BSc Archaeology

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University of Reading, Department of Classics

Comments about BSc Archaeology - At the institution - Reading - Berkshire

• Objectives
  The first year of the BSc introduces you to the history and methods of archaeology, and how such methods are used to reconstruct past lifestyles and human social development. In Year 2, approaches to interpretation of different types of archaeological and scientific data are explored, and you choose modules from the prehistoric and historic periods. Practical aspects involve participation in the Field School, artefact analysis and archaeological geophysics.
• Entry requirements
  There are different entry qualifications for each programme. Some programmes require you to have a certain amount of knowledge in a subject before you begin the degree programme – this is called a ‘subject requirement’. Other programmes do not have any specific subject requirements. All programmes will, however, expect you to have reached a certain standard in your education and will ask you to achieve certain grades in your examinations. Most programmes have a standard offer so that you know in advance what you are likely to need. Please note that even if you have the minimum entry qualifications, you are not necessarily guaranteed a place on the degree programme.
• Academic title
  BSc Archaeology
• Course description
  Year 1
  
  -Practising Archaeology
  -From Primates to Pyramids
  -From Rome to the Reformation
  
  -Bones, Bodies and Burial
  -Analysing Museum Displays
  -Plus options from other Departments
  
  Year 2
  
  -Archaeological Science
  -Field School
  -Archaeological Thought
  -Professional Careers
  
  -Human Activity & Environmental Change
  -Crime Scene Analysis
  -Techniques in Skeletal Interpretation
  
  -The Middle Palaeolithic of Europe
  -Later Prehistoric Europe
  -First Civilisations
  -From Collapse to Complexity
  -Rome & the Mediterranean
  -Early Medieval Europe
  
  Final Year
  
  -Dissertation
  
  -Palaeopathology
  -Micromorphology
  -Information Molecules (Biomolecular Archaeology)
  -The Archaeology of Food and Nutrition
  -BSc Students can also select BA options in year 2 and their final year.

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