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


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    GESC08001 Earth Surface Systems Semester 2 20
    ARCA08004 Archaeology 1A Semester 1 20
    ARCA08005 Archaeology 1B Semester 2 20
    Notes: Archaeology practical work requirement: all students registered for a single or joint honours degree in Archaeology normally undertake a minimum of three 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 Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ARCA08013 Archaeology 2A: Scotland before History Semester 1 20
    ARCA08012 Archaeology 2B: Archaeology in Action Semester 2 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, 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  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum in Geography 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 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09013    Geography Matters   20  
    GEGR09012    The Nature of Geographical Knowledge   20  

     


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
    GEGR09005    Qualitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09004    Quantitative Methods in Geography   10  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take Research Design in Geography AND EITHER Qualitative Methods in Geography or Quantitative Methods
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10050    Animal and Human Remains in Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10014    Archaeological Illustration   20  
    ARCA10023    Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC   20  
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10073    Rock Art and Archaeology: from Scotland to the Sahara   20  
    ARCA10016    The Archaeology of Gender   20  
    ARCA10030    The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    CACA10021    Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions   20  
    CACA10023    The Roman Empire and its Neighbours   20  
    CACA10026    The Athenian Akropolis   20  
    ARCA10074    Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, 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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10053    Geography Dissertation   40  
    ARCA10040    Archaeology Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     
    AND   

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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10013    Archaeological Fieldwork   20  
    ARCA10050    Animal and Human Remains in Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10014    Archaeological Illustration   20  
    ARCA10023    Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC   20  
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10073    Rock Art and Archaeology: from Scotland to the Sahara   20  
    ARCA10016    The Archaeology of Gender   20  
    ARCA10030    The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    CACA10021    Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions   20  
    CACA10023    The Roman Empire and its Neighbours   20  
    CACA10026    The Athenian Akropolis   20  
    ARCA10074    Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe   20  

    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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CACA10021    Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions   20  
    CACA10023    The Roman Empire and its Neighbours   20  
    CACA10026    The Athenian Akropolis   20  
    CLGE10007    Popular Culture in the Ancient World   20  
    CLTR10017    Classical Receptions   20  
    ARCA10023    Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    CACA10015    Africa in the Classical World   20  

    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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