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MA English and Gaelic Studies

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
English and Gaelic Studies
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
QQ53
Typical offer
A-level BBC, IB 32

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 English Language and Literature and Mathematics with Gaelic, combining literature with modern Scottish Gaelic language and culture. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing. Instruction spans from medieval texts to contemporary works, supported by academic staff engaged in Gaelic policy and research.

Modules

  • Academic Writing for Language & Literature
  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Gaelic Scotland
  • Acts of Reading
  • Gaelic for Beginners 1a
  • Gaelic for Beginners 1b
  • Gaelic Language 1a
  • Gaelic Language 1b
  • Controversial Classics
  • Rethinking Reading
  • Encounters with Shakespeare
  • Otherworld: Lost Gods and Hidden Monsters of Medieval Scotland
  • Triumph and Tragedy: A Literary and Historic Tour of Gaelic Scotland
  • Gaelic for Advanced Beginners 2a
  • Gaelic for Advanced Beginners 2b
  • Gaelic Language 2a
  • Gaelic Language 2b
  • The Tragedy of Knowledge
  • Power, Empire and Equality
  • Gaelic Language A
  • Page and Stage: Renaissance Writings 1500 - 1640 (EL30CP)
  • Knights, Virgins and Viragos: Chaucer and Medieval Writing (EL35DQ)
  • Sympathy for the Devil: Scottish Short Stories (EL30QA)
  • Romanticism (EL30XR)
  • Britain and the Nineteenth - Century World (EL35SB)
  • Fallen Women and Self - Made Men (EL35VC)
  • Modernism: Make IT New (EL30FF)
  • American Voices: Self and Society, 1850 - 1930 (EL30RD)
  • Haunted Texts (EL35KN)
  • Art and Atrocity: Representations of Violence and Trauma (EL35UT)
  • Gaelic Language B
  • English Dissertation
  • Dissertation in Gaelic Studies