BA Archaeology and Anthropology
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 36 points (A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, a forensic science and anthropology degree focused on the study of humankind from origins to the present day. Core topics include Communication & Writing, Human Behaviour. The curriculum includes 50 days of fieldwork and a detailed study of a selected topic. The first year covers foundations through Introduction to Material and Visual Culture, Sites and Artefacts, World Archaeology: An Outline of the Deep History of Human Societies, and Introduction to Archaeology. The second year examines theoretical perspectives via Theoretical Perspectives in Social Anthropology and Material Culture, Current Issues in Archaeological Theory, and Research and Presentation Skills, alongside optional modules such as Palaeoanthropology and The Anthropology of Kinship and Gender. The final year consolidates learning through compulsory modules including Field Archaeology, Archaeology in the World, and Individual Studies in Anthropology. Optional choices across the course allow specialisation in areas like Human Behavioural Ecology, Evolution and Human Behaviour, and Anthropology of Capitalisms.
Modules
- Introduction to Material and Visual Culture
- Introduction to Social Anthropology 1 A
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology II B
- Sites and Artefacts
- World Archaeology: An Outline of the Deep History of Human Societies
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Theoretical Perspectives in Social Anthropology and Material Culture
- Current Issues in Archaeological Theory
- Research and Presentation Skills
- Documentary Film-Making
- Palaeoanthropology
- The Anthropology of Kinship and Gender
- The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
- Atapuerca and Human Evolution in Europe
- Anthropology of Technics and Technology
- Human Behavioural Ecology
- Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Emplotment
- Anthropology of Religion
- Primate Behaviour and Ecology
- Field Archaeology
- Archaeology in the World
- A Detailed Study of a Selected Topic
- Individual Studies in Anthropology
- Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
- Evolution and Human Behaviour
- Anthropology of Capitalisms
- Anthropology of the Built Environment
- Fishers and Fisheries Anthropology, Aquatic Resources and Development
- Digital Infrastructure: Materiality, Information and Politics
- Aspects of Applied Medical Anthropology
- Time and the Index - The evolving narrative of Photography and Film
- Experimental Cinema and New Media: Form and narrative
- Documentary Radio - A Practice-Based Introduction