Managing Archaeological Sites MA

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of a core module (30 credits), optional modules (60 credits), an optional work placement and a research dissertation (90 credits).

Students are required to take the following:

• Managing Archaeological Sites

• Antiquities and the Law
• Applied Heritage Management
• Archaeologies of Modern Conflict
• Archaeologies of the Modern World
• Archaeology and Education
• Comparative Archaeologies of the Americas I: First Peoples to Emerging Complexity
• Critical Perspectives on Cultural Heritage
• Cultural Heritage, Globalisation and Development
• Cultural Memory
• GIS in Archaeology and History
• GIS Approaches to Past Landscapes
• Managing Museums
• Museum and Site Interpretation
• Nature, Culture and the Languages of Art: Theories and Methodologies of Art Interpretation
• Public Archaeology
• Social and Material Contexts of Art: Comparative Approaches to Art Explanation
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Issues

Please note not all modules are available every year.

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 15,000 words (90 credits).

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical demonstrations and site visits. It includes an optional three-week placement in an appropriate organisation or on-site project. Assessment is through essays, project reports, projects and practicals (depending on the options chosen), and the dissertation.

Students will have the option to undertake a voluntary placement in an appropriate organisation or on-site project for a period of three weeks in total. In recent years, these placements have included organisations such as English Heritage, the National Trust, Historic Royal Palaces, ICOMOS (Paris), World Monuments Fund (Paris), UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Paris), the Museum of London, Atkins Global, the Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa (Portugal), MIRAS (Iran), City Museum (Palermo), Ancient Merv State Archaeological Park (Turkmenistan), and the National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, Japan). This is not assessed.