Archaeology and Art History bachelor

The course aims to:
develop and encourage student's interest in the art and material culture of various cultures from prehistory to the present;
train students in the critical study of works of art and the techniques and methods of archaeology;
provide a broadly bachelorsed and challenging curriculum including course units that are innovative and stimulating, draw upon the research expertise of the teaching staff, and are examined by a range of methods of assessment;
introduce students, within the context of specific art historical and archaeological courses, to a variety of theoretical approaches and methodologies;
help students to work independently and to organise effectively their own schedules of personal study;
produce graduates who are ready to embachelorrk on a range of career paths, or continue to postgraduate study or further training
Fieldwork is a central component of archaeology programmes; two weeks of excavation are compulsory at both first- and second-year level and we encourage you to seek further training throughout your degree.

Students may apply to spend one semester studying abroad during the second year of their degree. Exchange partners are offered through the Erasmus Exchange scheme (in Sweden) and the Worldwide Exchange scheme (eg. USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore). For more information about the Study Abroad Programme please consult the following: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/studyabroad/
A variety of teaching methods are used, including teaching by seminar, lectures, individual supervision of dissertations and fieldwork. The precise methods depend on the course modules you are taking; fieldwork for art history students means regular classes in Manchester (where the Cornerhouse specializes in modern art and the City Art Gallery has a famous collection of Pre-Raphaelite art). Archaeology fieldwork includes one day site visits as well as extensive periods of excavation in locations as close as Stonehenge and Orkney or as distant as Africa and the Middle East. The School subsidises the cost of fieldwork.
You are taught through lectures, seminars, and personal supervision. Teaching methods may include seminar and lecture presentations, student and lecturer-led discussions, fieldwork and on-site teaching (museums and archaeological sites). Assessment is by essays, seminar presentations, the long essay and dissertation, and written examinations.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalIntroduction to European Archaeology
ARGY10122
20
Mandatory
Introduction to World Archaeology
ARGY10131
20
Mandatory
Introduction to Archaeological Practice
ARGY10501
20
Mandatory
Art History Tutorial 1
AHVS10381
20
Optional
Art History Tutorial 2
AHVS10382
20
Optional
History of Archaeology
ARGY10062
20
Optional
Themes in Archaeology
ARGY10072
20
Optional
Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
SALC10002
20
Optional
Ice Age to bachelorroque: Artworks in History
SALC10041
20
Optional
Rococo to Now: Artworks in History
SALC10042
20
Optional
The Medieval World
SALC10112
20
Optional
Science & the Modern World
UCIL10221
10
Optional
Science and the Modern World (20 Credits)
UCIL10721
20
Optional
Industry Projects: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
UCIL13301
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20001
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20002
20
Optional
Leadership in Action 20 Credit Unit
UCIL20020
20
Optional
Leadership in Action Unit
UCIL20021
10
Optional
Leadership in Action Online Unit
UCIL20031
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20081
20
Optional
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20092
10
Optional
Multilingual Manchester (Societal Multilingualism)
UCIL20102
10
Optional
Science, the Media and the Public
UCIL20181
10
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20282
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20331
10
Optional
Crisis of Nature: Critical Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20592
20
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20782
20
Optional
An Introduction to Current Topics in Biology
UCIL20882
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21000
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21001
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21002
10
Optional
Diverse Britain in a Globachelorlising World
UCIL21102
10
Optional
Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science and Biomedicine
UCIL21202
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21301
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21302
10
Optional
Innovation for a Sustainable Society
UCIL21402
10
Optional
Security and Surveillance
UCIL21701
20
Optional
Body, Health and Well-Being
UCIL21802
10
Optional
Humanitarian Challenges in an Unequal World
UCIL21902
10
Optional
Essential Enterprise
UCIL22001
10
Optional
Curating Culture
UCIL22302
10
Optional
Globachelorl Citizenship and Sustainability
UCIL22501
10
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23101
20
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23301
10
Optional
The Art of Enterprise
UCIL24002
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24141
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24151
20
Optional
The Digital Society
UCIL25002
10
Optional
"You can't say that!"
UCIL28002
10
Optional
Physics & The Grand Challenges of Today
UCIL29002
10
Optional
Introduction to Computer Systems (ITMB)
UCIL29512
10
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30332
20
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30832
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32011
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32511
20
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33201
10
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33501
20
Optional
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Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalCollecting, Museums, Display: The Afterlife of Objects
AHVS20111
20
Mandatory
Material Worlds: objects, architecture, landscape
ARGY20951
20
Mandatory
The Painters of Modern Life: Leisure, Pleasure and Decadence in Nineteenth-Century Art
AHVS20142
20
Optional
Art in Britain from Turner to Whistler
AHVS20221
20
Optional
Art in Theory
AHVS20432
20
Optional
Architecture of Early Modern Europe 1450-1750
AHVS22212
20
Optional
Autonomous Objects: Sculpture Since 1900
AHVS22512
20
Optional
The Neo-Avant-Garde and the Crisis of Medium, 1945-1974
AHVS22811
20
Optional
Archaeology Long Essay
ARGY20001
20
Optional
Roman Archaeology: Identity and Society
ARGY20042
20
Optional
Data Processing and Quantitative Analysis
ARGY20082
20
Optional
Theory and Philosophy of Archaeology
ARGY20111
20
Optional
Fieldwork, Practice and Interpretation
ARGY20502
20
Optional
European Prehistory
ARGY20932
20
Optional
Changing Worlds in the Near East and East Mediterranean
ARGY20941
20
Optional
Pacific and Australian Archaeology
ARGY20962
20
Optional
Careers and Project Management Skills for Arts, Languages and Cultures
SALC20401
20
Optional
Science & the Modern World
UCIL10221
10
Optional
Science and the Modern World (20 Credits)
UCIL10721
20
Optional
Industry Projects: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
UCIL13301
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20001
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20002
20
Optional
Leadership in Action 20 Credit Unit
UCIL20020
20
Optional
Leadership in Action Unit
UCIL20021
10
Optional
Leadership in Action Online Unit
UCIL20031
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20081
20
Optional
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20092
10
Optional
Multilingual Manchester (Societal Multilingualism)
UCIL20102
10
Optional
Science, the Media and the Public
UCIL20181
10
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20282
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20331
10
Optional
Crisis of Nature: Critical Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20592
20
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20782
20
Optional
An Introduction to Current Topics in Biology
UCIL20882
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21000
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21001
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21002
10
Optional
Diverse Britain in a Globachelorlising World
UCIL21102
10
Optional
Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science and Biomedicine
UCIL21202
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21301
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21302
10
Optional
Innovation for a Sustainable Society
UCIL21402
10
Optional
Security and Surveillance
UCIL21701
20
Optional
Body, Health and Well-Being
UCIL21802
10
Optional
Humanitarian Challenges in an Unequal World
UCIL21902
10
Optional
Essential Enterprise
UCIL22001
10
Optional
Curating Culture
UCIL22302
10
Optional
Globachelorl Citizenship and Sustainability
UCIL22501
10
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23101
20
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23301
10
Optional
The Art of Enterprise
UCIL24002
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24141
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24151
20
Optional
The Digital Society
UCIL25002
10
Optional
"You can't say that!"
UCIL28002
10
Optional
Physics & The Grand Challenges of Today
UCIL29002
10
Optional
Introduction to Computer Systems (ITMB)
UCIL29512
10
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30332
20
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30832
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32011
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32511
20
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33201
10
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33501
20
Optional
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Course units for year 3
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TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalHistory of Art Dissertation
AHVS30000
40
Optional
Women and Art in Italy 1280-1530
AHVS31031
20
Optional
Fairy Tales and Other Utopias in Modern Art
AHVS32401
20
Optional
Prometheus Unbound: Art, Science and Technology in the Renaissance
AHVS33121
20
Optional
Picasso
AHVS33131
20
Optional
Romanticism
AHVS33192
20
Optional
Exhibitions that Changed the (Art) World
AHVS33212
20
Optional
Dissertation
ARGY30000
40
Optional
Neolithic Britain
ARGY30131
20
Optional
Theory and Practice in Archaeology
ARGY30501
20
Optional
Traditions and Transitions: Complex Societies in the Near East (7,000 - 3,000BC)
ARGY30911
20
Optional
Science & the Modern World
UCIL10221
10
Optional
Science and the Modern World (20 Credits)
UCIL10721
20
Optional
Industry Projects: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
UCIL13301
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20001
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL20002
20
Optional
Leadership in Action 20 Credit Unit
UCIL20020
20
Optional
Leadership in Action Unit
UCIL20021
10
Optional
Leadership in Action Online Unit
UCIL20031
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20081
20
Optional
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20092
10
Optional
Multilingual Manchester (Societal Multilingualism)
UCIL20102
10
Optional
Science, the Media and the Public
UCIL20181
10
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20282
10
Optional
From Cholera to Aids: A Globachelorl History of Epidemics
UCIL20331
10
Optional
Crisis of Nature: Critical Issues in Environmental History
UCIL20592
20
Optional
The Information Age
UCIL20782
20
Optional
An Introduction to Current Topics in Biology
UCIL20882
10
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21000
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21001
20
Optional
Leadership of Learning
UCIL21002
10
Optional
Diverse Britain in a Globachelorlising World
UCIL21102
10
Optional
Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science and Biomedicine
UCIL21202
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21301
10
Optional
Communicating with Confidence
UCIL21302
10
Optional
Innovation for a Sustainable Society
UCIL21402
10
Optional
Security and Surveillance
UCIL21701
20
Optional
Body, Health and Well-Being
UCIL21802
10
Optional
Humanitarian Challenges in an Unequal World
UCIL21902
10
Optional
Essential Enterprise
UCIL22001
10
Optional
Curating Culture
UCIL22302
10
Optional
Globachelorl Citizenship and Sustainability
UCIL22501
10
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23101
20
Optional
Science and Civilisation in East Asia
UCIL23301
10
Optional
The Art of Enterprise
UCIL24002
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24141
10
Optional
Science, Technology and Democracy
UCIL24151
20
Optional
The Digital Society
UCIL25002
10
Optional
"You can't say that!"
UCIL28002
10
Optional
Physics & The Grand Challenges of Today
UCIL29002
10
Optional
Introduction to Computer Systems (ITMB)
UCIL29512
10
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30332
20
Optional
Madness and Society in the Modern Age
UCIL30832
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32011
10
Optional
From bachelorker Street to CSI
UCIL32511
20
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33201
10
Optional
Climate Change & Society
UCIL33501
20
Optional
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Careers
90% of single and joint honours Archaeology graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduation (source: Unistats 2012).
Archaeology is a very popular single or joint honours degree subject that can lead to a variety of careers. The wide range of skills you acquire throughout your degree are valued by universities and employers alike, and will place you in an excellent position to pursue either a postgraduate education/training or directly enter the employment market.

Further Study:

Of the 15% of our graduates who continue onto postgraduate courses or training, some pursue a career within archaeology or related disciplines (e.g. museology, cultural heritage, government) - and many choose to continue their education at Manchester. However, the majority of students undertake training or gain a qualification to enter an alternative profession (e.g. law, accountancy, teaching, management, business). Universities our graduates have gone to were carefully chosen because of their specific career training and include University College London, University of Sheffield, University of York, University of Newcastle, University of Leicester, University of Wales in Cardiff.

Employment:

For those graduates who enter employment directly, many seek out work in the heritage industry (e.g. museums, galleries, government, English Heritage, commercial archaeology). However, the majority follow alternative career trajectories leading to employment in, for example, media, politics, health, military/police, administration, consulting, and bachelornking.
An Archaeology degree is very attractive to employers because of its mix of humanities and sciences. In addition to communication, numeracy, time management, and project management...