This is a two-year taught course that can be taken as a free-standing degree, or as the first step towards doctoral research.ÊThe course includes the completion of a 30,000-word dissertation.

You have the option of selecting a focus of study dependant on your knowledge of languages or on your primary interests in the field. Two basic pathways lead into each field of study, one in language training and one in auxiliary disciplines, and you are expected to choose between them at the beginning of the course.