UNDERGRADUATE
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s undergraduate courses are the only degrees in the world taught entirely through the medium of Gaelic.
Whether you want to spend a year improving your Gaelic language skills, or enrol on a two- or four-year programme, we offer the knowledge and experience to help you achieve your goals.
SCQF Level 7 – GAELIC IMMERSION YEAR 1
Our CertHE courses – An Cùrsa Comais and Gaelic and Communication – can act as the first year of a degree course or as standalone one-year immersion courses to help develop your language skills.
CertHE An Cùrsa Comais
This is our popular on-campus Gaelic immersion course for Gaelic learners, which can act as your standalone one-year route to fluency, or the first year of your degree course.
CertHE Gaelic and Communication
This course in an intensive immersion course for advanced learners and fluent speakers, which aims to rapidly improve the fluency of your written and spoken Gaelic.
SCQF Level 8
The DipHE Gaelic and Media is a two-year practical training course that is based on campus for Year 1, followed by a 10-month paid placement in the media industry.
You can choose to graduate from our DipHE Gaelic and Related Studies course after Year 2, or it can act as the second year of a degree course, before following degree-specific modules in your third and fourth year.
DipHE Gaelic Media
This is a two year course designed to equip you for a successful career in Gaelic Media and includes a 10 month placement, on second year of the course, in the media industry.
DipHE Gaelic and Related Studies
This course equates to Year 2 of the BA degree course at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Students can choose to study modules from across our degree programme.
SCQF Level 9
After completing the relevant modules in Years 1 and 2, you can graduate with a degree – BA Gaelic or BA Gaelic and Traditional Music – at the end of your third year.
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic and Culture, is an academic partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and we are the lead partner for the Gaelic and Related Studies Degree Scheme.
BA (Hons) Gaelic
This degree looks at Gaelic society and its origins, whilst ensuring you achieve a high standard of fluency while acquiring skills that will make you ideally placed to take advantage of the many new job opportunities appearing in the Gaelic world today.
BA (Hons) Gaelic and Music
This course is the only Gaelic-medium degree programme that gives traditional musicians the chance to study the music, history and traditions of the Gàidhealtachd within the broader contexts of Gaelic and related studies.
SCQF Level 10
Our honours degree level courses, studied over four years, specialise in the following subjects:
BA Hons Gaelic and Education
This degree course provides fluent speakers and learners with the opportunity to gain an Honours award and teaching qualification in four years. This allows you a direct route into teaching, in a field where there is a skills shortage.
BA (Hons) Gaelic
This degree looks at Gaelic society and its origins, whilst ensuring you achieve a high standard of fluency while acquiring skills that will make you ideally placed to take advantage of the many new job opportunities appearing in the Gaelic world today.
BA (Hons) Gaelic and Music
This course is the only Gaelic-medium degree programme that gives traditional musicians the chance to study the music, history and traditions of the Gàidhealtachd within the broader contexts of Gaelic and related studies.
BA Hons Gaelic and Development
This Gaelic-medium degree aims to provide students with an education and training in Gaelic language and community development. You will compare Gaelic and its communities with other minority languages.