BSc Archaeological Science
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB-BBB IB: 32/655-30/555 BTEC: DDM
About this course
BSc in Archaeological Science, an archaeology degree centred on scientific approaches to investigating the past. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. Students undertake practical fieldwork opportunities and laboratory training using dedicated campus facilities. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals, Medieval Society to Globalisation, Evolution to Empire, Archaeological Fieldschool, Investigating Archaeology, and Archaeology and Heritage: Past and Futures, alongside optional topics like Introduction to Islamic Archaeology, Forensic Archaeology, and Artefacts and Materials. The second year advances scientific inquiry with compulsory studies in Discovering the Past with Molecular Science, Archaeological Fieldwork Project, and Archaeological Fieldschool. Optional modules in the second year allow specialisation in areas such as Aerial Survey, Analysing Artefacts and Materials, Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies, Zooarchaeology, Palaeobotany, and Forensic Anthropology, alongside period-specific topics.
Modules
- Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals
- Medieval Society to Globalisation
- Evolution to Empire
- Archaeological Fieldschool
- Investigating Archaeology
- Archaeology and Heritage: Past and Futures
- Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
- Forensic Archaeology
- Artefacts and Materials
- Discovering the Past with Molecular Science
- Archaeological Fieldwork Project
- Archaeological Fieldschool
- Monumental Changes: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland
- Archaeology of the Americas
- The Archaeology and Ethnography of Hunter-Gatherers
- Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds
- Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture
- Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture
- Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange
- 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
- Aerial Survey
- Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
- Research in Archaeology
- Analysing Artefacts and Materials
- Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies
- Zooarchaeology
- Palaeobotany
- Forensic Anthropology