BSc Archaeology
Entry requirements
For 2027 entry: 112–128 UCAS tariff points (A-level grades BBC–ABB) including a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent qualifications. We also accept a wide range of vocational qualifications including BTEC Extended Diploma (grade DMM–DDM) and T Levels (Merit).
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Archaeology. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Optional units allow tailoring towards scientific or arts-based routes, and an optional five-week or 30-week industry placement is available. An Independent Research Project is completed in the final year, with fieldwork training at a dedicated Field School on real excavation sites.
Modules
- Introduction to Archaeology and Anthropology
- Scientific Researcy Skills
- The Human Past
- Practical Archaeology
- Material Worlds
- Debates in Archaeology and Anthropology
- Artefact Studies
- Archaeological Field Skills
- Research Skills
- Becoming Human
- Principles of Biological Anthropology
- Environmental Archaeology
- Applied Geophysical Survey
- Geomatics and GIS
- Hunters, Farmers, and Heroes: Social and Cultural trajectories in late Prehistoric Europe
- Contemporary Theory in Archaeology and Anthropology
- Scientific Diving
- Working with Cultural Heritage
- Open Curriculum Elective
- Rome & Barbarian Europe
- Independent Research Project (A&A)
- Archaeological Management and Professional Practice
- Between Heaven and Earth: the archaeology of landscapes and skyscapes
- Digital Approaches to Archaeology & Anthropology
- Fields of Conflict: Violence and warfare in the human past
- Making Land: The Origins of Agriculture
- Sarup to Stonehenge: Early farming communities in northwestern Europe
- People and Nature in Amazonia
- People, Production and Place
- Open Curriculum Elective
- Animals & Society
- Roman Britain
- Maritime Archaeology