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MA Cultural Heritage Studies

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

If you’re interested in shaping policy or practice in the heritage sector, or undertaking further academic studies in the area, this Master’s is ideal. Studying at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, one of the UK’s most diverse archaeology departments – you’ll get a deep insight into the role of heritage in today's global context, be immersed in UCL’s art and archaeology collections, and benefit from the unrivalled resources of London's museums.

Entry Requirements

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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Fees

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Student Destinations

Upon completing this degree, you will have skills well suited for jobs in sectors such as heritage within museums, heritage sector and heritage consultancies, environmental sustainability and cultural sector, Journalism and media platforms, Civil Service, governmental and non-governmental organisations, tourism and heritage management.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Dissertation
  • Critical Perspectives on Cultural Heritage
  • Critical Heritage Research Skills
  • GIS in Archaeology and History
  • Interpreting Pottery
  • Managing Archaeological Sites
  • Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
  • Cultural Memory
  • Resources and Subsistence
  • Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
  • Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
  • The Mediterranean World in the Iron Age
  • Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management
  • Archaeologies of Asia
  • Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
  • Archaeology of Buddhism
  • Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
  • The Archaeology of the Silk Roads
  • Presenting the Past to the Public
  • Archaeology and Nationalism

Optional modules

  • GIS in Archaeology and History
  • Interpreting Pottery
  • Managing Archaeological Sites
  • Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
  • Cultural Memory
  • Resources and Subsistence
  • Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
  • Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
  • The Mediterranean World in the Iron Age
  • Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management
  • Archaeologies of Asia
  • Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
  • Archaeology of Buddhism
  • Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
  • The Archaeology of the Silk Roads
  • Presenting the Past to the Public
  • Archaeology and Nationalism
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
  • UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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  • UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services.

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