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MSc Coastal and Marine Archaeology

Programme information:

• Introduction
• Course aims and objectives
• Programme specification

Module choices

Signature modules are compulsory. Students must choose from the selection of supplementary modules and skills modules listed here, and these must be approved by the Programme Director.

Recommended as particularly appropriate modules for students registered for the MSc Coastal and Marine Archaeology

Autumn Term

• Signature module (20 credits)
  • Coastal Landscapes
  
  
• Supplementary module (20 credits)
  Choose one from the following list of modules:
  • Bones: matters of life and death
  • Bioarchaeology, ecofacts and figures
  • Evolving minds and societies
  • The context and practice of gathering field archaeology data
  • Concepts of landscapes
  • Mesolithic theory and interpretation
  • Cultural Heritage Management 1: concepts, principles and practice
  • Analysing Historic Buildings
  • Philosophical approaches to conservation
  • Issues in Historical Archaeology 1
  • The Vikings

  Research skills and training modules (5 credits) weeks 2-5
  Choose one from the following list of modules:

  • Narrating our pasts
  • Topographical Survey
  • Working on the web
  • Zooarchaeology: anatomy and identification
  • Lime and Stone

  Research skills and training modules (5 credits) weeks 6-9
  Choose one from the following list of modules:

  • Artefacts
  • Database Design and implementation
  • Geophysical Survey
  • Introduction to biomolecules, invertebrates and plants
  • Buildings Survey
  • Legislation and Policy

Spring Term

• Signature module (20 credits)
  • Coastal Settlement
  
  
• Supplementary module (20 credits)
  Choose one from the following list of modules:
  • Bones: from data to interpretation
  • Bioarchaeology data analysis: not just digging up plants and animals
  • The analysis, interpretation and dissemination of field archaeology data
  • Themes in the Prehistoric Landscape
  • Mesolithic lifeways
  • Analysis and visualisation
  • Cultural Heritage Management 2: Museums, audiences and interpretation
  • Interpreting Historic Buildings
  • Conservation solutions
  • Themes in the Historic Landscape
  • Issues in Historical Archaeology 2
  • Medieval Settlement and communities
  • Hunting and gathering societies

Research skills and training modules (5 credits) weeks 2-5
Choose one from the following list of modules:

• Geoarchaeology
• GIS
• Debates in Museum Theory & Practice
• Zooarchaeology: exploring the assemblage
• Vernacular Buildings

Research skills and training modules (5 credits) weeks 6-9
Choose one from the following list of modules:

• Human Bone Practicals
• Virtual Reality Modelling
• International Issues in Cultural Heritage Conservation
• Perspectives in Landscape Research

Summer Term

• Assessed lecture
• Dissertation

N.B. Whilst we endeavour to give everyone their first choice on modules, please note that this cannot always be guaranteed. Please be aware that certain skills modules are required by particular programmes and so some may be more over-subscribed than others.

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Information last updated July 2009