Archaeological Practice (MA)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
Birkbeck’s MA Archaeological Practice offers hands-on postgraduate training that is grounded in the latest theories and techniques. The course meets the need for work-based professional training in archaeology and it will help you understand how contemporary archaeologists think, draw and write about archaeology. You can take advantage of the expertise of world-leading academics across the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology.
We will introduce you to the major techniques, principal bodies of evidence, research themes and concepts of archaeology. The curriculum addresses the perceived divide between theory and practice in archaeological fieldwork and cultural resource management. It aims to produce a new kind of professional: one who is theoretically aware but also grounded in the craft of archaeology. In doing so, the course will also develop your capacity for interdisciplinary, innovative research, based on the critical, integrated study of landscape, architecture and material culture. Context, and an engagement with its material and historical conditions, is crucial to this training.
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About this course
Graduates go into careers in developer-funded archaeology, heritage and conservation, or museums. Possible professions include archaeologist, researcher, or heritage manager. This degree may also be useful in becoming a historic buildings inspector/conservation officer, higher education lecturer, social researcher, or tourism officer.
A second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) in a humanities subject and references.
We offer a one-year Graduate Certificate in History, which can be used as a conversion course if you want to study at postgraduate level but have a degree in a significantly different discipline.
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Subjects
- School
- Politics
- Archaeology
- Landscape Architecture
- Resource Management
- Humanities
- Concepts in Archaeology
- Material Culture
- Buried Humanities
- Material Worlds
Course programme
You study one compulsory and three option modules from a diverse range of topics, and write a dissertation.
Not all modules are available each year.
COMPULSORY MODULE
- Themes and Concepts in Archaeology
- Athens: Material Culture Approaches to the Classical City
- Field School: Buried Humanities
- Frameworks for Archaeology: Curatorial Archaeology in England
- Imagined Landscapes of the Middle Ages
- Introduction to Geographic Data Science
- Material Worlds
- The City of Rome: Ancient to Medieval
- The Politics of the Past: Heritage in a Changing World
- Research Dissertation
- You will also have a chance to participate in the week-long Birkbeck Field School, offering intensive fieldwork experience.
Additional information
One year full-time or two years part-time
FEES
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Full-time home students: £8820 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
Full-time international students: £16020 pa
Archaeological Practice (MA)