ObjectivesArchaeological science uses knowledge of biology, chemistry and physics to investigate all aspects of the human past. It is a multi-disciplinary subject which integrates scientific methods with social interpretation.
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - ABC -BTEC National Diploma - 3 Distinctions and 3 Merits -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+AB -Scottish Highers - AABB -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -International Baccalaureate - 32 points -Core Requirements - Students do not need a qualification in Archaeology or History. Two scientific AS or A Levels (includes Geography, Archaeology and Psychology) are required. -Lower offers may be made to applicants with relevant prior experience. Mature students are very welcome (OU credits or validated Access courses and other courses are acceptable).
Academic titleArchaeological Science BSc
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Archaeology in the Laboratory
-The Origins of Humanity
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Research Skills in Archaeology
-Thinking through Archaeology
-Archaeological Materials
-Archaeology and Text
-Archaology of the Graeco-Roman World
-Bioarchaeology
-Early Historic Europe
-Early Prehistoric Europe
-Experimental Archaeology
-From Households to Empires
-Introduction to Biological Anthropology
-Later Historic Europe
-Later Prehistoric Europe
-Reconstructing Ancient Environments
-Reconstructing Ancient Landscapes
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Dissertation (Archaeological Science)
-Aerial Photography in Archaeology
-Analysing Archaeological Materials
-Archaeology Summer School (Czech Republic)
-Archaeology and Texts in the Age of Homer
-Archaeology, Ethnicity and Nationalism
-Archaeozoology
-Athens, Empire and the Classical Greek World
-Dark Age Britain
-Death and Burial in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England
-Environmental Archaeology
-Ethnohistory and Anthropology of Modern Hunter Gatherers
-Funerary Archaeology
-Human Evolution and the Hominid Fossil Record
-Innovation, Production and Consumption: material culture in context
-Material Life and Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern World
-Mediterranean Landscapes
-Optical and Geophysical Surveying in Archaeology
-Palaeolithic Archaeology
-Primate Evolution and Behaviour
-Rome: Capital, Hinterland and Periphery
-Social Transformations in Britain From the 4th to 2nd Millennium BC
-Swords and Sorcery: Northern Europe 1000 BC-AD 500
-Work Place Learning