Swansea University 2023 Undergraduate Prospectus

WELSH SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

Global Opportunities available †  Work Placement or Internship Opportunities available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available OVERALL SATISFACTION (National Student Survey 2021) 82%

The Welsh language opens doors to a wide variety of exciting opportunities in fields such as trade, industry, education, the media and local authorities. These degree courses will ensure you have the understanding, knowledge and skills that are relevant in today’s Wales, and you will be studying in a department that is acknowledged nationally and internationally for its research and teaching quality.

You will gain a solid foundation in language with an opportunity to specialise in areas such as translation, creative writing, language laws and policy, sociolinguistics and Welsh literature. You will also have the opportunity to go on various work placements as a part of your course. As a graduate of Welsh at Swansea, you will have a thorough understanding of the Welsh language, its culture, literature and its legal context. You will be able to think critically and creatively – invaluable

FUTURE CAREERS: • Civil Service • Education • Media and PR

TYPICAL OFFER: BBB

• Publishing • Translation

Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 160)

TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 (First Language) • Creative Welsh • Professional Welsh • The Status of the Welsh Language • Translation Year 1 (Second Language) • Presenting and Communicating Skills • Translanguaging • Use of Language Year 2 • Introduction to Creative Writing • Language Rights in the International Context • Prose Between Two Worlds Year 3 • A Taste of Research • Dissertation • The Welsh Language, Devolution and the Law • Translation • Welsh Drama: Saunders Lewis and Gwenlyn Parry

BA Single Honours ▲  Cymraeg, Cyfryngau a Chysylltiadau Cyhoeddus (Welsh Media and Public Relations) ♦ Cymraeg, Cyfryngau a Chysylltiadau Cyhoeddus (Welsh Media and Public Relations) (with Year Abroad) ▲ Welsh (First Language Pathway) ♦  Welsh (First Language Pathway) (with Year in Industry) ▲ Welsh (Second Language Pathway) ♦  Welsh (Second Language Pathway) (with Year in Industry) ▲ Welsh: Language, Law and Policy ♦  Welsh: Language, Law and Policy (with Year in Industry) BA Joint Honours Welsh (First/Second Language Pathway) ▲  Education and Welsh ♦  Education and Welsh (with Year Abroad) ▲ English Literature ♦ English Literature (with Year Abroad) ▲ History

skills when venturing into the competitive world of work.

♦ History (with Year Abroad) ♦ Media (with Year Abroad)

▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page

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