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BSc Archaeology

University of Liverpool

Institution
University of Liverpool
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Archaeology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V402
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 and may make offers at DDM.

About this course

BSc (Hons) in Archaeology, focusing on the study of past human societies and material culture. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can undertake an optional placement year as part of their studies.

Modules

  • PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • THE ORIGINS OF HUMANITY
  • BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATIONS: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
  • FROM VILLAGE TO CITY: THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE CIVILISATION
  • THE PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • EMPIRES AND CITIZENS: THE CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN AND THE NEAR EAST
  • ISSUES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
  • VISUAL CULTURE
  • WORKING WITH THE PAST
  • PLANTS AND PEOPLE IN THE PAST: METHOD AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOBOTANY
  • ARTEFACTS AND TECHNOLOGY
  • HUMAN OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
  • RETHINKING STONEHENGE (BRITISH AND IRISH PREHISTORY)
  • PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
  • ANCIENT WARFARE
  • NOMADS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA
  • AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
  • INDIGENOUS AMERICAS
  • ACE WORK PLACEMENT
  • MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS
  • ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH AND MORTUARY PRACTICES
  • SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • THE FIRST CIVILISATION: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SUMERIANS
  • EXPLORING THE ANCIENT CITY: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE
  • DISSERTATION
  • ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: ETHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
  • ARCHAEOMATERIALS: ANALYTICAL METHODS AND PRACTICAL ANALYSIS
  • ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
  • EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN MIND
  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC IN EUROPE
  • FROM FORAGING TO FARMING; EPIPALAEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN SOUTH WEST ASIA
  • PALAEOLITHIC ART IN EUROPE
  • AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (1550 - 1200 BCE)
  • ARCHAIC GREEK COLONISATION AND BRITISH COLONIAL THOUGHT
  • PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: GLOBAL QUESTIONS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE PAST
  • HUMAN ORIGINS: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
  • SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
  • THE CELTS (IRON AGE EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN)
  • THE FIRST CIVILISATION: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SUMERIANS