Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, BA (Hons)

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, BA (Hons) is a Bachelor program taught at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, BA (Hons) at the University of Cambridge focuses on the history, material culture, languages and literature of the peoples of Britain, Ireland and the Scandinavian world in the earlier Middle Ages.

Students explore medieval history and learn languages like Old Norse and medieval Welsh, Irish and Latin. They read literature in original languages, including the Old English poem ‘Beowulf’, the epic medieval Irish tale ‘Táin Bó Cúailnge’ (‘The Cattle Raid of Cooley’), and Old Norse Icelandic sagas.

Teaching includes lectures, classes, seminars and small-group supervisions. In the first and second year, students can expect between 10 and 15 hours of lectures and classes per week. Assessment uses written exams and coursework. All students write a dissertation of between 9,000 and 12,000 words in the third year. Year 1 includes examinations in 4 chosen subjects, and Year 2 includes examinations in all 6 subjects, or substitutions with a dissertation and/or papers from related undergraduate courses.

The course is designed to develop powers of argument and analysis. The University of Cambridge states that it equips students for careers where intellectual and analytical skills are important. Graduate options named by the University of Cambridge include research and teaching (following further study), museums and libraries, journalism, publishing, banking, law, the Civil Service, industry and business, and software development.

Modules

• Anglo-Saxon history
• Scandinavian history
• Gaelic history (Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man)
• Brittonic history (Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, the Pictish kingdoms and the North Britons)
• Old English
• Old Norse
• medieval Welsh
• medieval Irish
• medieval Latin
• palaeography (the study of manuscripts and handwriting)
• Rethinking the Viking Age
• ‘Beowulf’

The minimum requirements for admission in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, BA (Hons) at University of Cambridge for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Cambridge.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Cambridge as pre-requiste for admission in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, BA (Hons).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Minimum offer level

• A level: A*AA
• IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level

Other requirements

• There is an admissions assessment at some Colleges for this course. Students do not need to register in advance.
• Submitted work: Students will need to submit 2 pieces of written work.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/anglo-saxon-norse-celtic-ba-hons

• Research and teaching in schools and universities (following further study)
• Work in museums and libraries
• Journalism
• Publishing
• Banking
• Law
• The Civil Service
• Industry and business
• Software development

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.