the structural and historical dimensions of the French language, and developing skills in literary criticism, rhetoric, and textual analysis. Modules in linguistics address grammar, phonetics, and the evolution of language over time, while literary studies draw on critical theory and comparative approaches to interpret texts in their cultural and intellectual context. Philosophy, aesthetics, and the history of thought often appear alongside core literary coursework, broadening the intellectual scope of the degree considerably. The program builds rigorous written argumentation and close-reading habits that transfer to a wide range of professions. Graduates commonly move into teaching at secondary and post-secondary level after completing a master's degree, or pursue careers in publishing, journalism, cultural administration, librarianship, and public sector communication. Some continue to doctoral research in French studies or comparative literature. The program starts in September and runs for three years, with yearly tuition of 178 EUR. All instruction is in French, making solid proficiency in the language a practical requirement for study.