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You'll learn the essential theories, methods and practical skills used in archaeology and history.

In the module Evidence and Argument you will work closely with one of our academics to study a historical debate in detail to start building your skills as a historian. 

You'll take two compulsory modules in Archaeology to introduce you to Archaeology as a discipline. You'll also explore the archaeology of Britain from the Roman age through to the 20th Century.

A range of optional modules include Global Middle Ages, Greek and Roman Art, and Archaeology and pre-historic Britain. At the end of Year 1 you complete at least two weeks’ excavation fieldwork.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Introduction to Archaeology 20
The Archaeology of Britain from the Romans to the 20th Century 20
Evidence and Argument 20
Optional Modules Credits
Introduction to Archaeological Science 20
Prehistoric Britain 20
Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology 20
Global Middle Ages 20
Stuff: living in a material world 20
Global Ancient Histories 20
Historical Sources and Methods 20
History Lab I 20
History Lab II 20
Introduction to Public History 20
What is History For? 20

You continue to explore archaeological methods in the compulsory Fieldwork and Post-Excavation module.

Start developing your skills in independent research in modules such as Crafting or Research History and choose from topical options in both history and archaeology.

We also continue to offer interdisciplinary modules bringing together History and Archaeology such as in The Mediterranean: a connected past.

You will also complete two weeks of fieldwork at the end of Year 2.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Fieldwork and Post-Excavation: Archaeology in the UK 20
Optional Modules Credits
Archaeological Theory and Interpretation 20
From Lascaux to Knossos: Prehistoric Europe 20
Archaeologies of the Roman Empire: The Roman World from Augustus to Justinian 20
Colonial Worlds: History and Archaeology 20
Artefacts 20
Sacred words and dirty deeds: Thriving in Late Antiquity 20
The Mediterranean: a connected past 20
Africa: History of a Continent 20
Social Histories of Alcohol: Britain and Ireland, 1700 - Present 20
Oral History of Modern Britain 20
1968: A Global Moment? 20
Culture and Communication in Medieval Eurasia 20
Crafting History: Developing a Research Proposal 20
Famines in History 20
Researching History 20
The Aftermath of War in Europe and Asia, 1945-56 20
Revolutions of the Mind: European Thought, 1550–1750 20
Destroying Nature: Disasters, Diseases and Environmental Injustice 20
Diversities of Sexuality and Gender in History 20
Career Development for second year students 20

In Stage 3, you'll complete a dissertation in archaeology, history or a combination of both, conducting in-depth research.

You'll have a wide choice of optional modules across both archaeology and History drawing on the diverse range of research expertise of our academic staff.

Modules

Compulsory modules
You must take one of the following compulsory modules (these are also shown in the optional list below):
 

Modules

Optional Modules Credits
Survival and turmoil in Byzantium and beyond: Byzantine archaeology, art and text 20
Neolithic & Early Bronze Age Britain in its European Context 20
Regionality and the Fall of Rome 20
Dissertation in Archaeology: Research as Professional Practice 40
Dissertation in History and Archaeology: Research as Professional Practice 40
Fundamentals of Digital Humanities: Computer literacy, data analysis and GIS 20
The Sharp Edge of Empire? The Armies and Frontiers of Imperial Rome 20
Reading History 20
Public History In Practice 20
Dissertation in History (VV41 only): Research as Professional Practice 40
The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923 20
Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1900 20
British Foreign Policy since Suez 20
Birth Control in the 19th and 20th Centuries 20
Civil Rights in America, 1948-1975 20
Gender and the British Empire: Violence towards Men and Women in the Making of Modern South Asia 20
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1961-1990 20
The Rising Generation: Youth, Age and Protest in Cold War Britain 20
Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan 20
May 1968: All Power to the Imagination 20
British Colonialism in Sudan: Violence, Gender and Race, 1899-1956 20
Fictional Histories: from medieval to modern 20
Exhausted! The problem of sleep (and not sleeping) from 1500 to the present day 20
Insiders and Outsiders: Migrants, Refugees, and the Making of Modern Europe 20
Beyond Brexit: The UK and European Integration since 1945 20
Riot, Reform and Revolution: Britain c.1760-1832 20
Read All About It! The News Revolution in Georgian Britain, 1714-1780 20
Career Development for final year students 20