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

University of Southampton
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Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Travel and study abroad, working towards a challenging BA Archaeology degree. Spend three years on campus learning the practice of archaeology and what we can understand from uncovering ancient human remains. Your year abroad at one of our partner institutions allows you to make friends while discovering the theories and findings on some of the most exotic and exciting sites imaginable.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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BAUCHET

4.0
23/11/2020
About the course: My experience was good and the accommodation was close to the university.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
22/01/2019
What I would highlight: The university is overall an excellence. It provides great services, facilities and most importantly a home like feel.
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

ARCH2037

Archaeological Fieldwork

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.

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

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

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

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.

Semester OneCompulsory

ARCH3025Credit[?]

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

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3011

Seeing and being seen: Study Abroad re-entry

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

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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