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    MA 12 months full-time

Course Description

The MA Archaeology is a flexible degree that prepares you for a career in research, the commercial sector or heritage management.

Join a world-leading Department of Archaeology with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research as you take thematic and skills-based options that integrate social and scientific techniques for a deeper understanding of the past.

Entry Requirements

A good second-class honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent from a university outside the UK, in archaeology, history, environmental studies or any related field.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

Masters scholarships available please visit website for details

Student Destinations

Our recent graduates have gone on to further study through funded PhD projects, as well as finding employment in professional archaeology, museums, publishing, journalism, radio and television, the heritage and leisure industries, the fields of conservation including the natural and built environment, government office, and teaching.

Module Details

Compulsory modules (80 credits)

  • Dissertation
  • Theoretical Approaches in Archaeology
  • Preparing for Independent Research

Optional modules (100 credits)

  • Our Closest Cousins? Archaeology of the Neanderthals
  • Interpreting Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain
  • Themes and Approaches in the Study of Mesopotamia
  • From Village to Metropolis: The Urban Phenomenon of Ancient Rome
  • Viking Interactions in the West
  • Colonisation and Cultural Transformation: the Archaeology of Crusading
  • Applications of Micromorphological Analysis
  • Analysis of Human Remains
  • Archaeological Graphics
  • Research and Enterprise Placement

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