(MA) COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY

Master

In Birmingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    October

During your studies, you’ll have the opportunity to consider focused case studies, theoretical perspectives, and academic and applied research, whilst being supported by a dedicated team of specialist tutors.

Whilst studying for this course you’ll have the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge, skills and networks, which will ensure that, by the end of the course, you’ll be fully equipped to progress onto a variety of careers in the field of community archaeology.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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City North Campus, B42 2SU

Start date

OctoberEnrolment now open

About this course

Graduates of this course have many career opportunities throughout the historic environment sector. The skills you acquire will help you gain work with a wide range of local and national organisations. You may choose to work with community groups facilitating their projects. Alternatively, you may consider a career in access and participation, outreach or to pursue further research.

This course is designed for those already employed in the sector as well as those seeking to enter it. It will give you the opportunity to reflect on and investigate community archaeology in both theory and practice. You will be encouraged to engage with community archaeology in a range of local and national contexts, and to study a variety of archaeological projects and organisations.

You will need to have obtained or be predicted to obtain, normally an undergraduate honours degree in a Humanities or Social Sciences subject (or equivalent).

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2020

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Subjects

  • Archaeology
  • Research skills
  • Digital Archaeology
  • Social Media
  • Media
  • Digital
  • Dissertation
  • Including essays
  • Impact reports
  • Resource packs
  • With lectures
  • Site visits and workshops

Course programme

Modules
  • Research Skills
  • Digital Archaeology And Social Media
  • Dissertation
  • Professional Practice In Community Archaeology
  • Communities And Archaeology
  • Contemporary Issues In Heritage
Assessment

We use a wide range of different types of assessment throughout the course, including essays, impact reports, resource packs, research portfolios and a dissertation. We support you in this work through a mix of campus-based and at-a-distance teaching, with lectures, site visits and workshops, and also discussion and interaction via a virtual learning environment.

(MA) COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY

Price on request