Welsh Ethnological Studies-mewn Astudiaethau Gwerin (MA)

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• Objectives
  To offer knowledge and expertise for a career in heritage industry, teaching, management, the media, language planning, government and research.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements:
  
  1st or upper 2nd class UK Honours degree, or equivalent is usually required.
  
  Suitable for graduates in Welsh, History, Ethnology, Anthropology and other Humanities/Social Science subjects. Students may take this course through the medium of Welsh or English.
  
  Students who do not speak Welsh are encouraged to attend the School's two-month intensive language course in the summer preceding enrolment.
• Academic title
  Welsh Ethnological Studies/mewn Astudiaethau Gwerin (MA)
• Course description
  Course Description:
  
  The course structure is outlined as follows:
  
  A) 2 Core Modules
  (i) Ethnographic Research Skills. Assessment: two practical tasks.
  (ii) Theoretical Issues in Folklore and Ethnology. Assessment: one 2,000 word essay.
  
  B) Two optional modules assessed by an essay (4,000 words) or essay (3,000 words) and a practical task.
  
  C) A supervised dissertation of not more than 20,000 words.
  
  Semester 1
  
      * Ethnographic Research Skills
      * Theoretical Issues in Folklore and Ethnology
  
  Semester 2                              
  
      *  Welsh Identity in Folklore and Popular Culture
      *  Welsh Folk Narrativ
      * Folk Culture
      * Identity, Language and Society
      * Popular Song in Wales 1660-1860
      * Wales and America
  
  Optional modules may sometimes be offered in Semester 1.
  
  Special Features:
  
      * A unique course offered jointly by the School of Welsh and the National History Museum, St Fagans.
      * On-site training at the Museum, which has an extensive collection of buildings, material artefacts and documents pertaining to all aspects of Welsh culture. It also houses a notable sound archive, which includes a vast range of recordings reflecting the oral and musical traditions of Wales.
      * The opportunity to gain expertise in research methodology
      * Field trips to visit heritage institutions in mid and North Wales.
  

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