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Cardiff University: Welsh and Celtic Studies (Astudiaethau Cymreig a Cheltaidd)
| Institution | Cardiff University View institution profile |
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| Department | School of Welsh |
| Web | www.cardiff.ac.uk |
| enquiry@cardiff.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)29 2087 4455 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
Join us to explore Welsh literature, language and culture through an international and interdisciplinary lens.
Our MA Welsh and Celtic Studies programme allows you to investigate and explore the relationship between literature, language, culture and identity across the centuries – from medieval literature to contemporary fields such as language planning and policy.
This is an open and flexible programme, enabling you to tailor its content to your interests and matched with the wide-ranging and diverse research specialisms of our staff.
Under the supervision of renowned experts in their fields, you'll become part of a dynamic, challenging and transformative research and scholarship community. One of our main strengths is the impact and influence of our research on the world around us – politically, linguistically, culturally and socially. We have broken new ground in a range of different subject areas, and these advances inform our MA programme.
Choosing to study with us is an opportunity to engage with diverse and highly-relevant topics concerned with Welsh and other languages, such as:
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Welsh literature and literary criticism
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Creative writing
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Children’s literature
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Sociolinguistics
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Language acquisition
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Dialectology
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Language planning and policy
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Translation theory and methodology.
Recent MA students have undertaken original and penetrating research in several notable fields, including: linguistic landscape mapping; creative literary critcism; intertextual research and Welsh medieval literature; and digital technologies and minotiry languages.
You can study this programme through the medium of Welsh or English; or a combination of both.
MA
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | For information, please visit the course page on our website: |
| Location | Cathays Park Campus Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | For information, please visit the course page on our website: |
| Location | Cathays Park Campus Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Typically, you will need to have either: a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject such as Archaeology, Celtic Studies, Geography, History, Languages, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology, Welsh, or Welsh Creative Writing, or an equivalent international degree For further information, please visit the course page on our website: |
| Location | Cathays Park Campus Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Typically, you will need to have either: a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject such as Archaeology, Celtic Studies, Geography, History, Languages, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology, Welsh, or Welsh Creative Writing, or an equivalent international degree For further information, please visit the course page on our website: |
| Location | Cathays Park Campus Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT |
Founded in 1883, Cardiff University Cardiff University combines a prestigious heritage with impressive modern facilities, on one of the most beautiful campuses in the UK. As part of the Russell Group, our students benefit from our outstanding research quality and reputation, while enjoying a wide variety of courses that can be tailored to any aspirations.
Among great minds
Cardiff University is ranked 25th in the UK (the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2023) and 154th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024). With 90% of our research confirmed as world-leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence …
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