BA Archaeology and Geography (with 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 and learn, with a BA Archaeology and Geography degree. Spend your third academic year in one of our partner institutions, participating in exciting and innovative fieldwork. Study modules such as; Underwater Archaeology, Human Origins, Artefacts Analysis and more on this transferable programme of study. Graduates find career opportunities in museums, construction, town planning, business, research and teaching.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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5.0
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About the course: There are many international students and it is a good university.
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 One

Students should note that the essays for GEOG1007 are linked to topics discussed in GEOG1003. As such, while it is not compulsory, students should be aware of this.

Compulsory

ARCH1057Credit[?]

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

: 15

The development of Archaeological and Anthropological Thought

GEOG1010Credit[?]

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

: 30

Curiosity, Creativity and Communication; Studying Geography at University

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

GEOG1002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Dynamic Landscapes

GEOG1004Credit[?]

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

: 15

A Global World

GEOG1007Credit[?]

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

: 15

Skills for Population and Geography

GEOG1011Credit[?]

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

: 15

Dangerous World

Semester TwoCompulsory

ARCH1005Credit[?]

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

: 15

Archaeological Methods for Fieldwork and Analysis

GEOG1001Credit[?]

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

: 15

The Earth System

GEOG1010Credit[?]

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

: 30

Curiosity, Creativity and Communication; Studying Geography at University

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

GEOG1003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Society, Culture and Space

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.

Students should take ARCH2013 or ARCH2012 plus GEOG2002 or GEOG2006.

Semester OneOptional

ARCH2013Credit[?]

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

: 15

Approaching the Past: Trends in Archaeological Theory

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

GEOG2006Credit[?]

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

: 15

Quaternary Environmental Change

GEOG2007Credit[?]

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

: 15

Remote Sensing for Earth Observation

GEOG2008Credit[?]

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

: 15

Researching Human Geography

GEOG2010Credit[?]

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

: 15

Introductory Geographic Information Systems

GEOG2027Credit[?]

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

: 15

Geographies of Wellbeing

HUMA2008Credit[?]

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

: 15

The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings

Semester Two

Compulsory Geography module:
GEOG2002 or GEOG2006

Compulsory Archaeology module:

ARCH2012 or ARCH2013

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

ARCH2028Credit[?]

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

: 15

Advanced Methods of Archaeological Analysis

ARCH2039Credit[?]

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

: 15

Experimental Archaeology: the social prehistory of technology

GEOG2021Credit[?]

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

: 15

Advanced Geographical Information Systems

GEOG2032Credit[?]

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

: 15

Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy

GEOG2034Credit[?]

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

: 15

Economic Geography

GEOG2036Credit[?]

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

: 15

Cultural Geography

Year 3

Your third year will be spent at one our partner institutions. More details can be found on 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.

Compulsory module:

Choose either Archaeology dissertation (ARCH3025) or Geography dissertation (GEOG3018).

Semester OneCompulsory

ARCH3025Credit[?]

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

: 30

Dissertation

GEOG3018Credit[?]

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

: 30

Geography Research Project

Optional

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

GEOG3010Credit[?]

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

: 15

Geographies of Health and Health Care

GEOG3020Credit[?]

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

: 15

Glaciers and Glaciation

GEOG3023Credit[?]

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

: 15

River Basin Management and Restoration

GEOG3049Credit[?]

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

: 15

Evolutionary Economic Geography

GEOG3053Credit[?]

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

: 15

Geographies of Social Justice, Welfare and Rights

Semester TwoCompulsory

ARCH3025Credit[?]

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

: 30

Dissertation

GEOG3018Credit[?]

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

: 30

Geography Research Project

Optional

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

GEOG3004Credit[?]

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

: 15

Arctic and Alpine Geomorphology

GEOG3006Credit[?]

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

: 15

Advanced Geographical Information Systems

GEOG3041Credit[?]

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

: 15

Geographies of Nature

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