Master of Philosophy in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at University of Cambridge

The MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (ASNC) is designed for students who have already undertaken a first degree incorporating work in some of the subjects encompassed by the Department. Our MPhil programme provides a nine-month course (October to June) in the scholarly methods and disciplines relevant to the study of the history, languages, literatures, and material culture of the peoples of Britain and Ireland, Brittany and Scandinavia in the earlier Middle Ages.

Faculty: School of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic  |  Duration: 9 months full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Broadening their appreciation of the principal issues which shape the field of their dissertation topic, and encouraging them to develop insights which might form the basis of an original contribution to the field. Developing students' competence in contributing to a weekly text-based seminar, and in presenting their own work and discussing the issues arising from it with an audience of peers and senior members of the Department. Thesis / Dissertation The MPhil dissertation (between 10,000 and 15,000 words) makes up 50% of the total mark for the course and is submitted in the last week of the third term (mid-June).

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