BSc Bioarchaeology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one science subject from: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Environmental Studies, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Life and Health Sciences IB: 34 points including a science or mathematics at Higher Level BTEC: DDM including some science-related modules.
About this course
BSc (Hons) Bioarchaeology, a forensic science degree centred on scientific techniques applied to the human past. Core topics include Research Methods. The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. The first year covers foundational subjects through Prehistory to the Present, Artefacts and Materials, Archaeological Theory, and Introduction to Archaeological Science. The second year introduces specific techniques and materials via Post-Excavation, Archaeobotany, Biomolecular Archaeology, and Human and Animal Bones, alongside optional modules such as Issues in Archaeology and Heritage. The final year focuses on advanced topics and independent research through a compulsory dissertation, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, and Plants and People.
Modules
- Prehistory to the Present
- Artefacts and Materials
- Archaeological Theory
- Introduction to Archaeological Science
- Discovering Archaeology
- Exploring Archaeology
- Post-Excavation
- Interpreting Prehistory
- Interpreting Historical Archaeology
- Archaeobotany
- Archaeogaming
- Biomolecular Archaeology
- Buildings History
- Computational Archaeology
- Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture
- Field Archaeology Survey Skills
- Human and Animal Bones
- Illustration
- Object Conservation
- Issues in Archaeology and Heritage
- Late Prehistory of Egypt and the Fertile Crescent
- Settlements and Society
- dissertation
- After Modernity: Archaeologies of the Contemporary World
- Ancient DNA
- Archaeology and Mythology of the Greek and Roman Mediterranean
- Archaeology of Disease and Health
- Death and Burial in Later Prehistory
- Historic Houses
- Human Evolution
- Hunter Gatherer Materials Worlds
- Plants and People
- Public Participation in Museums and Archaeology
- Rock Art Heritage
- Societal Collapse… and how to avoid it.
- The Archaeology of British Christianity
- The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland
- Viking-Age Scandinavia