Celtic Studies (CELTIC)
CELTIC R1A Voices of the Celtic World 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement or equivalent; R1A or equivalent is prerequisite to R1B.
Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.
Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Formerly known as 1A-1B.
CELTIC R1B Voices of the Celtic World 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: R1A or equivalent.
Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.
Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Formerly known as 1B.
CELTIC 10 Intensive Modern Irish 8 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
The course provides the equivalent of two semesters of Irish (Gaelic). It emphasizes communication on everyday topics and the reading of 20th-century texts in Irish. Instruction includes grammar, drills, language laboratory.
Instructor: Nugent
CELTIC 15 Elementary Modern Irish 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of language instruction and 1 hour of laboratory per week.
A beginning course in Modern Irish. Students will be learning the basics of Irish grammar, and developing ability to understand, speak, read and write the language.
CELTIC S15F Modern Irish Language: Field Study Intensive 2 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hour am in10sive, 3 hour pm in10sive Irish language spoken every day for 2 weeks.
Prerequisites: 5A and 5B.
Students will be required to speak the native traditional Irish language exclusively while living in the University College, Cork's Hostel for a two week period. Daily instruction includes required reading material, a written journal, and tutorial sessions. This course is optional; not required.
Instructor: O'Hehir
CELTIC 16 Introduction to Modern Welsh 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of language instruction and 1 hour of laboratory per week.
Introduction to modern Welsh conversation and grammar. Emphasis in the first-semester class is on pronunciation, mastering consonant mutations, using several tenses (present, perfect, imperfect, past), and the acquisition of basic vocabulary and idiom. Simple written materials based on traditional Welsh stories will supplement classroom oral-aural work.
Instructors: Klar, Rejhon
CELTIC 70 The World of the Celts 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
An overview of the history of Celtic-speaking peoples from Indo-European times, including linguistic/archaeological evidence for the emergence of the Celtic language group in 1st millenium B.C. Europe. Celtic religion and comparative Indo-European mythology. Discussion of the validity of classical reports of the Celtic culture. Celtic tribal migrations in the historical period; the foundation of Brittany. The decline and suppression of modern Celtic languages; Celts in the New World.
Instructor: Melia
CELTIC 85 Intermediate Modern Irish 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours language instruction and 1 hour of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 15; or 5 and 75.
The second semester of Modern Irish. Continuing instruction in speaking, comprehension, reading and writing skills. By the end of this semester, students will have become acquainted with all of the central grammatical constructions of Irish, and will be ready to begin reading accessible Irish prose.
CELTIC 86 Intermediate Modern Welsh 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of language instruction and 1 hour of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 16; or 6 and 76 or consent of instructor.
Continuation of Celtic Studies 16, emphasizing progress in conversation, grammar, and idiom. Using tenses previously learned, students will learn how to ask and answer many types of questions and will learn conjugated prepositions and idiomatic uses of prepositions. Future and conditional tenses and simple relative clauses will be introduced. Level-appropriate written materials will supplement class work, and students will begin learning about Welsh culture as they learn the language.
Formerly known as 6B. Instructors: Klar, Rejhon
CELTIC 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing.
Group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Freshman and Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.
Directed individual study on special topics approved by Celtic Studies.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 105A Old and Middle Irish 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 5 and 75 or consent of instructor.
A detailed introduction to the orthography, phonology and grammar of Old Irish designed to provide the student with the subsequent capacity to read with comprehension and to translate (with the aid of dictionary or glossary) any edited text in Old Irish or Middle Irish.
CELTIC 119A Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
A selective study of major surviving works of Welsh prose and poetry of the Middle Ages, with special attention to the development of the legendary history of King Arthur in Europe. All work will be read in English, but course will be coordinated with 106A-106B for those who wish to do some of the readings in Welsh.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 119B Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
A selective study of major surviving works of Welsh prose and poetry of the Middle Ages, with special attention to the development of the legendary history of King Arthur in Europe. All work will be read in English, but course will be coordinated with 106A-106B for those who wish to do some of the readings in Welsh.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 125 Irish Literature in Translation 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
A selective study of key themes in modern Irish literature. Texts will include novels, short stories, and poetry and will concentrate on translations of works originally written in Irish. All work will be read in English, but the course will be coordinated with 75 or 115A-115B for those who wish to do some of the reading in Irish.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 125A-125B.
CELTIC 128 Medieval Celtic Culture 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
A study of medieval Celtic culture, its society, laws, religion, history, and the daily life of the Celtic peoples, as they are reflected in a selection of texts ranging from medieval literary works to legal texts and historical chronicles. All works will be read in English translation.
Instructor: Rejohn
CELTIC 129 Aspects of Modern Celtic Cultures and Folklore 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
A comparative introduction to modern Celtic cultures: principally Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Breton. The development of the distinctive cultures of the Celtic "nations without states" from 1500 to the present; an examination of the role of minority cultures and minority languages in larger political cultural entities. Theme topics will vary, but will include folklore, nationalism and linguistic history from time to time.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
CELTIC 138 Irish Literature 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Gaelic literature 700-1800 (in translation). Study of the prose saga-cycles, satire, classical lyric poetry, and bardic poetry, developing the mythological and traditional background of modern Irish literature.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 139 Irish Literature 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Irish literature 1800 to the present.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 144A Modern Welsh Level 3 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 16 and 86 or consent of instructor.
This course continues the Celtic Studies 16-86 sequence. Advanced grammatical concepts are introduced and vocabulary building (especially idioms) is emphasized. Students read materials such as magazines, newspapers, catalogues, and popular novels. Regular language laboratory attendance is required.
CELTIC 144B Modern Welsh Level 4 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 144A or consent of instructor.
This course continues the Celtic Studies 16-86-144A sequence. Emphasis is on mastering the fine details of Welsh grammat (including prepositional idioms), accent reduction, and acquiring conversational ease. Dialect information is introduced. Supplementary reading will introduce students to the standard literary languages; brief compositional exercises will be based on this material.
CELTIC 145A Intermediate Irish Language 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two semesters Irish language or consent of instructor.
The third level course in modern spoken Irish designed for students who have completed two semesters of formal instruction. Continued stress on vocabulary building and reading of texts with intensive conversation drills to activate the learned vocabulary. Idiomatic usage will be reinforced in both oral and written exercises. Class activities will include conversation and discussion of assigned texts in Irish.
CELTIC 145B Modern Irish Level Four 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 145A or consent of instructor.
The fourth semester of Modern Irish. Readings in Irish literature will be a major focus of the curriculum, but will also be accompanied by advanced grammatical instruction and conversational practice.
CELTIC 146A Medieval Welsh Language and Literature 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Selected works of medieval Welsh prose and poetry are read in Middle Welsh. Grammar instruction and in-class translations accompany lectures on important themes in medieval Welsh literature.
Instructors: Klar, Rejhon
CELTIC 146B Medieval Welsh Language and Literature 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 106A or consent of instructor.
A selection of medieval Welsh prose and poetry is read in Middle Welsh in conjunction with lectures on key themes in medieval Welsh literature and tradition.
Instructors: Klar, Rejhon
CELTIC 161 Celtic Linguistics 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Prior acquaintance with at least one Celtic language, consent of instructor.
Topics in the linguistics of the Celtic languages. Likely subject matters include synchronic structure of a Celtic language or languages, history of the Celtic language family, philology and paleography of older Celtic texts, sociolinguistics of the modern Celtic languages, linguistic characteristics of Celtic poetic, and oral traditional literature.
Formerly known as 145.
CELTIC C168/RELIGST C109 Celtic Mythology and Oral Tradition 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies; Religious Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
The course will introduce students to the pre-Christian beliefs of the Celtic and Indo-European worlds, to the historical narratives in which such beliefs are embedded, and to the methodology of investigating ancient and medieval belief systems.
CELTIC 170 Topics in Celtic Studies 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Completion of reading and composition 1A-1B or equivalents; consent of instructor.
Topics in this course will be offerings on areas of Celtic language and culture which are not covered in other Celtic studies courses. Topics might include (but would not be limited to) the Celtic romantic tradition, the Celt in films, Celtic art, nationalist politics in Celtic regions, and current trends in Celtic research.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC N170 Topics in Celtic Studies 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Completion of reading and composition 1A-1B or equivalents; consent of instructor.
Topics in this course will be offerings on areas of Celtic language and culture which are not covered in other Celtic studies courses. Topics might include (but would not be limited to) the Celtic romantic tradition, the Celt in films, Celtic art, nationalist politics in Celtic regions, and current trends in Celtic research.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 171 Celtic Romanticism 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
From the Classical age to the 21st century, Celts have fascinated people. This course explores the different ways in which Celtic peoples have been perceived by outsiders, and the ways in which Celts have presented themselves to the world. The recurring themes of freedom and independence, as well as the warrior and druid types, are stressed. The course also explores the ways in which the Romantic idealizations of Celts have been appropriated by native nationalist political movements and by European imperialist ventures. All readings in English.
Instructor: Klar
CELTIC 173 Celtic Christianity 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course considers the evidence for the presence of early Christian believers in the so-called "Celtic" areas of western Europe. Students will examine how the Celtic peoples received Christianity in the context of native (pagan) religion; they will look specifically at how the Roman Church doctrine influenced the doctrinal stands of the early Celtic church(es), and vice versa, with particular attention to the Pelagian controversy, the date of Easter, the monastic tonsure, and the use of penitentials. The period covered is approximately 70 CE to 800 CE.
Instructor: Klar
CELTIC H195A Honors Course 3 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.
Hours and format: Independent study.
Prerequisites: Open only to honors seniors in the group major in Celtic Studies.
Course may take one or two semesters at the option of the instructor and student with credit to be earned upon completion of a successful thesis. Successful completion of the course will normally, but not necessarily, mean the awarding of honors.
CELTIC H195B Honors Course 3 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.
Hours and format: Independent study.
Prerequisites: Open only to honors seniors in the group major in Celtic Studies.
Course may take one or two semesters at the option of the instructor and student with credit to be earned upon completion of a successful thesis. Successful completion of the course will normally, but not necessarily, mean the awarding of honors.
CELTIC 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Group conferences.
Prerequisites: 60 units and in good academic standing.
Directed group study on special topics approved by Celtic Studies.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CELTIC 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Celtic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: 60 units and in good academic standing.
Directed individual study on special topics approved by Celtic Studies.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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