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Degree Programme Table: Environmental Archaeology (BSc Hons) (UTENVAR)

Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

  • Notes: All first year students should make an appointment with their Director of Studies during Fresher Week period. Please consider the following courses, and take a draft plan to your meeting.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    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 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
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   20  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   20  
    EASC08012    History of Life   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BILG08001    Origin and Diversity of Life 1   20  
    BILG08008    Quantification in the Life Sciences 1   20  
    SCBI07001    Introduction to the Chemistry of Biology 1   20  
    SCBI08001    Biological Chemistry (Foundations) 1   20  
    SCBI08002    Biological Chemistry 1   20  
    BILG08007    Environmental and Community Biology 1   20  
    BILG08015    Molecules, Genes and Cells 1   20  

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: During Induction Week, please ensure you have met with your Director of Studies or a Student Support Officer to confirm your course choices and attendance.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

    Progression to Honours normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum with an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher at the first attempt.


    • 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 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
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BILG08009    The Dynamic Cell 2   20  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   20  
    BILG08011    Animal Biology 2   20  
    BILG08003    Genes and Gene Action 2   20  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   20  

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to Honours normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum (240 credits) with an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher at the first attempt.

    During Induction Week, please contact a member of staff to confirm your attendance.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ARCA10049 Isotopes and Archaeology Semester 2 20
    ARCA10065 Archaeology in Practice Semester 1 20
    ARCA10064 Theoretical Archaeology Semester 2 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10050    Animal and Human Remains in Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ARCA10075    Archaeology Extended Essay   20  
    ARCA10047    Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece   20  
    ARCA10020    Conceptualising the Neolithic   20  
    ARCA10071    Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565   20  
    ARCA10051    From Foraging to Farming: The Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe   20  
    ARCA10027    Gallia from the 3rd Century BC to Augustus   20  
    CACA10004    Death and Burial in Republican and Imperial Rome   20  
    CACA10018    Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology   20  
    CACA10007    Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire   20  
    CACA10025    Roman Interior Design   20  
    ANHI10016    Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty   20  
    ANHI10011    Roman Slavery   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    ARCA10076    Death, Decay and Reconstruction: Discovering past lifeways through Archaeological Human Remains   20  
    ARCA10077    Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10078    The Prehistory of Cyprus: Insularity, Identity and Internationalism   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: During Induction Week, please contact a member of staff to confirm your attendance.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ARCA10040 Archaeology Dissertation Full Year 40




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


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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 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  
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ARCA10047    Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece   20  
    ARCA10020    Conceptualising the Neolithic   20  
    ARCA10071    Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565   20  
    ARCA10051    From Foraging to Farming: The Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe   20  
    ARCA10027    Gallia from the 3rd Century BC to Augustus   20  
    CACA10004    Death and Burial in Republican and Imperial Rome   20  
    CACA10018    Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology   20  
    CACA10007    Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire   20  
    CACA10025    Roman Interior Design   20  
    ANHI10016    Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty   20  
    ANHI10011    Roman Slavery   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    ARCA10076    Death, Decay and Reconstruction: Discovering past lifeways through Archaeological Human Remains   20  
    SCHI10035    The Picts   40  
    SCHI10065    Celt and Saxon: the British Isles 250-750   20  
    ARCA10077    Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10078    The Prehistory of Cyprus: Insularity, Identity and Internationalism   20  

    Notes:Students intending to take 4th-year option 'Archaeological Fieldwork' are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeology work in the vacations between their 2nd year of study and the beginning of their 4th year of study
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     




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