Comments about BSc Archaeological Science - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
Archaeological 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.
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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).
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Academic title
Archaeological Science BSc
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Course description
This 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
