Celtic Studies

Optional courses

Language

Over two semesters (40 credits)
Introductory or, if appropriate, advanced study in:

• Early Gaelic / Old and Middle Irish
• Middle Welsh
• Modern Scottish Gaelic

Specialist Options

Two specialist courses, one in each semester. (20 credits each)

Students may normally choose from the following courses:

• Celtic Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Celtic Place-names of Scotland
• Critical Issues in Early Gaelic Literature
• Finn in Gaelic Literature
• Legal traditions in Medieval Ireland and Wales
• Literacy in Celtic Culture and Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Picts: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Alternatively, students can opt to one or two courses in guided reading in a field of their choice, directed by a specialist, and produce a research essay of c. 5000 words. 

• Special Option (Semester 1 or 2) [This is a course of guided reading, directed by a specialist in a field of your choice, designed to produce a research essay of c. 5000 words]. 

You may alternatively, with the approval of the programme organiser, take a taught course from a related Master’s programme or take another language course.