Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic

Entry requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree.

If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country.

Normally, applicants must have at least a high II.1 Honours degree from a UK university or an international equivalent to this.

Months of entry

October

Course content

The MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic is designed for students who have already undertaken a first degree incorporating work in some of the subjects encompassed by the Department. Our MPhil programme provides a nine-month course (October to June) in the scholarly methods and disciplines relevant to the study of the history, languages, literatures, and material culture of the peoples of Britain and Ireland, Brittany and Scandinavia in the earlier Middle Ages.

The course enables candidates to achieve an understanding of early Insular culture as a whole, as well as specialising in aspects of particular interest, whether historical, palaeographical, literary, or linguistic. Training is given in scholarly methods and practices, complemented by instruction in the particular fields of the candidate's interests.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

During the MPhil, students should have:

developed a deep and critical knowledge of their chosen area within Anglo- Saxon, Norse and Celtic;

developed an understanding of critical debates which allows the evaluation of current research in their dissertation field; and

shown independent judgement based on their own research.

Skills and other attributes

By the end of their course, students should have:

acquired and/or consolidated linguistic, palaeographical or other scholarly skills;

participated effectively in seminar discussions and made an oral presentation of their research; and

learned how to schedule independent research to produce written work of a high standard to a strict deadline.

Information for international students

IELTS (Academic)

Element Score

Listening 7.0

Writing 7.0

Reading 7.0

Speaking 7.0

Total 7.5

TOEFL Internet Score

Element Score

Listening 25

Writing 25

Reading 25

Speaking 25

Total 110