BA Ancient History and Archaeology

University of Southampton
5.0
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  • I have really enjoyed my academic life. I was doing a research project for the astronaut text department of the university and I was very free to organise. I really learnt a lot here.
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  • The university and campus are very good but the internet services are very annoying. Sports clubs are there to join for which you have to join the gym.
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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Are you interested in studying ancient artefacts to learn about the influence ancient cultures have on modern society? Apply for the BA in Ancient History and Archaeology degree at the University of Southampton and develop archaeological and anthropological thought of the past. Study the landscapes and seascapes of Britain’s past to understand how it has developed over decades and discover human origins to gain an insight into how we have evolved. You will be given the opportunity to use cutting edge technology through this combined bachelors degree to develop research and archival skills, preparing you for further study in a postgraduate degree or moving on to a subject related career. Graduates from the Ancient History and Archaeology BA degree have gained employment in heritage management, museums or archaeological research.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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5.0
excellent
  • I have really enjoyed my academic life. I was doing a research project for the astronaut text department of the university and I was very free to organise. I really learnt a lot here.
    ← | →
  • The university and campus are very good but the internet services are very annoying. Sports clubs are there to join for which you have to join the gym.
    ← | →
  • It was n excellent experience, thanks for everything. I had a wonderful time in all, thanks for everything.
    ← | →
100%
4.7
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

NGOC

5.0
20/11/2020
About the course: I have really enjoyed my academic life. I was doing a research project for the astronaut text department of the university and I was very free to organise. I really learnt a lot here.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
22/11/2018
What I would highlight: The university and campus are very good but the internet services are very annoying. Sports clubs are there to join for which you have to join the gym.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Ngoc Nguyen

5.0
05/09/2018
What I would highlight: It was n excellent experience, thanks for everything. I had a wonderful time in all, thanks for everything.
What could be improved: Everything was OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Credit
  • Archaeology
  • Ancient History

Course programme

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

You will also be registered for a module to represent your fieldwork project (ARCH2037 Archaeological Method) – but this module is not credit bearing. This fieldwork is normally taken at the end of your first year.

Semester OneCompulsory

HIST1155Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Introduction to the Ancient World

ARCH1057Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The development of Archaeological and Anthropological Thought

Optional

ARCH1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Human Origins

ARCH1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Emergence of Civilisation: domesticating ourselves and others

ARCH1030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient and Medieval Worlds

HUMA1038Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture

Semester TwoCompulsory

ARCH1005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Archaeological Methods for Fieldwork and Analysis

Optional

HIST1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Masada: History and Myth

HIST1022Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Childhood and Youth in Early Modern Society

HIST1153Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Alexander the Great and His Legacy

ENGL1080Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Literary Transformations

LATI9006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Latin Language Stage 1B

PHIL1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Greek Philosophy

ARCH1028Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Landscapes and Seascapes of Britain’s Past

ARCH1047Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Debates and Issues in Archaeological Science

ARCH1062Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Wonderful things: World history in 40 objects

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Chose at least 45 CATS of optional modules from Archaeology

Semester OneOptional

HIST2055Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Rome: the First Metropolis

HIST2085Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Rebels with a Cause: The Historical Origins of Christianity

HIST2103Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Self-inflicted - Extreme Violence, Politics and Power

HUMA2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings

GREE9014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Greek Language Stage 2A

LATI9007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Latin Language Stage 2A

UOSM2030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Body and Society

ARCH2017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Maritime Archaeology

ARCH2029Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Digging Data: quantitative data analysis in Archaeology

ARCH2033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Pots and People: Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

ARCH2036Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Critical Chronologies: Archaeological dating

HUMA2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings

Semester TwoCompulsory

ARCH2012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Archaeology and Society

Optional

ARCH2001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Human Dispersal and Evolution

ARCH2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The power of Rome: Europe’s first empire

ARCH2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to European Prehistory

ARCH2024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Archaeological Survey for Landscapes and Monuments

ARCH2027Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Bones, bodies and burials: osteology and comparative anatomy

ARCH2039Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Experimental Archaeology: the social prehistory of technology

HIST2045Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Cleopatra’s Egypt

HIST2109Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Greeks at War

HIST2223Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Myth and the Ancient World

PHIL1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Greek Philosophy

GREE9015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ancient Greek Language Stage 2B

LATI9008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Latin Language Stage 2B

Year 3

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Compulsory modules

HIST3210 Dissertation (Ancient History)

or

ARCH3025 Dissertation (Archaeology)

Semester OneCompulsory

ARCH3025Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

Optional

HIST3042Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

From Tyranny to Revolution: England 1625-49: Part 1

HIST3123Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Slavery and Freedom in the British Caribbean Part 1

HIST3130Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Medieval Love, Sex and Marriage: Part 1

HIST3133Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Heresy and Inquisition in the Early Modern Iberian World Part 1

HIST3142Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Passions and Profits: Wealth, Freedom and Virtue in the Age of Adam Smith (Pt. 1: Texts)

HIST3171Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

The Crisis of Austria-Hungary Part 1

HIST3195Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Islam, Conquests and Caliphates, Part 1

HIST3197 America from Revolution to Republic 1

HIST3203Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

The American Empire Part 1

HIST3216 Racism in the United States 1785-1915 Part 1

ARCH3017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Presenting the past: Museums and Heritage

ARCH3028Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Living with the Romans: Urbanism in the Roman Empire

Semester TwoOptional

HIST3043Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

From Tyranny to Revolution: England, 1625-49 Part 2

HIST3124Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Slavery and Freedom in the British Caribbean Part 2

HIST3131Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Medieval Love, Sex and Marriage: Part 2

HIST3134Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Heresy and Inquisition in the Iberian World Part 2

HIST3146Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Passions and Profits: Wealth, Freedom and Virtue in the Age of Adam Smith (Pt. 2: Texts)

HIST3166Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

The Crisis of Austria-Hungary Part 2

HIST3196Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Islam, Conquests and Caliphates, Part 2

HIST3198 America from Revolution to Republic 2

HIST3204Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

The American Empire Part 2

HIST3217 Racism in the United States 1785-1915 Part 2

FILM3018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Framing the Past:Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema

ARCH3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Stonehenge to Skara Brae: the Neolithic of Britain

ARCH3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Iron Age Societies

ARCH3014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Seeing beneath the soil: geophysical survey for archaeology

ARCH3036Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Molecular Archaeology

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