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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Archaeology (MA Hons) (UTGGPAR)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    GESC08001 Earth Surface Systems Semester 2 20
    ARCA08007 Archaeology 1 As available 40
    Notes: Archaeology practical work requirement: all students registered for a single or joint honours degree in Archaeology normally attend a one week practical course in the Easter Vacation, which is assessed as part of Archaeology 1, and also undertake a minimum of two weeks fieldwork approved by the Head of Archaeology during the summer vacation of their first year of study.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ARCA08010 Archaeology 2A: Ancient Europe Semester 2 20
    ARCA08011 Archaeology 2B: The Ancient Near East As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8' (ROU_N_UGGEGR1_8) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum with a pass at 50% or higher in two Geography second level courses and an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher, normally at the first attempt.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ARCA10065 Archaeology in Practice As available 20
    ARCA10064 Theoretical Archaeology As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 9' (ROU_N_UGGEGR2_9) , as available.
         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09013    Geography Matters   20  
    GEGR09012    The Nature of Geographical Knowledge   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Geography" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Geography Level 10' (SUB_GEGR_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (GEGR10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Geography'   (as selected)  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation in 4th year must take Research Design in Geography (10 credits) and either Quantitative Methods in Geography or Qualitative Methods in Geography (10 credits each) in their 3rd year.
     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following "Archaeology" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Archaeology Level 10' (SUB_ARCA_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ANHI10010    The City of Rome   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10011    Roman Slavery   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10045    Dress and Society in the Ancient World   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10054    The City of Carthage: From Dido to the Arab Conquest   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10055    Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia   (20 Credits)  
    (ARCA10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Archaeology'   (as selected)  
    CACA10002    The Presentation of the Classical World   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10005    Roman Propaganda: The Archaeological and Artistic Evidence   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10007    Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10018    Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology   (20 Credits)  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10054    Rome and the Caledonians   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10065    Celt and Saxon: the British Isles 250-750   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10068    Scotland's Savages: the Pictish realm and nation, 671-869   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10069    Saints and Sea-Kings: early medieval Gaelic Scotland, 563-761   (20 Credits)  

     

    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience & History Classics and Archaeology- Geography and Archaeology (BSc)- Level 9' (ROU_N/E_UTGGPAR_10) , as available.
         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10053    Geography Dissertation   40  
    ARCA10040    Archaeology Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Geography" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Geography Level 10' (SUB_GEGR_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (GEGR10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Geography'   (as selected)  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Archaeology" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Archaeology Level 10' (SUB_ARCA_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ANHI10010    The City of Rome   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10011    Roman Slavery   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10045    Dress and Society in the Ancient World   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10054    The City of Carthage: From Dido to the Arab Conquest   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10055    Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia   (20 Credits)  
    (ARCA10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Archaeology'   (as selected)  
    CACA10002    The Presentation of the Classical World   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10005    Roman Propaganda: The Archaeological and Artistic Evidence   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10007    Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire   (20 Credits)  
    CACA10018    Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology   (20 Credits)  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10054    Rome and the Caledonians   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10065    Celt and Saxon: the British Isles 250-750   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10068    Scotland's Savages: the Pictish realm and nation, 671-869   (20 Credits)  
    SCHI10069    Saints and Sea-Kings: early medieval Gaelic Scotland, 563-761   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Classical Art/Classical Archaeology" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Classical Art/Classical Archaeology level 10' (SUB_CACA_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ANHI10010    The City of Rome   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10016    Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10054    The City of Carthage: From Dido to the Arab Conquest   (20 Credits)  
    ANHI10055    Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10047    Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10048    Art and Architecture of Ancient Cyprus: Archaeological Perspectives   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10055    Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10061    Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA10071    Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565   (20 Credits)  
    (CACA10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Classical Art/Classical Archaeology'   (as selected)  
    GREE10017    Greek 1Ha   (20 Credits)  
    GREE10018    Greek 1HB   (20 Credits)  
    GREE10027    Greek 2Ha   (20 Credits)  
    GREE10028    Greek 2Hb   (20 Credits)  
    LATI10017    Latin 1Ha   (20 Credits)  
    LATI10018    Latin 1Hb   (20 Credits)  
    LATI10030    Latin 2Ha   (20 Credits)  
    LATI10031    Latin 2Hb   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
     


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