Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
This course provides professional training in the growing fields of digital archiving, visualisation, museums and heritage sector curation, interpretation and education.
Digital practices are becoming increasingly important in the heritage sector. This course draws together the Department of Archaeology’s strengths in archaeological information sciences and cultural heritage to provide a combination of theoretical and applied study of heritage management with practical training in new technologies.
You will be working with a team of technology pioneers and computing scholars who lead the field in researching and developing interpretative content and digital applications for the heritage sector worldwide. You’ll have the opportunity for practical placement experience within the heritage sector, develop essential IT knowledge and skills, have access to a full suite of research computing hardware and software and receive tailored careers advice from staff with significant experience of recruiting within the sector.
This course is ideal for graduates of Archaeology, History, Art History, Museum Studies, Education, Anthropology, Cultural Studies and related fields, and for candidates with proven IT experience.
2:2 or equivalent.
Mature students or those with less conventional qualifications but with relevant professional experience and enthusiasm for this field will be considered. To find out if your professional experience or qualifications are appropriate, please contact the Course Director.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more
We’ll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2022/23 throughout the year.
This course offers practical, careers-focused training for many essential roles in heritage-related organisations and other sectors. The digital knowledge you’ll develop will leave you well prepared for a wide range of technology-focused careers in archaeology, the heritage sector and beyond.
Core modules
Digital Creativity
Museums, Audiences and Interpretation
Option modules
You will choose four option modules from examples including:
Curated Placement
Digital Approaches to Archaeology
GIS and spatial analysis
Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
It is recommended that you choose a minimum of one, preferably two digital optional modules to prepare you for dissertation work.
You'll also have the opportunity to choose options from our full module catalogue. Some option modules combinations may not be possible. The option available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Ancient Biomolecules
Animal bones for Archaeologists
Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
Artefacts and Materials Analysis
Becoming Human
Building Conservation Projects
Buildings Recording
Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
Data Science for Archaeology
Death, Burial and Commemoration in the Roman World
Debates in Funerary Archaeology
Experimental Archaeology
Histories of Conservation
Landscape Survey and Geophysics
Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
Making the Nation
Medieval Settlement and Communities
Mesolithic Life and Death
Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
Presenting Historic Houses
Project Management
Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
Roman Archaeology: Ancient pasts, current issues
Roman Europe
Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
Sustainability I: definitions of sustainability & methods of assessment
Sustainability II: understanding sustainability as change through time
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Conservation Challenges
The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
The Archaeology of Roman Religion
The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
Thinking through Material Culture
Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
Zooarchaeology in Context
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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