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Celtic Studies 1 Celtic Studies 1 Celtic Studies Undergraduate Program Celtic Studies (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree- programs/celtic-studies/): BA, Minor Overview Graduate Program The Celtic Studies Program is a degree program within the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley. Its purpose is to bring together faculty and There is no graduate program in Celtic Studies. (See above for options students with interests in the cultures, languages, literature, and history of for pursuing Celtic Studies at the graduate level.) the Celtic regions. Celtic Studies The undergraduate major in Celtic Studies allows for interdisciplinary Expand all course descriptions [+]Collapse all course descriptions [-] exploration; students may choose relevant electives from courses taught in the Departments of Scandinavian, Comparative Literature, English, CELTIC R1A Voices of the Celtic World 4 Anthropology, History, and History of Art. Irish and Welsh language Units and literature (in all their historical phases), and the history, mythology, Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 and cultures of the Celtic world are emphasized. The program has an Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in innovative linkage of language and literature-in-translation courses English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training intended to allow students maximum flexibility in pursuing their studies. in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural Breton is occasionally offered; courses in the history and structure of expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings the older Celtic languages (Old and Middle Irish, Medieval Welsh) are will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and regularly offered. Students may complete an undergraduate major or Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition minor in Celtic Studies; for information on major and minor requirements, requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half. see Celtic Studies (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree- Voices of the Celtic World: Read More [+] programs/celtic-studies/) under Undergraduate Program. Rules & Requirements The Celtic Studies Program accepts entrants to its major from both Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement freshman and transfer students. Our major is not impacted and welcomes applications from Celtic Studies enthusiasts. Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement UC Berkeley has no organized graduate program in Celtic Studies. (Harvard has the only such program in the U.S.) However, the Hours & Format Berkeley campus has a varied and high-quality set of resources in the area of Celtic Studies, centered around our undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Celtic Studies Program. Many graduate students take advantage Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week of these resources while earning graduate degrees in departments such as English (http://english.berkeley.edu/), Linguistics (http:// Additional Details www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/), History (http://history.berkeley.edu/), Comparative Literature (http://complit.berkeley.edu/), or Anthropology Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate (https://anthropology.berkeley.edu/home/) (our Anthropology Department has a Folklore Program (http://folklore.berkeley.edu/)). For example, Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required. you could do a Comparative Literature degree with one or more Celtic Voices of the Celtic World: Read Less [-] Languages among your chosen language areas; you could pursue an anthropology or a linguistics degree with your chosen area being a Celtic culture or language(s); and so on. You would naturally have access to our Celtic language and culture courses in making up your curriculum in one of these departments. Members of the Celtic Studies faculty could serve on your doctoral dissertation committee in one of these departments. It is also possible to combine a PhD program in any of these departments with Medieval Studies (http://medieval.berkeley.edu/) to obtain a joint degree. It is also possible to have a personally tailored Ph.D. program at Berkeley; that is, you can set up your own program, independent of specific departments. However, one must first be admitted to some extant graduate program at Berkeley before proposing an independent program. Further, it is quite difficult to get such a program approved (in other words, you cannot come here counting on this option being available to you.) So on all counts, it is important to apply to an appropriate department or program, one which offers you the kinds of training you actually want to acquire. The Program in Celtic Studies will then be able to offer you its resources as you work in that home program. 2 Celtic Studies CELTIC R1B Voices of the Celtic World 4 CELTIC 16 Introduction to Modern Welsh 4 Units Units Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021 First 6 Week Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2016, Fall 2014 Session Introduction to modern Welsh conversation and grammar. Emphasis Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in in the first-semester class is on pronunciation, mastering consonant English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training mutations, using several tenses (present, perfect, imperfect, past), and in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses the acquisition of basic vocabulary and idiom. Simple written materials will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural based on traditional Welsh stories will supplement classroom oral-aural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings work. will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Introduction to Modern Welsh: Read More [+] Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Hours & Format requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half. Voices of the Celtic World: Read More [+] Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Rules & Requirements Additional Details Prerequisites: Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Literature. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Instructors: Klar, Rejhon Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English Introduction to Modern Welsh: Read Less [-] Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement CELTIC 70 The World of the Celts 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 Hours & Format An overview of the history of Celtic-speaking peoples from Indo-European times, including linguistic/archaeological evidence for the emergence of Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week the Celtic language group in 1st millenium B.C. Europe. Celtic religion Summer: and comparative Indo-European mythology. Discussion of the validity 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week of classical reports of the Celtic culture. Celtic tribal migrations in the 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week historical period; the foundation of Brittany. The decline and suppression of modern Celtic languages; Celts in the New World. Additional Details The World of the Celts: Read More [+] Hours & Format Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required. Summer: Voices of the Celtic World: Read Less [-] 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week CELTIC 15 Elementary Modern Irish 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017 Additional Details A beginning course in Modern Irish. Students will be learning the basics of Irish grammar, and developing ability to understand, speak, read and Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate write the language. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Elementary Modern Irish: Read More [+] Hours & Format Instructor: Melia Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week The World of the Celts: Read Less [-] Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Elementary Modern Irish: Read Less [-] Celtic Studies 3 CELTIC 85 Intermediate Modern Irish 4 Units CELTIC 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018 Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 The second semester of Modern Irish. Continuing instruction in speaking, Group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled comprehension, reading and writing skills. By the end of this semester, courses. students will have become acquainted with all of the central grammatical Directed Group Study: Read More [+] constructions of Irish, and will be ready to begin reading accessible Irish Rules & Requirements prose. Intermediate Modern Irish: Read More [+] Prerequisites:
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