You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including a compulsory course and a range of optional courses, worth a total of 120 credit points. Core courses The compulsory course provides a general introduction to graduate study in archaeology and helps you enhance your research skills. Course name Credits Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology 20 Option 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 Archaeological Illustration 20 Archaeology of 'Celtic' Europe: Communities and Interactions 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 *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 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 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 Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago Marine Archaeology 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 HTML You will take a variety of seminar-style courses in small groups. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work, while some courses may also assess non-written skills. Further information You can see more details about the 2024/25 programme structure on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in European Archaeology. We expect the 2025/26 programme structure to be available from May 2025. This article was published on 2024-06-19
HTML You will take a variety of seminar-style courses in small groups. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work, while some courses may also assess non-written skills.
