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Societies and cultures in the past. This degree emphasises the medieval and modern periods, although you will also have the opportunity to study the deep history. You will examine historical texts, and material remains and consider the relationship between the two. You can participate in fieldwork and develop a wide range of practical skills. We have specialist facilities and an outstanding range of equipment for hands-on teaching and research in science-based analytical techniques, including our state-of-the-art human bone laboratory, environmental laboratory, zooarchaeology laboratory, and ceramics laboratory.
A/AS-levels: ABB. Two AS-levels can be considered in place of one A-level. General Studies or Critical Thinking accepted. History A-level is preferred but not essential.
EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B.
Access to HE Diploma: Pass relevant Diploma with 45 credits, 30 of which must be at Distinction.
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points.
BTEC Nationals: Pass Diploma with DDM.
T Levels: Merit. All T Levels considered.
Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.
Core modules
An Introduction to World Archaeology BC
Archaeology: The Essentials
Thinking Through Things
An Introduction to World Archaeology AD
Option modules
Medieval and Early Modern Europe: People, Power, Faith, and Culture
The Shock of the Modern
Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the Present
Great Britain: The State We're In
US History since 1877
Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
Perceiving the Past
Fieldwork 1
Theory and Archaeology
Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
Madness, Monarchy and Politics in Georgian Britain
Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
A World Connected: Welfare, Economy and Government since 1945
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Environmental Archaeology
Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age Britain and Ireland
Living in Towns: Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeological Approaches
Archaeology of the Roman Empire
Core module
Fieldwork 2
History modules list A
The USA and the Vietnam War
Fourteenth Century Crisis in England? Politics and Society 1297-1413
Crime and Punishment in African American History
When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
Diasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Archaeology modules list A
Households and Domesticity in the Ancient World
Early Christian Europe
Warfare, Conflict and Violence in the Human Past
Archaeology of Islamic Societies
South Asian Archaeology and Heritage
History modules list B
What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650
The Medieval Natural World
From Empire to Nation: Modern South Asia, c. 1857-1947
Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
Clothing and Fashion in Historical Perspective. Case Studies of Modern European History in Transnational Context
Archaeology modules list B
Greek and Roman Art
Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
Plants and People
Power and Difference in the Past
The Archaeology of Colonialism in the Americas
History dissertation
IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.
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