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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Courses will run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2, subject to staffing availability. The range of option courses available may vary. Students complete six courses and the MSc Dissertation over the duration of the degree.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

This core course MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.

Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology

AND

1. Depending on their first degree, students may be recommended to take Theoretical Archaeology.
2. Candidates must take a total of 100 credits of option courses over the four semesters of their part time degree. Normally, credits will be taken equally in each academic year, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.
3. Further to discussion with the programme director a student may also choose an option from the suite of courses offered by the School.

Archaeological Illustration

Conceptualising the Neolithic

The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC

Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

Human Evolution

Roman Archaeology

The Hellenistic City

Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age

Theoretical Archaeology

Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence

The Athenian Akropolis

Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)

Practical Zooarchaeology

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists

Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology

Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom

Judaea under Roman Rule

Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past

Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Courses will run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2, subject to staffing availability. The range of option courses available may vary. Students complete six courses and the MSc Dissertation over the duration of the degree.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

You MUST select one of these two dissertations to take in your second year of study.

Selected courses must be taken during Full Year

Archaeology Dissertation

MSc Dissertation in Classics

AND

This core course MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.

Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology

AND

1. Depending on their first degree, students may be recommended to take Theoretical Archaeology.
2. Candidates must take a total of 100 credits of option courses over the four semesters of their part time degree. Normally, credits will be taken equally in each academic year, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.
3. Further to discussion with the programme director a student may also choose an option from the suite of courses offered by the School.

Archaeological Illustration

Conceptualising the Neolithic

The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC

Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

Human Evolution

Roman Archaeology

The Hellenistic City

Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age

Theoretical Archaeology

Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence

The Athenian Akropolis

Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)

Practical Zooarchaeology

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists

Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology

Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom

Judaea under Roman Rule

Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past

Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

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