BA Archaeology

University of Southampton
4.5
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Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Take a journey into the past and discover one of the most exciting subjects available! Archaeology at Southampton takes you on a journey from the earliest human ancestors to the reception of the past in the modern world, via the development of agriculture, the origins of civilisation, the Aztecs and Maya, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire and the medieval world. Southampton is home to world-leading scholars in Archaeology and Anthropology, and we have special interests in maritime archaeology, human origins and human evolution, bioarchaeology and museums. We are passionate about sharing our enthusiasm in our teaching, and our Faculty provides a stimulating and engaging environment in which you will thrive and develop skills in debate, critical thought and analysis.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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4.5
  • My abroad experience was very nice and important but I also had to do hard work. I have fun with different cultures a student and I would highly recommend people to study in University of Southampton.
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  • This place has got all I could ask for setteling down.
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4.7
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

PACH

4.0
19/11/2020
About the course: My abroad experience was very nice and important but I also had to do hard work. I have fun with different cultures a student and I would highly recommend people to study in University of Southampton.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
28/08/2018
What I would highlight: This place has got all I could ask for setteling down.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2020
2019

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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

Semester TwoCompulsory

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

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.

Year two students may not take more than two of the practical courses.
Courses which do not attract more than eight students will not be taught.

Semester OneCompulsory

ARCH2013Credit[?]

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

: 15

Approaching the Past: Trends in Archaeological Theory

Optional

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

Semester TwoCompulsory

ARCH2012Credit[?]

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

: 15

Archaeology and Society

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

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

HUMA2008Credit[?]

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

: 15

The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings

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.

Semester OneCompulsory

ARCH3025Credit[?]

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

: 30

Dissertation

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.

HUMA3009Credit[?]

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

: 15

Humanities Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme Yr 3

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

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