BA Archaeology and History with Professional Placement
Entry requirements
A level: BBB, including a grade B in History or a humanities-based essay subject Humanities-based essay subjects include: Classical Civilisation, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Philosophy, Politics, Religious Studies. IB: 30 points overall, including 5 in History or a humanities-based essay subject at higher level
About this course
BA in History and Archaeology. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The programme includes a professional placement year in the third year, with placement options in archaeological, heritage, planning and museum sectors. A four-week departmental excavation is part of the Archaeology Field School module.
Modules
- Revolutions and Transitions: The Human Journey from 6 Million Years Ago to the Present Day
- Archaeology Today: Methods and Practice
- Perspectives in History
- Making History and You: Practices and Possibilities
- Warfare in Early Modern Europe, c. 1500-1715
- The Rwanda Genocide of 1994
- Chivalry: The Emergence and Impact of a Medieval Ethos
- Forensic Anthropology and the Archaeology of Death
- Contemporary World Cultures: An Introduction to Social Anthropology
- Presenting the Past: An Introduction to Museum Studies
- Optional Language Modules
- Archaeology and Heritage: Past, Present and Future
- Ancient Objects: Materials and Meanings
- Prehistoric Europe: the First Million Years
- Archaeology Field School and Professional Practice
- Bioarchaeology
- Changing the Face of the Earth: Past, Present and Future Sustainability
- Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Analysis
- Medieval Europe: Power, Religion and Death
- Museum Learning and Engagement
- Curatorship and Collections Management
- Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future
- The Brightest Jewel in the British Crown: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1757-1947
- Reform and Revolt in the Modern Middle East: Egypt from Ataturk to the Arab Spring
- The Crusades, 1095-1291
- Encountering the Atlantic World, 1450-1850
- Noise Annoys: British Youth Culture, Popular Music and Social Change, 1950s-90s
- From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Social History of the Nineteenth-Century USA
- Eugenics in Britain: Science, Politics and Society, 1865 to the Present Day
- Kingship and Crisis in England, c. 1154-1330
- Women and Medieval History
- Black Britain: Race and Migration in Post-war Britain
- Optional Languages Modules
- Dissertation in Archaeology
- Dissertation in History
- The Anthropology of Heritage and Cultural Property
- Objects and Identities in the Roman Empire
- Biological Anthropology
- Post-excavation: Assessment, Analysis and Publication in the Profession
- Emergence of Civilisation in Mesopotamia
- The First Europeans: Archaeology of the Lower Palaeolithic
- The Archaeology and Anthropology of Food
- Living in Medieval Towns
- Discovering Archives and Collections
- Politics and Popular Culture: Post-Arab Spring Egypt
- The Tudors, 1485-1603
- The American Civil War
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Empire, Slavery, and Society, 1550-1750
- Utopia: The Quest for a Perfect World
- Medieval Magic and the Origins of the Witch-Craze
- The United States and the Cold War
- Optional Language Modules