MA Archaeology

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Upon completing this degree, you will have skills well suited for jobs in sectors such as Archaeology within Higher Education, museums, and commercial units, Heritage management, Environmental and sustainability sector, Journalism, Civil Service, Heritage management.

Compulsory modules

• Dissertation
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Topics
• Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology
• Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
• Interpreting Pottery
• Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
• Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
• Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
• Zooarchaeology in Practice
• Resources and Subsistence
• Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
• Themes and debates in Egyptian Archaeology
• Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management
• Archaeologies of Asia
• Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
• Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
• Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
• The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire: Current Themes and Debates
• Archaeology and Nationalism

Optional modules

• Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology
• Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
• Interpreting Pottery
• Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
• Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
• Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
• Zooarchaeology in Practice
• Resources and Subsistence
• Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
• Themes and debates in Egyptian Archaeology
• Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management
• Archaeologies of Asia
• Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
• Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
• Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
• The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire: Current Themes and Debates
• Archaeology and Nationalism
• reasonable adjustments
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