MA Gaelic and Scots Academic Communication

Academic Overview

Higher education in Poland still defaults to English even where policy mentions Gaelic and Scots. This MA treats that gap as a professional communication problem: style guides, assessment literacy, and the ethics of representing speech communities you may not belong to. You will edit a paper, design bilingual student-facing text, and justify orthographic choices. Dual pathway matters because many Gaelic-medium and Scots-using professionals are not in Warsaw every week. They still sit the same identity-checked assessments. Faculty will not pass a portfolio that only pastes a few Gàidhlig words onto an English essay. The degree does not appoint you to a language board and it does not certify interpreter status. Applicants without prior Gaelic or Scots study must submit the extra evidence the page lists, or choose a different programme. Capstones are communication portfolios for a named public or educational setting. IU International University of Applied Sciences will not pass English-only work with a decorative header in Gàidhlig. Extra language evidence is an admissions fact, not a marketing flavour. Online students must access lawful readings under the same licence rules as campus readers in Warsaw. The MA sits beside EDINAC-facing honesty elsewhere in the catalogue: do not claim a regulated language qualification this award is not. MA Gaelic and Scots Academic Communication is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Gaelic, Scots, and English in Polish Public Life through Gaelic, Scots, and English in Polish Public Life; Representation, Community, and Extractive Language Work; Orthography, Register, and Audience; Abstracts, Feedback, and Examiner Language; Bilingual VLE and Handbook Practice; Research Writing across Three Language Resources, and finish on Writing for Senior Public and Academic Audiences. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students justify a marketing decision with evidence rather than a slogan. Reading is a brief, a channel note, and a measurement plan. The artefact a marker expects is a campaign or content recommendation with audience, channel, and measure. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Produce academic and student-facing text with justified Gaelic/Scots/English choices Edit for register without mocking Scots or tokenising Gaelic Explain language-policy instruments as a communicator, not as a board appointee Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

The degree is awarded directly by IU International University of Applied Sciences, seated in Warsaw, Poland. Studies are conducted in full alignment with Polish and European academic standards.

Curriculum & Core Modules

The curriculum comprises 36 ECTS credits structured across progressive academic modules:

Teaching & Assessment Methodology

Career Trajectories

• Bilingual education communications officer
• University language-support lecturer (academic MA; not QTS)
• Public-body Gaelic or Scots communications lead
• Editorial and engagement specialist
• Community-language project officer

European Campus & Academic Facilities

Seated at Prosta 20 in Warsaw, IU International University of Applied Sciences offers state-of-the-art academic lecture halls, digital research repositories, and vibrant collegiate spaces for both on-campus and international distance scholars.

Main academic building at Prosta 20, Warsaw.

Collegiate courtyard and research study spaces.

Academic facilities and faculty laboratory suites.