MA Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Philosophy
Entry requirements
A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3.
About this course
MA in Celtic and Philosophy, combining Celtic and Philosophy. Core topics include Research Methods and Communication & Writing. Students study languages, literature, culture, and history, engaging with topics such as How Should One Live?, Controversial Questions, and Experience, Knowledge and Reality in their first year.
Modules
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Experience, Knowledge and Reality
- Ancient Empires: Religion, Power and Politics
- Modern Irish Language for Beginners 1
- Gaelic Scotland
- Gaelic for Beginners 1a
- Latin 1
- Gaelic for Beginners 1b
- Latin 2
- Controversial Questions
- How Should One Live?
- Modern Irish Language for Beginners 2
- Logic and Argument
- Environmental Ethics
- Triumph and Tragedy: A Literary and Historic Tour of Gaelic Scotland
- Love, Loss and Revival: Gaelic Ireland, 1700 to the Present
- The Celts, Their Neighbours, and The Classical World
- Otherworld: Lost Gods and Hidden Monsters of Medieval Scotland
- Ancient Empires: Religion, Power and Politics
- Scottish Folklore and Oral Traditions
- Scottish Archaeology
- Celtic Scotland: Gaelic Cultural Moments Middle Ages to Present
- Introduction to Old English Language
- Independent Study In Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies A
- Myths, Legends and Poetry of the Mediaeval Gaels
- Decolonial England: Languages and Identities from 450 to the Present
- Dissertation in Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies
- Dissertation
- Independent Study In Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies B
- Celtic Scotland: Gaelic Cultural Moments Middle Ages to Present
- Decolonial England: Languages and Identities from 450 to the Present
- Introduction to Old English Language
- Myths, Legends and Poetry of the Mediaeval Gaels