Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time,
3 years part-time
Digital archives are a rich resource for knowledge preservation, exchange and dissemination. Digital technologies offer us new ways to understand, interpret and model the past.
This course provides practical experience and a broad foundation in computing applications that is highly valued in the heritage sector. You’ll have access to a full suite of research computing hardware and software and develop knowledge of internet applications, database design and management, Graphics Information System (GIS) technology, CAD and computer modelling systems.
At York, we’ve been at the forefront of researching and developing archaeological computing applications since the early days of digital practice in the field. We host Internet Archaeology, the first online peer-reviewed e-journal for archaeology, as well as the Archaeological Data Service, the largest and oldest repository for archaeological data in the world.
Many of our graduates go on to careers in archaeological computing, working in contract units or county-based records organisations. Others apply their computing skills in more mainstream archaeological work, in museums, or in a variety of other fields.
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, career-focused training for many essential roles in the professional world of archaeology. The digital knowledge you’ll develop, including transferable skills such as database design, will leave you well prepared for a wide range of technology-focused careers in archaeology, the heritage sector and beyond.
Core modules
Digital Approaches to Archaeology
Option modules
You'll choose five option modules from examples including:
Curated Placement
Data Science for Archaeology
Digital Creativity
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 module combinations may not be possible. The options 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
Becoming Human
Building Conservation Projects
Buildings Recording
Contemporary Issues in Museums
Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
Death, Burial and Commemoration in the Roman World
Debates in Funerary Archaeology
Experimental Archaeology
Heritage Principles and Concepts
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
Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
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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