Aims and Objectives
Aims:
- The degree aims to provide students with a knowledge of archaeological evidence from the
European Middle Ages (c. 5th-16th centuries AD) and with an understanding of its modes of interpretation
- It provides the opportunity to gain a general acquaintance with leading themes,
types of evidence and methods of interpretation, and detailed understanding of selected areas/periods, which might become the springboard for further research.
- The degree is primarily aimed at students whose previous experience is of archaeology, medieval history or anthropology.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students should have:
- studied a broad range of issues in medieval archaeology at a general level
- studied selected topics in detail, which may be drawn from both the early and later medieval periods
- related a study of general research principles and skills to your studies of medieval archaeology in particular
- developed an ability to gather and organise information and arguments in a critical and independent manner
- undertaken a piece of independent research on a topic within the field of medieval archaeology
- developed presentational skills through the delivery of a short lecture on any topic in medieval archaeology
Information supplied by JF; last updated June 07
