Archaeology and Anthropology

Bachelor's degree

In Oxford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Oxford

UCAS code LV64 Duration 3 years (BA)
Entrance requirements AAA Subject requirements Combination of arts and science subjects
Admissions test(s) None Written work Two pieces
Admissions statistics*
Interviewed: 68%
Successful: 22%
Intake: 22
*3-year average 2017-19
Contact
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Email Archaeology
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Archaeology and anthropology together encompass the study of humankind from the origins of the human species to the present day. Both disciplines have a long history: archaeology grew from 18th-century antiquarianism, while anthropology began even earlier in the first days of colonial encounter. Today, both subjects involve a range of sophisticated approaches shared with the arts, social sciences and physical sciences.
">Video of Archaeology and Anthropology at Oxford University
Oxford’s distinctive combination of archaeology and anthropology, pursued over three years, offers an unusually broad perspective on human societies from earliest prehistory to the present. The course offers a comprehensive guide to the richness and diversity of human cultural experience throughout space and time. By choosing to study here you will be able to:
explore how humans evolved
get to grips with major transformational processes in human history such as the development of farming, the emergence of towns and trading systems and the spread of world religions
learn why societies structure their families, economies and political systems in the ways that they do
investigate how material culture represents and reproduces beliefs and ideologies. is showed us!”
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Location

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Oxford (Oxfordshire)
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Wellington Square, OX1 2JD

Start date

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Subjects

  • Systems
  • University
  • Teaching
  • Options
  • Interpretation
  • IT
  • Archaeology
  • Part Time
  • Analysis
  • Urbanism
  • Dissertation
  • Perspectives
  • Anthropological
  • Practical classes

Course programme

A typical week

Your timetable will be divided into lectures, tutorials and practical classes (on topics such as dating, isotope analysis, and the analysis of plant, animal and human remains, as well as artefacts). In the first year you will spend around six hours a week in lectures, which focus on the course’s core papers. In Years 2 and 3, lectures for core and optional papers take up around ten hours a week. Throughout the course, there are one or two tutorials a week, normally taught in a pair (typically a total of twelve in each term).

Tutorials are usually two students and a tutor, but may include up to three students depending on circumstances. Lectures will include the whole year group of around 25 students, although they are sometimes shared with Human Sciences students and are therefore larger. Lecture sizes for optional courses are normally smaller and could be as low as 3-6 students.

Most tutorials, classes, and lectures are delivered by staff who are tutors in their subject. Many are world-leading experts with years of experience in teaching and research. Some teaching may also be delivered by postgraduate students who are usually studying at doctorate level.

To find out more about how our teaching year is structured, visit our Academic Year page.

Academic YearCourse structureCourse structureYEAR 1

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork

ASSESSMENT

First University examinations: four written papers

YEARS 2 AND 3

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Social analysis and interpretation
    • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
    • Landscape and ecology
    • Urbanism and society
  • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
  • Practical classes
  • Dissertation

A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology website.

ASSESSMENT

Final University examinations: seven written papers; dissertation (counting as the equivalent of two further papers)

YEAR 1

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork

ASSESSMENT

First University examinations: four written papers

YEARS 2 AND 3

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Social analysis and interpretation
    • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
    • Landscape and ecology
    • Urbanism and society
  • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
  • Practical classes
  • Dissertation

A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology website.

ASSESSMENT

Final University examinations: seven written papers; dissertation (counting as the equivalent of two further papers)

YEAR 1YEAR 1YEAR 1

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork

ASSESSMENT

First University examinations: four written papers

COURSES

  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork

COURSES

COURSES
  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork
  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
    • Introduction to world archaeology
    • Introduction to anthropological theory
    • Perspectives on human evolution
    • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Introduction to world archaeology
  • Introduction to anthropological theory
  • Perspectives on human evolution
  • The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
  • Practical classes
  • Fieldwork
  • ASSESSMENT

    First University examinations: four written papers

    ASSESSMENT

    ASSESSMENT

    First University examinations: four written papers

    YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3

    COURSES

    • Four core courses are taken:
      • Social analysis and interpretation
      • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
      • Landscape and ecology
      • Urbanism and society
    • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
    • Practical classes
    • Dissertation

    A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology website.

    ASSESSMENT

    Final University examinations: seven written papers; dissertation (counting as the equivalent of two further papers)

    COURSES

    • Four core courses are taken:
      • Social analysis and interpretation
      • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
      • Landscape and ecology
      • Urbanism and society
    • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
    • Practical classes
    • Dissertation

    A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology website.

    COURSES

    COURSES
    • Four core courses are taken:
      • Social analysis and interpretation
      • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
      • Landscape and ecology
      • Urbanism and society
    • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
    • Practical classes
    • Dissertation
  • Four core courses are taken:
    • Social analysis and interpretation
    • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
    • Landscape and ecology
    • Urbanism and society
    • Social analysis and interpretation
    • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
    • Landscape and ecology
    • Urbanism and society
  • Social analysis and interpretation
  • Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
  • Landscape and ecology
  • Urbanism and society
  • Options (three from a broad range of anthropological and archaeological courses)
  • Practical classes
  • Dissertation
  • A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology website.

    A full list of current options is available on the Archaeology websiteArchaeology website..

    ASSESSMENT

    Final University examinations: seven written papers; dissertation (counting as the equivalent of two further papers)

    ASSESSMENT

    ASSESSMENT

    Final University examinations: seven written papers; dissertation (counting as the equivalent of two further papers)

    The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.

    The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.

    The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.

    The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.

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