You will normally take six courses across two semesters of teaching, including a compulsory course and a range of optional courses. Core course The compulsory course provides a general introduction to graduate study in archaeology and give you the opportunity to develop your research skills. The compulsory course for this programme is: Course name Credits Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology 20 Optional courses You will choose a further 100 credits from a wide selection of optional courses, subject to availability. Option Courses 2024-2025 * * Please note that the list of courses below is provisional and subject to change. Course name Credits Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond 20 Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts 20 Archaeological Illustration 20 Archaeology of 'Celtic' Europe: Communities and Interactions 20 Archaeomaterials Analysis 20 Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science 20 Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece 20 Conceptualising the Neolithic 20 Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence 20 Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent 20 Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) 20 Marine Archaeology 20 Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago 20 Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology 20 Scottish Archaeology: Topics in recent research, analysis, and curation 20 Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past 20 The Archaeology of Children and Childhood 20 The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation 20 Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom 20 Egypt and its neighbours during the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE) (online)* 20 Etruscan Italy, 1000-300 BC (online)* 20 Homo migrans: The archaeology of migrations from prehistory to the present (online)* 20 *A maximum of one online course can be chosen. Courses for those studying from September 2025 will be available from April 2025. Option courses in 2023/24 Archaeological Illustration Human Evolution Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece Theoretical Archaeology The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) Practical Zooarchaeology Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom Archaeology of Late Antique Religion Archaeology of 'Celtic' Europe: Communities and Interactions Handling Greek Pottery Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond Marine Archaeology The Archaeology of Children and Childhood Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: An Introduction (online)* Island Worlds in Prehistory (Online)* The Celtic World (Online)* Option courses in 2022/23 Theoretical Archaeology (compulsory) Archaeological Illustration Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) Practical Zooarchaeology GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past Archaeology of 'Celtic' Europe: Communities and Interactions Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond Marine Archaeology Piecing Together the Cultural Fragments of Ionia (Archaic Period) The Archaeology of Technology: From Prehistory to the Present (Online)* Daily life in New Kingdom Egypt (online)* Conflict Archaeology and the Human Past (Online)* The Hittite Kingdom: History and Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation (Online)* Teaching and assessment The core and option courses are taught by lectures and seminars and assessed by essays, short written reports, research reports, oral presentations and posters. Further information You can see more details about the 2024/25 programme structure and courses on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in Archaeology. We expect the 2025/26 programme structure to be available from May 2025. This article was published on 2024-06-19
