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BA Archaeology

University of Liverpool

Institution
University of Liverpool
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Archaeology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V400
Typical offer
IB 30

Entry requirements

A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 5,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits.

About this course

BA (Hons) in Archaeology, examining ancient societies and civilisations. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can undertake a professional placement year as part of the programme.

Modules

  • PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EAST
  • FRAMING ANTIQUITY
  • THE PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • WORKING WITH THE PAST
  • THE PERSPECTIVE OF EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT EGYPT
  • WORKING WITH THE PAST
  • ARTEFACTS AND TECHNOLOGY
  • THINKING THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY
  • METHODS AND ISSUES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE PLIOCENE TO EARLY PLEISTOCENE 1
  • PLANTS AND PEOPLE IN THE PAST: METHOD AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOBOTANY
  • NOMADS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA
  • ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH AND MORTUARY PRACTICES
  • BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF POWER
  • SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT
  • SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
  • PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
  • AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • INDIGENOUS AMERICAS
  • HUMAN OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
  • THE CELTS (IRON AGE EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN)
  • FIRST CIVILISATION: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SUMERIANS
  • SOCIAL LIFE IN EGYPT
  • ACE WORK PLACEMENT
  • MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS
  • ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: ETHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
  • DISSERTATION
  • SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • METHODS AND ISSUES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE MIDDLE TO LATER PLEISTOCENE 1
  • ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY
  • FROM FORAGING TO FARMING; EPIPALAEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN SOUTH WEST ASIA
  • PALAEOLITHIC ART IN EUROPE
  • ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (1550 - 1200 BCE)
  • EGYPTIAN RELIGION
  • ARCHAEOMATERIALS: ANALYTICAL METHODS AND PRACTICAL ANALYSIS
  • AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • METHODS AND ISSUES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY FROM MIDDLE TO LATER PLEISTOCENE 2
  • ANCIENT WARFARE
  • RETHINKING STONEHENGE (BRITISH AND IRISH PREHISTORY)
  • DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT: IMAGE, TEXT AND ARCHAEOLOGY
  • MAKING HERITAGE HAPPEN
  • THE ROMAN EXPERIENCE: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE