Welsh and Celtic Studies (MA)

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:

• Welsh literature and literary criticism
• Creative writing
• Children’s literature
• Sociolinguistics
• Language acquisition
• Dialectology
• Language planning and policy
• 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 minority languages.

You can study this programme through the medium of Welsh or English; or a combination of both.

We're committed to delivering programmes that are innovative and relevant, providing the best learning outcomes and career prospects for our students. In light of this, we're currently reviewing some elements of this programme. As such, the details shown are subject to change and indicative only. You can still apply now. We'll update this page and contact all offer holders when the review is complete to confirm any changes.

Careers

This programme offers academic training of the very highest standard in the field of Welsh and Celtic Studies for those who are interested in following a career in fields concerned with language and planning, the media, heritage, government, management, public relations, marketing, the creative industries, teaching, and research.

You’ll gain knowledge and nurture skills which are considered assets in a range of different careers. You’ll also undertake employability training and engage with workplaces as part of the Academic and Professional Research module.

Placements

Work experience is a core requirement of the MA programme, forming a part of the Academic and Professional Research module. A five-day placement will allow you to explore how your academic and personal skills relate to the requirements of a professional workplace in an area related to your research. You will write a report to evaluate and reflect on your experience. Previous MA students have undertaken placements with organisations such as the National Assembly of Wales, Glamorgan Archives, translation services, media companies and schools.