Archaeology

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

This programme allows you to follow a pre-composed theme such as Landscape Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, or Celtic and Viking Archaeology or create your own flexible degree programme by selecting from optional courses across Archaeology and related programmes. This structure encourages interdisciplinary work integrated with core training in Archaeological theory and methods, including training in archaeological sciences, and supports practice-based learning through Archaeology’s placement scheme and courses.

Teaching will be delivered through field trips, the Archaeology research seminar series, and through courses in which you develop written work, practice-based and practical assignments and oral presentations. An independent research project in the form of a dissertation, undertaken in the second semester, is an integral part of the programme.

Core Courses RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION

All students participate in the ‘Research and Professional Skills’ course. Students should select five options from the range of courses offered in Archaeology and related subjects in agreement with the MSc Programme convenor.

Optional Courses EXPERIENCING LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE REMOTE SENSING FOR HUMAN ECOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY DIGITAL PASTS: INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GAMES FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGITAL IMAGING MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES FEASTING LIKE THE ANCIENTS: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EARLY FOOD AND DRINK BRITISH BATTLEFIELDS: ANALYSIS AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODERN WARFARE: 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY WARFARE THE ART OF WAR: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES METHOD AND PRACTICE IN CONFLICT HERITAGE APPROACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD THROUGH TEXT APPROACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD THROUGH MATERIAL CULTURE CLOTH AND CLOTHING LANDSCAPE AND POWER IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EAST MEDITERRANEAN PGT PEOPLE IN A CHANGING WORLD: ARCHAEOLOGY, CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENT VIKING AND LATE NORSE ARTEFACTS (AD 750-1350) THEMES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGY MEDIEVAL IRELAND, 800-1100: SOURCES AND DEBATES LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGIES MATERIAL CULTURE IN CONTEXT PAST IMPERFECT, PRESENT TENSE: A PRACTICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PAST PGT

Courses at the Masters level in Archaeology draw upon the particular interests and expertise of the contributing staff and therefore the options available may vary slightly depending on staff availability and subject to a minimum number of students. Please contact us to confirm likely availability of courses in any given year.