MA Archaeology and Heritage of Asia

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in archaeology or a related subject (e.g. geography, history, anthropology) 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
• Archaeologies of Asia
• Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
• Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
• Archaeometallurgy I: Mining and Extractive Metallurgy
• Interpreting Pottery
• Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
• Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
• Spatial Statistics, Network Analysis and Human History
• Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
• Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology
• Resources and Subsistence
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Topics
• Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
• Themes and debates in Egyptian Archaeology
• Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
• The Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East: A Comparative Approach
• Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
• Technology Within Society
• Themes and Debates in Islamic Archaeology and Heritage
• 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

Optional modules

• Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
• Archaeometallurgy I: Mining and Extractive Metallurgy
• Interpreting Pottery
• Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
• Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
• Spatial Statistics, Network Analysis and Human History
• Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
• Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology
• Resources and Subsistence
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Topics
• Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
• Themes and debates in Egyptian Archaeology
• Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
• The Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East: A Comparative Approach
• Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
• Technology Within Society
• Themes and Debates in Islamic Archaeology and Heritage
• 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
• reasonable adjustments
• Student Support and Wellbeing Services
• UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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• UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services.