Archaeology and Religious Studies (BA)
Course
In Cardiff
Description
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Location
Cardiff (Wales)
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Start date
Different dates available
Grade A in the Core plus grades BB at GCE A Level.
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Subjects
- Archaeology
- Religious Studies
- Skills and Training
- Greek
Course programme
The BA in Archaeology and Religious Studies aims to develop your knowledge and critical understanding of the material evidence for a wide range of periods and societies, and to cultivate intellectual skills such as the ability to assess evidence critically, to evaluate different interpretations of the evidence, to construct arguments on the basis of evidence, and to express opinions cogently in speech and in writing.
As a student of Archaeology, you will learn with staff who undertake exciting, new research on all periods from early human origins to the recent past. You will also benefit from our bespoke teaching and research laboratories, dedicated geophysical and surveying equipment and a range of sophisticated equipment for the analysis of artefacts.
As a student of Religious and Theological Studies, you will have the opportunity to explore your own and other peoples' religious history and culture, and some of the fundamental questions of existence in a flourishing centre of research. Your lecturers are active researchers in their fields, bringing the latest research into teaching.
The degree provides the training necessary for students who wish to study Archaeology or Religious Studies at postgraduate level, and a valuable range of intellectual and transferable skills for students who enter other professions.
Year oneIn Year 1, you take 40 credits of Archaeology modules and 40 credits of Religious Studies modules.
The archaeology modules introduce you to the material evidence for the ancient Mediterranean societies of Egypt, Greece and Rome and the study of Britain from the Ice Age to the medieval period.
In addition you will be able to choose another 40 credits from available practical modules in Archaeology or other subjects.
Students of this course can choose to study modules outside of their allocated School(s) core and optional modules. These can be chosen from modules from participating Academic Schools.
Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsThe Archaeology of Mediterranean Societies: Egypt, Greece and RomeHS212320 creditsDeep Histories: The Archaeology of BritainHS212420 creditsOptional modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsIntroduction To Biblical HebrewRT210420 creditsFurther Biblical HebrewRT210520 creditsIntroduction To The BibleRT210320 creditsThe Story of ChristianityRT410320 creditsIntroduction to New Testament GreekRT310720 creditsFurther New Testament GreekRT310820 creditsIntroduction To ArabicRT110920 creditsFurther Elementary ArabicRT111020 creditsIntroduction To The Study of Religion 1RT111120 creditsIntroduction To The Study of Religion 2RT111220 creditsAnalysing ArchaeologyHS212520 creditsDiscovering ArchaeologyHS212620 creditsIntroduction To SanskritRT110620 creditsFurther Elementary SanskritRT110720 creditsYear twoIn Year 2, you take 60 credits of Archaeology and 60 credits of Religious Studies.
You will undertake 4 weeks of excavation or another archaeological work placement. You will be able to choose from a large range of period, regional and skills modules.
In Year 3, you choose a further 60 credits of Archaeology and 60 credits of Religious Studies. If you wish, you can write a dissertation on a topic of your choice in either discipline. This provides a chance for you to focus your interests on a particular area, period or technique.
You will undertake another 4 weeks of excavation or another archaeological work placement.
Archaeology and Religious Studies (BA)