BA Cornish Studies and Humanities

This programme has an extra focus on Cornwall and enables you to put Cornwall and the Celtic countries into a wider theoretical context while applying the concepts of History, Politics and English to a real place. You’ll become aware of the processes and issues that have shaped Cornwall and the wider Celtic world in the past and up to the present day.

• This programme is also available to study part-time

*This programme replaces the three individual BA programmes in English/History/Politics and Cornish Studies. It is similar in content but offers greater flexibility and breadth as it allows you to study two of the subject areas of English, History or Politics alongside Cornish Studies

Programme structure

Year One

You will take the Introduction to Cornwall and Cornish Studies module and either Comparative Celtic History or Comparative Celtic Politics. You can choose a further 60 credits from two of the subject areas of English, History or Politics.

Year Two

You will take two modules from: Contemporary Celtic Studies, Celtic Moves, The Power of the Celtic Past or Celtic Literatures. A further 60 credits are chosen from a range of Year Two modules in English, History or Politics, although there will be some pre-requisites for certain modules.  One of the optional modules may be replaced by 30 credits from another subject.

Year Three

You will take one module from: Cornish Studies: Place and People, Celtic Spirituality or Celtic Testimonies and write a dissertation in the field of Cornish Studies which is worth 30 credits. A further 60 credits are chosen from a range of Year Three modules in English, History or Politics, although there will be some pre-requisites for certain modules.  One of the optional modules may be replaced by 30 credits from another subject.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching is typically via a combination of tutorials and seminars in small groups. In addition, use is made of local resources – the campus is situated within nine miles of two of the three major Cornish Studies libraries in Cornwall, as well as the Cornwall Records Office and the National Maritime Museum. This provides an excellent base for project and dissertation work on Cornwall. The ICS has well-established links with these resource collections. In addition, there is a Cornish Studies collection housed in the campus library.

In your third year you will carry out a piece of research under the supervision of a member of academic staff and write a dissertation. Your dissertation gives you the opportunity to look at an issue at the leading edge of your subject.

Assessment

Assessment methods vary between modules, and includes essays, presentations and examinations. A module is passed if you achieve an overall mark of 40 per cent or over. Examinations are held in January and May/June. You have to pass the first year in order to progress to the second year, but your first year marks do not count towards your final degree classification. Assessments in the second and third years count towards your degree classification; the second and third year results are weighted in the proportion 1:2.

After Your Degree

Major employers target Exeter graduates irrespective of their degree subject, as they know that Exeter graduates are able to be successful employees at entry level and throughout their career.

Six months after graduation 93 per cent of Exeter’s first degree graduates were in employment or further study (or about to start work within one month).*

These degree programmes will equip you with communication skills of a high standard, as well as core academic, personal and key skills, which are valued by employers. These degrees will take their first students in 2008. We expect that our graduates will be interested in a wide range of careers including public and commercial management, administration, teaching and research, as well as further study.

Information about the careers entered by graduates from our Exeter campuses can be found at
www.exeter.ac.uk/employability/prospective

*(Figures as at Jan 2007, as a percentage of those students available for employment or study)

Entry Requirements

For details of Entry Requirements for this course, please refer to the Politics Entry Requirements on our Undergraduate Study site.

Applicants with other qualifications please refer to Entrance Requirements on our Undergraduate Study webpages.

Typical Offer
Please read the important information about our Typical Offer

Offers/Interviews
If you receive an offer, you will be invited to visit us at a Post Offer Open Day at the Cornwall Campus.  Exceptionally, some applicants may be required to attend for formal interview.

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