THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
First year students on this programme will be asked to complete a pre-course enrolment form online, prior to arriving in Welcome Week. Full details on how to do this will be provided in the email we send to you in late August. Please consider the following courses.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.
Students must pass a minimum of 80 credits, including a pass in Archaeology 1A, Archaeology 1B and Archaeology Fieldwork, to be eligible to progress into Year 2.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Greek World and Roman World Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
AND

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

Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
All second year students will be asked to complete a course enrolment form online from the selection below. Full details will be provided by email.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 2. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Roman and Greek Art and Archaeology, The Transformation of the Roman World

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
AND

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

Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours normally requires:
(i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years;
(ii) passes at 50% or above, at first attempt, in Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B; and
(iii) passes at 50% or above, at first attempt, in Ancient History 2A and Ancient History 2B.

Entry to honours in Archaeology remains at the discretion of the Head of Archaeology in the light of performance across all courses.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Ancient History Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.
AND

Ancient History Honours Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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

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

Course options

Archaeology and Classics Dissertation Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Archaeology Year 4 Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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.

Students who were abroad in Year 3 may be required to take Archaeology in Practice and/or Theoretical Archaeology. Please contact the Erasmus/International Officer for Archaeology.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.
AND

Ancient History Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

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