BA (Hons) Welsh (a Pathway for First Language Students) at Swansea University

The BA Cymraeg explores the language, literature and culture of Wales while looking outward to global connections and multiculturalism. The programme is built on three themes of Creativity, Employability and Welsh in Society, with small-group teaching and embedded translation and bilingual working skills.

Department: School of Culture and Communication  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with a year in industry)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Critical Skills, Mastering the Language, Welsh Classics, Minority Languages: Power and Policy, Political Literature and Public Relations (modules taught in Welsh). Year 2 covers the bilingual workplace, travel literature, language teaching techniques, multiculturalism and the Welsh language, creating and publishing in Wales and digital communication. Year 3 covers translation, a taste of research, Welsh poetry and prose modules and an extended project.

Career pathways

Graduates go on to careers in business, HR and finance, education, arts, design, media, marketing, PR, sales, politics, language planning, youth work, translation and administration, and many progress to PGCE, taught and research master's degrees and PhDs.

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