History and Archaeology BA (Hons)

Year 1

Core modules:

• Case Studies 1: Sources & Approaches in History
• Introduction to Archaeology
• Case Studies II: Independent Study Project
• Archaeology of the Historic Period
• World Prehistory
• Introduction to Archaeological Fieldwork

Students may choose two History (Introductory Study) modules from the list below:

• Early Medieval Britain 400-1066
• The United Kingdom in the 20th Century
• The United States
• Early Modern Europe
• Europe 1300-1500
• English History 1272-1500
• British History 1660-1832
• Twentieth Century Europe
• Victorian Britain 1815-1914
• East Asia 1900-present
• The Classical World 500-31BC
• Roman Britain
• The Roman Empire
• Tudor and Early Stuart England 1500-1660
• Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, 1783 - 1997
• Classical Worlds II: Barbarians, Byzantines, and Beyond (400-1050CE)
• Europe And The Americas (1763-1914)
• Uniting The Kingdom? Britain, 1660-1837

Year 2

Core modules:

• Reading History
• Excavation
• Archaeological Theory
• Practising History
  
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• Research Methods (If Dissertation/Extended Independent Study is in Archaeology)

Students must choose two optional modules from a choice of:

• Geographic Information Systems
• Early Prehistoric Europe
• Later Prehistoric Europe
• Roman Britain
• The Early Roman Empire
• Representation and Art in Archaeology
• The Archaeology of Gender and the Life Cycle
• The Archaeology of Conflict
• The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual
• Late Roman and Early Medieval Europe
• The Greek World
• Geomatics and Remote Sensing
• Geoarchaeology
• Human Bioarchaeology
• Forensic Archaeology
• Theme Study: Exploiting the Greek and Roman Natural World
• Maritime Archaeology
• Medieval Archaeology
• The Archaeology of Death and Burial
• Archaeology Fieldtrip
• Archaeology, Heritage and Society
• Research Methods
• Palaeoecology

Students must choose one Theme Study module from a choice of:

• Age of Discovery
• American Slavery
• Early Medieval Kingship
• Women in History
• Soviet Communism
• Reactions to Poverty
• The Normans and their Worlds
• The Crusades
• The Urban History of Europe from the Black Death to the Industrial Revolution c.1350-1700
• 'Subordinate Independence': Japan's Relationship with the US 1945-present
• Medieval Movies: Cinematic Depictions of the Middle Ages
• Exploring Past Localities
• The History of Rock and Roll
• Sport and Athletics in the Ancient World
• Genocide: Mass Violence and the Making and Breaking of Empire
• The Age of the Vikings
• The Renaissance Court: Power. Politics and Patronage
• Gender in Europe and North America, c. 1500-1914
• Food and Drink in Medieval and Early Modern England
• Anti-Imperialism
• Societies at War - England and France, 1189-1529
• Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe
• Culture, Society and Economy in Early Modern England
• The Roman Household
• Classical World on Film
• Neoplatonism from Classical World to the Renaissance
• The Atlantic World, C.1700-1850
• War As A Life Experience (18th-20th Centuries)
• History's Eye - Photography And Conflict, Ethnography And Society
• The Reign of King John
• Dreams and Nightmares: Britain in 20th Century Europe

Students must choose one Civilisation Study module from a choice of:

• France in the Age of Louis XIV
• The American South 1865-1970
• The Carolingian Renaissance
• Late Medieval Civilisation
• The Third Reich
• Victorian Culture and Society
• Imperial Japan
• From Austerity to Affluence: Post-war Britain
• The Golden Age of Spain
• Culture and Society in the Early Roman Empire 27BC- AD180
• Edwardian Britain
• Church and State in Late Anglo-Saxon England
• Culture and Society in 5th Century Athens
• Religion, Politics & Society in Early Tudor England, 1485- 1558
• English Monasticism
• La Serenissima: Renaissance Venice 1450-1650
• Georgian England
• The Byzantine Empire, 1025-1204
• Nazism and the Holocaust
• The British Raj, from the 'Indian Mutiny' to Gandhi - 1857- 1947
• The Global Hispanic World (1760s-1960s)
• From Slavery To Freedom: The Caribbean 1763-1838
• Byzantium In The Age Of Justinian And Theodora (527- 565CE)
• England And Normandy In The Long Twelfth Century

Volunteering Placement/Field Trip option is available instead of the Theme Study or Civilisation Study

Year 3

Core modules:

• Dissertation in Archaeology or History
• Writing History
• Research Methods (if taking Dissertation in History)

One Comparative Study module (if Dissertation is in Archaeology) from a choice of:

• Supernatural and Witchcraft Beliefs in the British Isles, Continental Europe and America c.1450-1800
• Chivalry
• Minorities in the Past
• Mediterranean Fascism: Conflict and Dictatorship in Spain and Italy 1914-1947
• Antiquity Revived
• War Crimes Trials and Memories of War: Japan and Germany
• Bystanders: Local, National and International Responses to Genocide in the 20th Century
• Religion and Society in Northern Europe in the Early Middle Ages
• Religious Reform in Sixteenth-Century Europe
• Conflict in England, France and Spain
• War and Peace in the Medieval West
• Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe
• Greek and Roman Comedy Theatre
• Greek and Roman Religion
• The Monstrous Regiment: Gender and Authority in Early Modern Europe
• Nation Making in Early Modern Europe
• Health, Disease and Society in Britain and Europe 1500-1800
• Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe
• Holocaust Memory and Representation in Europe, the United States & Israel
• Ideas, Ideologies and Colonial Organisation in the British and French Empires
• Borderlands And Commodities In History
• Slavery
• Medieval Travellers (10th-14th Centuries)
• The Black Death In Europe
• Reception of the Classical World: Art and Architecture

Depth Study paired module from a choice of:

• America 1919-1941
• The Hundred Years' War 1337-1453
• Alfred the Great
• The Wars of the Roses 1450-1499
• Civil War and Revolution in the British Isles
• The French Revolution 1786-1795
• The United States and the Cold War 1945-63
• Japan in War and Occupation 1937-52
• The Home Front: Britain 1939-1945
• The Holocaust in History and Memory
• Society, Culture and Everyday Life in Russia: 1928-1985
• The Norman Conquest
• Interwar Britain
• The French Wars of Religion 1562-1598
• The Pax Romana
• The Italian Wars 1494- 1516 and 1521-1559
• Iberia in the Reign of Isabel and Ferdinand 1469-1492 and 1492-1516
• The Henrician& Edwardian Reformation and the Marian Counter-Reformation
• Life in Early Modern London
• The French in North Africa: The Maghreb, 1830-1914 and North Africa and France: The Maghreb, 1914-present
• Genocide in History and Memory I and II
• The Carolingians: Charlemagne & Louis the Pious
• The Ancient Greeks: War and Honour I & II
• 'The Flag That Sets Us Free'? Britain, Empire and Anti-Slavery, 1787-1838 and 1838-1956
• The Age of Speed: Time, Travel and the Media I (18th-19thc.) and II (19th-20thc)
• Urban Life in Medieval Italy, 500-950CE and 950-1200CE
• Ruling England in the Second Viking Age, Part I: Kingdoms Lost and Won and Part II: Political Cultures
• The Medieval Life Cycle: Youth and Age
• The Celts
• The Archaeology of Space and Place
• The Archaeology of Buildings
• The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of Western Eurasia
• Central Southern England in the Roman Period
• Mediterranean Landscape Studies
• Later Prehistoric Wessex
• The Archaeology of Winchester
• Church Archaeology; Greek Art and Architecture; Roman Art and Architecture
• Byzantium and Beyond
• The Archaeology of Africa; Climate Change and People
• The Archaeology of North America 1492-1776

Other optional modules include:

• Archaeological Project Management in Post-medieval Britain
• The Archaeology of Italy
• Caribbean Peoples and Cultures
• Archaeology of Buddhism

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing, for full-time students entering the programme in Year 1. Optional modules are listed where applicable. Please note the University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. For further information please refer to the terms and conditions at /termsandconditions. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed above.