BA Archaeology and Anthropology (with a Year Abroad) (4 years)

University of Southampton
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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Travel abroad as part of this challenging and exciting BA Archaeology and Anthropology degree. Spend three years on campus learning the practice of archaeology and what we can understand from uncovering ancient human remains. Spend an academic year abroad on placement making friends and discovering the theories and findings on some of the most exotic and exciting sites imaginable. A BA in Archaeology and Anthropology provides you with the opportunity to pursue a career in research, teaching, forensics, charity work and crime scene investigation.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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BENOÎT

4.0
19/11/2020
About the course: People have the same accent on what you here on the tapes so you listen to when you learning at the school that makes little easier. It is a very big University and diversity of the place is also nice so you will have the opportunity to live a real campus life with lots of activities.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

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16/12/2018
What I would highlight: This university is apt for students.
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5.0
04/09/2018
What I would highlight: I learned a lot here and it was a great experience and I had a great time.
What could be improved: I can't say nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Archaeology

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

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

SOCI1001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Understanding Everyday Life

SOCI1003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Social Problems and Social Policy

Semester TwoCompulsory

ANTH1001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Exploring Other Cultures

ARCH1005Credit[?]

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

: 15

Archaeological Methods for Fieldwork and Analysis

Optional

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

SOCI1002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Transformations of The Modern World

SOCI1014Credit[?]

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

: 15

Foundations in Social and Anthropological Theory

STAT1003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

LING1001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning

LING1003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Applications of Linguistics

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.

Relevant CIP modules may also be taken as options (e.g. UOSM 2030 Body and Society; UOSM2014 Piracy, Security and Maritime Space; UOSM2005 Living with Environmental Change; UOSM2009 Ethics in a Complex World)

Semester OneOptional

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

ANTH2002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Culture, Communication and Cognition

LANG2005Credit[?]

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

: 15

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

LING2002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Psycholinguistics

LING2003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Syntax: Studying Language Structure

SOCI2017Credit[?]

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

: 15

Class Structure and Social Inequality

SOCI2031Credit[?]

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

: 15

Social Theory

STAT2009Credit[?]

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

: 15

Research Methods in The Social Sciences

Semester TwoCompulsory

ANTH2001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Cosmology, Ritual and Belief

ARCH2028Credit[?]

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

: 15

Advanced Methods of Archaeological Analysis

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

ARCH2012Credit[?]

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

: 15

Archaeology and Society

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

GEOG2036Credit[?]

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

: 15

Cultural Geography

SPAN2014Credit[?]

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

: 15

Ethnography of Latin America

Year 3

Year 3 (Students taking the Year Abroad will continue with the Level 3 curriculum on their return in their 4th year).

The Year Abroad will be spent at an international partner institution. More information visit the Exchange partners page.

Year 4

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.

Students may choose to take either the Archaeology dissertation (ARCH3025) or Anthropology dissertation (SOCI3033).

Semester OneOptional

ARCH3008Credit[?]

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

: 15

Stonehenge to Skara Brae: the Neolithic of Britain

ARCH3028Credit[?]

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

: 15

Living with the Romans: Urbanism in the Roman Empire

ARCH3034Credit[?]

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

: 15

Archaeology of Seafaring

ARCH3042Credit[?]

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

: 15

Ecology of human evolution: biological, social and cultural approaches to hominin adaptations.

ARCH3044Credit[?]

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

: 15

GIS for Archaeology

ARCH3045Credit[?]

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

: 15

The Archaeology and Anthropology of Adornment

ANTH3002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Sexuality and Intimacy

LING3001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Second Language Acquisition

SOCI3002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Comparing Welfare States - Evolution, Politics & Impact

SOCI3073Credit[?]

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

: 15

Cyber Lives? New Technologies and Social Change

Semester TwoOptional

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

ARCH3017Credit[?]

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

: 15

Presenting the past: Museums and Heritage

ARCH3036Credit[?]

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

: 15

Molecular Archaeology

ARCH3043Credit[?]

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

: 15

Later Anglo-Saxon England

ANTH3003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Anthropology, Film and Representations of the Other

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