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BA Ancient History and Archaeology

University of Exeter

Institution
University of Exeter
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Ancient History and Archaeology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
VVC4

Entry requirements

32/655 DDM

About this course

BA in Ancient History and Archaeology, an archaeology and classics degree examining historical civilizations and material culture. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students examine ancient societies through textual sources and physical evidence from early human evolution to the medieval period. The first year introduces foundational subjects through compulsory modules such as Archaeological Fieldschool, Investigating Archaeology, Medieval Society to Globalisation, Evolution to Empire, Greek History: Problems and Sources, and Roman History: Problems and Sources. Optional choices in the first year cover ancient languages, Islamic archaeology, forensic archaeology, and artefacts and materials. The second year continues with compulsory modules including Greek History: Problems and Sources, Roman History: Problems and Sources, Archaeological Fieldwork Project, and Archaeological Fieldschool. Further optional modules across the course allow students to study ancient philosophy, literature, material culture, and specialist scientific techniques.

Modules

  • Archaeological Fieldschool
  • Investigating Archaeology
  • Medieval Society to Globalisation
  • Evolution to Empire
  • Greek History: Problems and Sources
  • Roman History: Problems and Sources
  • Classical Language and Texts Greek I (A)
  • Classical Language and Texts Greek I (B)
  • Classical Language and Texts Latin I (A)
  • Classical Language and Texts Latin I (B)
  • Ancient World: Racecraft
  • Roman Death and Commemoration
  • Classical Language and Texts: Greek II
  • Classical Language and Texts: Greek III
  • Classical Language and Texts: Latin II
  • Classical Language and Texts: Latin III
  • Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny
  • Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus
  • Text and Context: Roman Laughter
  • Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature
  • Ancient World: Roman Philosophy
  • Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
  • Forensic Archaeology
  • Artefacts and Materials
  • Greek History: Problems and Sources
  • Roman History: Problems and Sources
  • Archaeological Fieldwork Project
  • Archaeological Fieldschool
  • Ancient World: Racecraft
  • Roman Death and Commemoration
  • Classical Language and Texts: Greek II
  • Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV
  • Classical Language and Texts: Latin II
  • Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV
  • Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny
  • Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus
  • Text and Context: Roman Laughter
  • Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature
  • Ancient World: Roman Philosophy
  • Monumental Changes: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland
  • Archaeology of the Americas
  • The Archaeology and Ethnography of Hunter-Gatherers
  • Analysing Artefacts and Materials
  • Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds
  • Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture
  • Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture
  • Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies
  • Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange
  • Discovering the Past with Molecular Science
  • Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP
  • Trading Places, Towns, Royal Palaces and Fortifications: Early Medieval Centres in Europe
  • Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain
  • Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain
  • Medieval Castles in Context
  • Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia
  • Zooarchaeology
  • Palaeobotany
  • Aerial Survey
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
  • Research in Archaeology