BA Archaeology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one essay based subject
About this course
BA in Archaeology, exploring ancient history, material culture and past societies over three undergraduate years. Core topics include Research Methods. Students use dedicated laboratories equipped with drones, a 3D printer and portable XRF, and participate in subsidised fieldwork and excavation projects in Herefordshire, Yorkshire, Scotland and the Mediterranean.
Modules
- Discoveries and Discoverers: Sights and Sites
- Doing Archaeology 1
- Constructing Archaic Greek History
- From Republic to Empire: Introduction to Roman History, Society & Culture 218-31BC
- Cities and Citizens
- Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
- Ice Age to Baroque: Artworks in History
- Climate change and societal response: Lessons from the past
- Thinking Archaeology
- Doing Archaeology 2
- From Sites to Statues: Understanding Heritage in a time of Culture Wars
- Data Literacy in a Digital World
- Through Cicero's Eyes
- The Conquering Hero: The Life, Times and Legacy of Alexander The Great
- The Roman Empire 31BC - AD313 Rome's Golden Age
- Politics and Society in Classical Greece
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Greco-Roman Society and Technology
- Roman Women in 22 Objects
- The First Cities: The Archaeology of Urbanism in the Near East
- The Archaeology of Ritual
- Finding Happiness in the Ancient World
- Art and Technology in Ancient Egypt
- Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology Dissertation
- From Sites to Statues: Understanding Heritage in a time of Culture Wars
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Through Cicero's Eyes
- The Hellenistic World, c. 323-31 BCE
- Greco-Roman Society and Technology
- Tomb and Temple: Religion and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
- The First Cities: The Archaeology of Urbanism in the Near East
- The Archaeology of Ritual
- Greek Epic Poetry
- Gods, Kings, and Heroes: The Poetry of Archaic Greece
- Finding Happiness in the Ancient World
- Art and Technology in Ancient Egypt