Your three years

All of our students follow one of five single-subject courses, all housed within the Department of Archaeology - either the BA or BSc in Archaeology, the BSc in Bioarchaeology, the BA in Historical Archaeology or the BA in Heritage Studies.

These five courses follow essentially the same programme of study, but differ in the options that are taken at different stages from the beginning of the second year onwards, and in the topic of the dissertation that is submitted in the final year.

Here is an outline of modules in each year from which students choose period- and course-specific options.

 Autumn TermSpring TermSummer Term
Year 1

Prehistory to the Present

Accessing Archaeology

Field Archaeology

History and Theory

Introduction to Archaeological
Science

Field Archaeology

Spring Module Exams

Excavation
or
Heritage project
Year 2

Themes in Prehistory (Palaeolithic and Mesolithic)
or 
 Themes in Historical Archaeology  (Roman, Anglo Saxon and Viking)

World Archaeology (for options, see 'Y2' in left-hand menu)

Research Skills - degree course specific

Themes in Prehistory  (Neolithic, Iron Age, Early Roman)
or 
 Themes in Historical Archaeology (Medieval, Post Medieval and Modern)

Practical skills - (for options, see 'Y2' in left-hand menu)

Research skills - degree course specific

Assessment

Field work

Team project
Year 3

Special Topics - (for options, see 'Y3' in left-hand menu)

Dissertation

Assessed Seminars - (for options, see 'Y3' in left-hand menu)

Dissertation

Assessed Lecture

Dissertation