Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies and Film & Visual Culture

Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Film & Visual Culture adds to your fascinating study of the lives and legacy of the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian peoples with a rigorous training in the history and theory of the moving image. This subject combination provides an ideal preparation for a career in the arts, broadcasting or heritage management and the essential skills you will develop will make you attractive to employers in whichever career path you choose.

Aberdeen has been a centre for Celtic studies for more than a century and is now a leading research centre in all aspects of the norther polar regions including its peoples. You will study literature, culture, history and languages, inspired by leading specialists in the history and literature of Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia in the middle ages, in medieval Celtic and Scandinavian literature, and the cultural history of Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England.

Our unique Film & Visual Culture programme combines close analysis of visual objects and artefacts – analogue and digital, moving and still, underground and mainstream – with theories of visual representation, production and circulation. You will gain specialist knowledge and skills in the academic study of cinema, with an emphasis on building analytical skills in research and critical writing. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop skills in digital video production and web design.

This broad, rigorous and enquiring approach is a great preparation for a career in the film industry, broadcasting, new media, journalism, teaching and other related fields. In addition, the essential skills you will develop in critical thinking, core writing, research, communication and other attributes will make you attractive to employers whatever your career choice.