Each year of the programme carries 120 credit points. In first year you will take Archaeology 1a and 1b, both 20-credit courses. 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 after their first year of study. You will also take 40 credits of History courses: The Historian???s Toolkit (20 credits) plus 20 credits from Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages, Early Modern History: A Connected World or Making of the Modern World (20 credits each). You also have the opportunity to take 40 credits of courses from other disciplines as outside subjects. In second year there are three compulsory 20-credit courses: Archaeology 2a: Archaeology in Action, Archaeology 2b: Scotland before history and Introduction to Historiography. You will also take 20 credits from Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, c. 1100-1500; Britain, Ireland and Empire c. 1800-2000; Themes in Modern European History; Modern United States History; Global Connections, 1450 to the present (20 credits each). You also have the opportunity to take 40 credits of courses from other disciplines as outside subjects. In third year you will choose 120 credits of History and Archaeology courses. There are two compulsory courses: Skills and Methods in History I and Theoretical Archaeology. Skills and Methods in History II is recommended if you intend to write the History dissertation; Archaeology in Practice is recommended if you intend to write the Archaeology dissertation. In fourth year you will choose a year-long 4MA course in History (40 credits), 40 credits of Archaeology courses and you will write a level-ten dissertation of 8,000-12,000 words, this may be in either History or Archaeology (40 credits).
Progression
To progress from Year 1 to Year 2, passes are required in all first year courses (120 credits); to progress from Year 2 into Year 3 passes are required in all of the courses taken in second year (120 credits).
Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years, which must include all compulsory first year History courses, and (ii) passes at 50% or above, achieved at the first attempt, in 40 credits of second year compulsory History courses, which must include Introduction to Historiography and 40 credits of second year compulsory Archaeology courses
Progression from third to fourth year is dependent upon the completion of at least eighty credits and the award of an aggregate pass for the 120 credits of study in third year.
Exit awards
- Certificate of Higher Education: year one
- Diploma of Higher Education: year two
- BA in Humanities and Social Science: year three (although entry to honours means the commencement of two years of integrated study leading to an honours degree and not all students will be qualified for the BA HSS)
- MA Honours in History and Archaeology: year four
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