Programme Specifications

Languages, Cultures and Societies

September 2023

To introduce the core aspects of Celtic Studies at postgraduate level to students from other disciplines, and to give students with a degree in Celtic Studies the opportunity to develop their language skills and analyse texts in Celtic languages. Develop research skills and prepare students for independent research.

Students will be able to discuss and engage with complex concepts in the field of Celtic Studies at an advanced level, using a wide range of sources, including manuscripts and electronic resources. They will be aware of the scholarship undertaken in the field and will be able to consider obvious problems critically. They will have writing skills in one or more Celtic languages.

A1 Show an advanced knowledge of key aspects of Welsh and Celtic Studies

A2 Engage at an advanced level with scholarship in the field

A3 Advanced language skills in one or more Celtic language

Learning and Teaching:

A range of teaching methods are used, in accordance with the objectives of individual modules: lectures, seminars, tutorials and directed research. Students are expected to build upon and expand the knowledge learned in lectures, seminars, etc. through independent reading. Additional support and resources for students are available in the University Library and at the National Library of Wales.

Assessment Strategies and Methods:

The above skills are assessed through essays, language tasks, oral presentations and examinations.

B1 The ability to construct a coherent and intelligent argument at a suitably advanced level.

B2 The ability to engage with a range of complex texts and scholarly debates concerning them.

B3 The ability to analyse academic and literary material in one or more Celtic languages at an advanced level

Learning and Teaching:

Students have the opportunity to specialize in one or more Celtic languages on this scheme, and their linguistic skills are developed on the optional modules relevant to the languages chosen. The students’ analytical skills are developed and they are introduced to a variety of academic and literary texts on the optional modules. These skills are developed further in the dissertation which is a core module.

Assessment Strategies and Methods:

The above skills are assessed through essays, language tasks, oral presentations and examinations.

Professional practical skills / Discipline Specific Skills

By the end of their programme, all students are expected to be able to demonstrate:

C1 The ability to communicate and articulate complex ideas clearly on paper and orally

C2 The ability to conduct independent research correponding to recognized academic and professional practices

C3 Develop advanced language skills in one or more Celtic language

C4 Demonstrate a command of a range of printed, manuscript and electronic sources relevant to the field.

Learning and Teaching:

These practical and disciplinary skills are presented to all students on the scheme's optional modules, and they are further developed in the dissertation. The dissertation module will introduce vital research skills and provide an opportunity for students to develop those skills through independent work under the direction of a lecturer.

Assessment Strategies and Methods:

The above skills are assessed through essays, language tasks, oral presentations and examinations.

D1 Communication skills in at least one Celtic language.

D2 Organizational skills relating to the assimilation and presentation of a large amount of complicated data.

Learning and Teaching:

Students' collaboration skills are developed in all of the scheme's optional modules as they are expected to collaborate and discuss together in language classes and seminars. They will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills as they lead a research project of their choice. Students are required to assimilate and present complicated data as they write a variety of essays on the scheme, particularly in the case of the dissertation. All of the optional language modules give students the opportunity to develop expertise in a Celtic language.

Assessment Strategies and Methods:

The above skills are assessed through essays, language tasks, oral presentations and examinations.