Welsh Writing in English, MA

Swansea University
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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Singleton park (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Eligible for Welsh Government Master's Bursaries

The full-time course comprises three modules taken in each academic semester (a total of six modules) and then a dissertation over the summer. There are three core modules and three optional modules.
The dissertation component draws on issues and themes developed throughout the year, or emerges from a topic of the student's proposing.
Part-time study is also available.

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Singleton Park (Swansea)
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University Of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP

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About this course

The typical entry requirement is a first degree in English or a relevant discipline, normally an upper second or above or equivalent. Overseas students are expected to possess an IELTS score of 6.5.

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Welsh
  • Options
  • IT
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Communication Skills
  • Radio
  • Writing
  • Part Time
  • Full Time
  • Trauma
  • Literature

Course programme

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

MA 1 Year Full-time

Year 1 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take the following two modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M41Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Research Practice in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in EnglishEN-M80Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Practising Ideas: Advanced Research Skills in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English

AND

Compulsory Modules selective

Choose Maximum Of 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take at least 2 of the modules below. You may take all 3 if you wish

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M42Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Identities: literature and nationhoodEN-M44Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender, Genre and the Nation: Women Writing Modern WalesEN-M45Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Dylan Thomas and the Rise of Welsh Writing in English

AND

Optional module choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : you may take a maximum of 2 modules from below

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCL-M19Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture in the Imperial PeriodCL-M49Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Romance Refracted and novels renewedCL-M50Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Narrative genres and theoryCL-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient WorldCL-M78Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Saints and Sinners in Christian Late AntiquityEN-M07Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Romantic SublimeEN-M34Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Long Fiction 1EN-M35Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Genre: Writing for the StageEN-M36Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry 1Pre-requisite for EN-M40EN-M38Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Art of The Short StoryEN-M40Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Poetry 2You must complete EN-M36 in order to take this moduleEN-M57Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing Radio DramaEN-M67Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Angela CarterEN-M68Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Non-Fiction EN-M69Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20James Joyce and Literary TheoryEN-M74Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Neo-Victorian Mutinies: Gender & Racial Trauma in Neo-Victorian Fiction (& Film)EN-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-M77Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and ObjectsEN-M79Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20After Macbeth: Stage and Screen AdaptationEN-M82Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Was Eve Framed? Theorising the Medieval Walled GardenML-M00Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fiction and Power: The European Political Novel from Kafka to KunderaML-M08Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Culture: An introductionML-M10Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeML-M25Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender in Contemporary European CultureMS-M01Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Screenwriting

Year 2 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters Dissertation

Students choose 60 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Part- Two Dissertation

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students who successfully complete Part-1 progress to take the Part-2 Dissertation

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M31Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)60Dissertation

MA 2 Year Part-time

Year 1 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert

Students choose 60 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take the following module

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M80Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Practising Ideas: Advanced Research Skills in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English

AND

Compulsory Modules selective

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Your selected options over the coures of Part-1 must include at least two of the modules below. You may, if you wish select all three of these options, so long as your credits in any one teaching block do not exceed 40 (or 60 in any one year)

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M42Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Identities: literature and nationhoodEN-M44Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender, Genre and the Nation: Women Writing Modern WalesEN-M45Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Dylan Thomas and the Rise of Welsh Writing in English

AND

Optional module choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Please select sufficent modules to total 60 overall. You may not exceed 40 credits in any one teaching block

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCL-M19Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture in the Imperial PeriodCL-M49Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Romance Refracted and novels renewedCL-M50Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Narrative genres and theoryCL-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient WorldCL-M78Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Saints and Sinners in Christian Late AntiquityEN-M07Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Romantic SublimeEN-M34Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Long Fiction 1EN-M35Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Genre: Writing for the StageEN-M36Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry 1Pre-requisite for EN-M40EN-M38Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Art of The Short StoryEN-M40Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Poetry 2You must complete EN-M36 in order to take this moduleEN-M57Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing Radio DramaEN-M67Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Angela CarterEN-M68Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Non-Fiction EN-M69Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20James Joyce and Literary TheoryEN-M74Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Neo-Victorian Mutinies: Gender & Racial Trauma in Neo-Victorian Fiction (& Film)EN-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-M77Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and ObjectsEN-M79Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20After Macbeth: Stage and Screen AdaptationEN-M82Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Was Eve Framed? Theorising the Medieval Walled GardenML-M00Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fiction and Power: The European Political Novel from Kafka to KunderaML-M08Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Culture: An introductionML-M10Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeML-M25Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender in Contemporary European CultureMS-M01Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Screenwriting

MA 3 Year Part-time

Year 1 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert

Students choose 60 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take the following two modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M80Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Practising Ideas: Advanced Research Skills in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English

AND

Compulsory Modules selective

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : your selected options over the course of Part-1 must include at least 2 from below. You may select all 3 as long as your credits in any one Teaching block do not exceed 40 (or 60 in 1 year).

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M42Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Identities: literature and nationhoodEN-M44Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender, Genre and the Nation: Women Writing Modern WalesEN-M45Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Dylan Thomas and the Rise of Welsh Writing in English

AND

Optional module choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Credits permitting select 1 module from below

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCL-M19Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture in the Imperial PeriodCL-M49Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Romance Refracted and novels renewedCL-M50Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Narrative genres and theoryCL-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient WorldCL-M78Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Saints and Sinners in Christian Late AntiquityEN-M07Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Romantic SublimeEN-M34Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Long Fiction 1EN-M35Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Genre: Writing for the StageEN-M36Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry 1Pre-requisite for EN-M40EN-M38Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Art of The Short StoryEN-M40Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Poetry 2You must complete EN-M36 in order to take this moduleEN-M57Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing Radio DramaEN-M67Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Angela CarterEN-M68Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Non-Fiction EN-M69Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20James Joyce and Literary TheoryEN-M74Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Neo-Victorian Mutinies: Gender & Racial Trauma in Neo-Victorian Fiction (& Film)EN-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-M77Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and ObjectsEN-M79Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20After Macbeth: Stage and Screen AdaptationEN-M82Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Was Eve Framed? Theorising the Medieval Walled GardenML-M00Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fiction and Power: The European Political Novel from Kafka to KunderaML-M08Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Culture: An introductionML-M10Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeML-M25Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender in Contemporary European CultureMS-M01Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Screenwriting

Year 2 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert

Students choose 60 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take the following two modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M41Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Research Practice in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English

AND

Compulsory Modules selective

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : your selected options over the course of Part-1 must include at least 2 from below. You may select all 3 as long as your credits in any one Teaching block do not exceed 40 (or 60 in 1 year). You may not repeat a module taken during Year 1.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M42Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Identities: literature and nationhoodEN-M44Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender, Genre and the Nation: Women Writing Modern WalesEN-M45Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Dylan Thomas and the Rise of Welsh Writing in English

AND

Optional module choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Credits permitting select 1 module from below. You may not repeat a module taken during year 1

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCL-M19Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture in the Imperial PeriodCL-M49Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Romance Refracted and novels renewedCL-M50Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Narrative genres and theoryCL-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient WorldCL-M78Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Saints and Sinners in Christian Late AntiquityEN-M07Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Romantic SublimeEN-M34Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Long Fiction 1EN-M35Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Genre: Writing for the StageEN-M36Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry 1Pre-requisite for EN-M40EN-M38Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Art of The Short StoryEN-M40Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Poetry 2You must complete EN-M36 in order to take this moduleEN-M57Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing Radio DramaEN-M67Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Angela CarterEN-M68Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Non-Fiction EN-M69Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20James Joyce and Literary TheoryEN-M74Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Neo-Victorian Mutinies: Gender & Racial Trauma in Neo-Victorian Fiction (& Film)EN-M76Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-M77Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and ObjectsEN-M79Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20After Macbeth: Stage and Screen AdaptationEN-M82Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Was Eve Framed? Theorising the Medieval Walled GardenML-M00Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fiction and Power: The European Political Novel from Kafka to KunderaML-M08Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Culture: An introductionML-M10Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeML-M25Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gender in Contemporary European CultureMS-M01Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Screenwriting

Year 3 (Level 7 PGT)

FHEQ 7 Taught Masters Dissertation

Students choose 60 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Part- Two Dissertation

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students who successfully complete Part-1 progress to take the Part-2 Dissertation module below

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-M31Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)60Dissertation

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Tuition fees


Tuition fees for years of study after your first year are subject to an increase of 3%.

You can find further information on fees and how to pay on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

International students and part-time study: If you require a Tier 4 student visa you must be studying full-time. If you are in the UK under a different visa category, it may be possible for you to study part-time. Please see our part-time study and visas page for more information.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

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