BA CYMRAEG / WELSH (FOR FIRST- AND SECOND-LANGUAGE)

at Bangor University

The teaching is through lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops. You will write essays, undertake various weekly exercises and tasks, reading and preparing for seminars. Assessment is a combination of coursework and examinations, with some modules assessed solely on the basis of coursework. Your modules each year will be equivalent to 120 credits. (If you are from a second language background, 60 credits in the first year will be specifically for you and a continuation of your language experiences to date.  You will join first language students to study the other 60 credits and tutorials will be arranged to support you.  Additional language support is also provided in the second and third years.) 

The first year will be an opportunity to build on your experiences and open new doors: e.g. discussing the language in contexts relating to its history and present-day state, learning new critical skills and responding originally to literature. You will choose from a wide range of modules in your second and third years, e.g. the novel from Daniel Owen to Dewi Prysor, Welsh language theatre from Saunders Lewis to Aled Jones Williams, modern poetry and eisteddfod authors, Meic Povey’s television dramas, Dafydd ap Gwilym, the Mabinogion - or why not study Welsh American Welsh language culture and even ask "What is Literature?" Language modules range from historical to sociological, from the opportunity to learn Irish and Breton to modules that develop professional Welsh language skills in the workplace and also Welsh language skills for creative purposes. In the third year you will write a dissertation and research an interesting topic of your choice. Recent topics include individuals such as Dafydd ap Gwilym, Kate Roberts, Mihangel Morgan, Angharad Tomos, Caryl Lewis, Meic Stevens and Geraint Jarman and areas such as eco-criticism, gender and transgender, the language of Pembrokeshire, Welsh literature and slavery, literature and horses and football in literature. 

Compulsory Modules

80 credits from:
Myfyrwyr IAITH GYNTAF yn unig:

• CXC-1001: Beirniadaeth Lenyddol Ymarfer (10) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1002: Llen y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar (10) (Semester 2)
• CXC-1004: Defnyddio'r Gymraeg (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
• CXD-1013: Theatr Fodern Ewrop (20) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1016: Llenyddiaeth Gyfoes (10) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1019: Llenyddiaeth yr Oesoedd Canol (10) (Semester 2)

70 credits from:
Myfyrwyr AIL IAITH yn unig:

• CXC-1005: Ysgrifennu Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
• CXC-1006: Golwg ar Lenyddiaeth (10) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1007: Cymraeg Llafar (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
• CXC-1008: Llên a Llun (10) (Semester 2)
• CXC-1026: Golwg ar Lenyddiaeth 2 (10) (Semester 2)

Optional Modules
40 credits from:

• Myfyrwyr IAITH GYNTAF yn unig
• CXD-1016: Sgriptio Teledu (20) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1018: Gweithdy Creadigol (20) (Semester 2)
• CXC-1033: O'r Senedd i'r Swyddfa (20) (Semester 2)
• Modiwlau dewisol neu gellir dewis modiwlau rhydd o ysgolion eraill

30 to 50 credits from:

• Myfyrwyr AIL IAITH yn unig
• CXC-1001: Beirniadaeth Lenyddol Ymarfer (10) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1002: Llen y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar (10) (Semester 2)
• CXD-1013: Theatr Fodern Ewrop (20) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1016: Llenyddiaeth Gyfoes (10) (Semester 1)
• CXC-1019: Llenyddiaeth yr Oesoedd Canol (10) (Semester 2)
• CXC-1033: O'r Senedd i'r Swyddfa (20) (Semester 2)
• neu 20 credyd mewn ysgolion eraill

To study for a degree, you’ll be asked for a minimum of UCAS Tariff points. For a fuller explanation of the UCAS Tariff Points, please see www.ucas.com.

We accept students with a wide range of qualifications and backgrounds and consider each application individually.

All students need to have good basic skills and the University also values IT and communication skills.

As part of the University’s policy, we consider applications from prospective disabled students on the same grounds as all other students.

We also consider applications from mature students who can demonstrate the motivation and commitment to study a university programme. Each year we enrol a significant number of mature students. For more information about studying as a mature student, see our Studying at Bangor section of the website.   

Home (UK) students

• The cost of a full-time undergraduate course is £9,000 per year (2021/22 entry and 2022/23 entry).
• The fee for all placement, international, and sandwich years is £1,350 (2021/22 and 2022/23).
• More information on fees and finance for Home (UK) students.
• International (including EU) students

International Student Tuition Fees

• International Student Living Costs and Scholarships

Additional Costs

• There are also some common additional costs that are likely to arise for students on all courses, for example:
• If you choose to study abroad or take the International Experience Year as part of your course.
• If you attend your Graduation Ceremony, there will be a cost for gown hire (£25-£75) and cost for additional guest tickets (c.£12 each).

There has never been a more exciting time to study Welsh at Bangor. There has never been more demand for a workforce that can use Welsh at senior professional levels. The goal is clear, it has been set by the Welsh Government - a million Welsh speakers by 2050 and a truly bilingual Wales. 

In pursuit of that aim, there will be a great need for confident Welsh-speaking graduates, who can use their language skills in flexible ways, who can think analytically through the medium of the language and use it - both orally and in writing - in various work situations.

The remarkable professional success of our students in employment - and their varied careers - already proves how entirely relevant this course is to the requirements of contemporary Wales. A proportion of them go into education, to be primary and secondary teachers, headteachers, education officers and directors of education. Others go into further education and others become university lecturers. Teaching Welsh for adults is also a key area. Television and digital and print media - including the BBC centre in Bangor - offer a cross-section of interesting jobs and have attracted other alumni into book publishing, creative writing and television scripting, public relations and marketing. There is also continuing demand for bilingual administrators and local government officers. And without the presence of Bangor's Welsh graduates, the translation industry would be quite different. And present day graduates also have every right to aim high. The National Library of Wales, The National Theatre of Wales, Cwmni Da (one of Wales' largest production companies), the Welsh Parliament’s Translation and Reporting Service and Anglesey Council - what do they have in common? Bangor's Welsh graduates have reached the top of their professional careers in them and are at the forefront of them all!