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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

Information in the Degree Programme Tables may still be subject to change in response to Covid-19

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Archaeology practical work requirement:
All students registered for a single or combined 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y


Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours normally requires that:
1. Students pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years.
2. Students achieve an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or more at first attempt.
3. Students achieve 50% or more in Scotland & Orality and Visualising Scotland.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

The Human Skeleton in Archaeology and Forensic Science: Investigating Death and the Dead

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Selected courses must be passed
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:
One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Theoretical Archaeology Honours course
2. Archaeology in Practice Honours Course
3. Dissertation in Archaeology or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology
4. Dissertation in Archaeology or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology
5. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
6. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
7. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
8. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
9. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
10. Honours option course in Archaeology
11. Honours option course in Archaeology
12. Honours option course in Archaeology

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 60 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
Selected courses must be passed

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:
One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Theoretical Archaeology Honours course
2. Archaeology in Practice Honours Course
3. Dissertation in Archaeology or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology
4. Dissertation in Archaeology or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology
5. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
6. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
7. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
8. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
9. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
10. Honours option course in Archaeology
11. Honours option course in Archaeology
12. Honours option course in Archaeology

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Archaeology Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

Scottish Ethnology Hons Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Archaeology Year 4 Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

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