Celtic Studies

Q500 - 4 years (for beginners)

Since the University has specialists in all the Celtic languages, it is particularly well equipped to offer you an integrated course in Celtic Studies. Although some orientation on the history and culture of the Celtic-speaking peoples is given in Level 1, the emphasis of the Celtic Studies degree is on their languages and literatures, from the earliest times to the present day. The course takes four years, and normally includes one or two semesters of study at a university in Ireland or Brittany under the ERASMUS programme funded by the EU.

No prior knowledge of any Celtic language is required. Entrants with A-Level Welsh can take Part 1 in one year and spend three years in Part 2 (normally including two semesters abroad). Beginners in Welsh take Level 1 in two years (including a summer course in Welsh) and proceed to Levels 2 and 3 in years 3 and 4 (normally including one semester abroad).

By the time you graduate in Celtic Studies you will have a good practical and academic knowledge of the languages and literatures of the Irish and Welsh from the beginnings to the present day, and have also taken modules comparing the Celtic languages and literatures in general. Popular optional modules include Scottish Gaelic, Breton, Arthurian literature, women in Welsh literature, creative writing in Welsh, Welsh in the workplace, and many others.