ObjectivesThe biological sciences are crucial to our understanding of the environment and economies of ancient societies. By combining the archaeological evidence of both plant and animal remains, you will be able to study the relationships between people and the natural world in the past and the present.
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB -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
Academic titleBiology and Archaeology 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
-Behaviour of Humans and Other Animals
-Biodiversity
-Ecosystems and Environmental Change
-Evolution
-Genes in Populations
-Population and Community Ecology
-Practical Skills in Biology 3
-Principles of Molecular Biology
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Thinking through Archaeology
-Animal and Plant Science Tutorials
-Data Analysis
-Plant Habitat and Distribution
-Archaology of the Graeco-Roman World
-Bioarchaeology
-Early Historic Europe
-Early Prehistoric Europe
-From Households to Empires
-Introduction to Biological Anthropology
-Later Historic Europe
-Later Prehistoric Europe
-Reconstructing Ancient Environments
-Reconstructing Ancient Landscapes
-Animal Population and Community Ecology
-Biodiversity
-Environmental Interpretation Field Course
-Evolutionary Biology
-Insects
-Invertebrates
-Plant Population and Community Ecology
-Vertebrates
-World Ecosystems
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Dissertation (BSc Biology and Archaeology)
-Archaeology and Texts in the Age of Homer
-Archaeozoology
-Dark Age Britain
-Environmental Archaeology
-Ethnohistory and Anthropology of Modern Hunter Gatherers
-Funerary Archaeology
-Human Evolution and the Hominid Fossil Record
-Mediterranean Landscapes
-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
-Community Ecology
-Conservation and Management
-Environmental Regulation in Plants
-Global Change
-History and Philosophy of Science
-Issues in Conservation Biology
-Life in Extreme Environments
-Molecular Ecology and Conservation Genetics
-Soil Plant Relationships
-Trends in Biology