BSc Archaeology with Forensic Science
About this course
BSc in Archaeology with Forensic Science, an archaeology degree examining scientific methods applied to archaeological and forensic investigations. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Practical training involves fieldwork opportunities in the UK or abroad alongside the study of forensic techniques used in criminal cases. The first year covers foundational subjects through Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals, Forensic Archaeology, Archaeological Fieldschool, and Investigating Archaeology, alongside optional choices such as Artefacts and Materials. The second year progresses to specialised topics including Discovering the Past with Molecular Science, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Science, and Archaeological Fieldwork Project, supplemented by optional modules spanning diverse historical and scientific areas. Students complete a final-year dissertation alongside further optional study.
Modules
- Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals
- Forensic Archaeology
- Archaeological Fieldschool
- Investigating Archaeology
- Archaeology and Heritage: Past and Futures
- Medieval Society to Globalisation
- Evolution to Empire
- Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
- Artefacts and Materials
- Discovering the Past with Molecular Science
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Science
- Archaeological Fieldwork Project
- Archaeological Fieldschool
- Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology
- 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
- 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
- Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
- Research in Archaeology
- Uses of the Past
- Forensic Science, Conflict and Justice
- Crime Science
- Forensics in Policing