MA Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Sociology
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 Sociology and Celtic, examining human social structures alongside the history and literature of Celtic peoples. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students explore languages, medieval literature, and the cultural history of Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia.
Modules
- Introduction to Sociology I: Self, Identity & Society
- Introduction to Sociology II: Systems of Power
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Barbarians, Romans, Gods and Warriors
- 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
- Modern Irish Language for Beginners 2
- Sociology of Everyday Life i: the Embodied Self
- Sociology of Everyday Life II: Global Issues in the 21st Century
- Love, Loss and Revival: Gaelic Ireland, 1700 to the Present
- Otherworld: Lost Gods and Hidden Monsters of Medieval Scotland
- The Celts, Their Neighbours, and The Classical World
- Ancient Empires: Religion, Power and Politics
- Scottish Folklore and Oral Traditions
- Triumph and Tragedy: A Literary and Historic Tour of Gaelic Scotland
- Thinking Sociologically
- Sociology of Religion
- Social Research Methods
- Ten Sociological Studies
- Introduction to Old English Language
- Myths, Legends and Poetry of the Mediaeval Gaels
- Independent Study In Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies A
- Scottish Archaeology
- Celtic Scotland: Gaelic Cultural Moments Middle Ages to Present
- Decolonial England: Languages and Identities from 450 to the Present
- Research Project Part 2
- Research Project Part 1
- Dissertation in Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies
- Introduction to Old English Language
- Independent Study In Celtic & Anglo - Saxon Studies B
- Myths, Legends and Poetry of the Mediaeval Gaels
- Decolonial England: Languages and Identities from 450 to the Present
- Celtic Scotland: Gaelic Cultural Moments Middle Ages to Present
- Roads, Mobility, Movement, Migration
- Global Challenges in an Ethnographic Perspective
- Gendered Approaches to Conflict and Society
- Comparative Constitutional Systems
- Emotion, Self and Society
- The Political Anthropology of Indigenous Rights
- More Than Human
- Extreme Right in Western Europe
- International Migration and Europe
- Understanding and Responding to Organised Crime
- Social Inequality