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Some of the world’s leading experts in the field of Celtic Studies and Medieval Studies have come together to produce an innovative new programme.
This unique distance-learning Joint Honours BA allows students to combine interests in British and European medieval history and literature with a love of Celtic history and culture. The teaching is research-led, rooted in the professional interests and expertise of the lecturers, combining a study of change over time in wide-ranging, informative survey modules with more focused, topic-centred modules.
This course is subject to validation.
Celtic Studies and Medieval Studies (BA, Joint Honours)
UCAS Code: CEM1
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Tuition Fees 2022/23:
Home (Full-time): £9,000 per year
Overseas (Full-time): £13,500 per year
Why choose this course?
- The programme is taught by staff who specialise in the field of Medieval History and Celtic Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS).
- Modules are based on lecturers' distinctive research expertise, such as history-writing and memory in the Middle Ages, medieval literature in Wales and Europe, religious texts, medieval spirituality, saints' Lives and Cistercian monasteries.
- Learn where to find the most important sources on the Celtic peoples and how to question the various versions of the past that have been put forward by historians, linguists, folklorists and archaeologists.
- This programme is taught to you via our unique distance-learning platform, so you can carry on working and keep up with your family commitments while you study for your BA degree.
What you will learn
The Joint Honours Celtic Studies and Medieval Studies programme at UWTSD allows students to explore many different aspects of the rich cultural heritage of the Celtic regions as well as investigate the fascinating history, literature, art and religion of the British Isles and continental Europe in the medieval period.
The teaching is research-led, rooted in the professional interests and expertise of the lecturers.
Overall, the programme gives students appreciation of the techniques and approaches of historians and other scholars, plus a multifaceted, holistic understanding of history. Topics range from Charlemagne and the Hundred Years War or crusading in the Middle Ages to the eighteenth-century revival of Druidry.
Students will develop an understanding of the distinctive features and linguistic concepts that define ‘Celtic’ as a language family and how this concept was influentially extended to the realms of literature, archaeology, art, music and cultural identity.
Year One (Cert HE, Dip HE & BA)
Level 4 Medieval Studies
- Academic Skills
- The Medieval World
- Crusading in the Middle Ages
- An Introduction to Celtic Literatures
- An Introduction to Celtic Art
Level 4 Celtic Studies
- Academic Skills
- The Early Celts
- An Introduction to Celtic Literatures
- Welsh Language Skills 1
- An Introduction to the Celtic Languages
- An Introduction to Celtic Art
Level 5 and Level 6 (running year a/year b)
Medieval Studies modules:
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Welsh Medieval Praise Poetry
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints Cults
- Medieval Europe: from Charlemagne to the Hundred Years War, 800-1453
- Medieval Britain from Edward the Confessor to Richard II, 1042-1399
- Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World
- Medicine and Miracles
- Cults, Cures and Canonisation
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
Level 5 and Level 6 (running year a/year b)
Celtic Studies modules:
- The Celts through the eyes of the Greeks and the Romans
- Representations of Brittany
- Welsh and Celtic Placenames
- The Irish Question 1886-1998: From Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement
- Welsh Language Skills 2
- Cornwall without Cornish
- True Brits
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Welsh Medieval Praise Poetry
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints Cults
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Gwlad, gwlad; Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
The programme will include several of the following types of assessment:
- essays of 1,000 to 4,000 words in length
- document analysis
- book/ journal reviews
- short reports and reflective journals
- field journals
- posters
- group and individual presentations
- dissertations of 10,000 words
- commentaries
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Key Information
Grades are important; however, our offers are not solely based on academic results. We are interested in creative people who demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.
To assess student suitability for their chosen course we normally arrange interviews for all applicants at which your skills, achievements and life experience will be considered as well as your qualifications.
Successful graduates will acquire skills that will lead to a range of possible posts including:
- teaching
- the heritage and tourist industry
- libraries
- archives and information services
- local and Welsh assembly government
- civil service
- administration
- proofreading
- publishing
- journalism
- film
- television
- media
- creative arts
Many of our students progress to postgraduate studies at UWTSD: for example, the MA in Celtic Studies, the MA in Medieval Studies or MPhil and PhD study.
Estimations are made on the assumption that students buy new copies of the books. Students may also choose to spend money on printing drafts of work.
Students may spend up to £300 per year on books and additional related materials although many articles and reading materials are made available to distance learners via Moodle and electronic resources at the library.
Students are expected to submit two hard copies of their final project, the estimated cost for binding these is £20.
- Celtic Studies (BA)
- Medieval Studies (BA)