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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Archaeology

Undergraduate Course: Archaeological Fieldwork (ARCA10013)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Archaeological Fieldwork is designed to enable the integration of field and practical work into the Signle Honours and Joint Honours curricula and to provide a mechanism for the assessment of the commitment, experience and expertise of students in these domains. The course aims to provide a bridge between the accummulation of data in archaeology, and its incorporation into wider syntheses. To place such work in its archaeological context and allow students to digest the importance of what they have experienced during the vacation and hence to relate field practical work to the theoretical concerns of the discipline.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Archaeology 2A: Scotland before History (ARCA08013) AND Archaeology 2B: Archaeology in Action (ARCA08012)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	This course is not available to students on the BA Humanities and Social Science.
Additional Costs	Fieldwork costs (variable).

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 3, Fieldwork Hours 350, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 188 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 67 %, Practical Exam 33 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework (all worth one third): Seminar Presentation, Portfolio (2,000 words plus Reflective Log not exceeding 1,000 words) and Fieldwork Essay (3,000 words).
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and first hand experience of the practice of field archaeology. To relate that experience to wider issues within the discipline.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/degreecourse.html
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	Arch Fieldwork

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Ulf-Dietrich Schoop Tel: (0131 6)50 2503 Email: ulf.schoop@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Amanda Campbell Tel: (0131 6)50 3782 Email: amanda.campbell@ed.ac.uk

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