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Most of our humanities subjects can be studied as joint honours as well as single honours. Joint honours programmes allow you to combine two subjects, which complement your interests or career goals. You will usually concentrate on both subjects equally. It can be possible to transfer between single and joint honours options, usually during your first or second year, and advice will be available from your academic tutor.
This joint degree covers:
Archaeology: an exploration of a range of archaeological skills such as fieldwork, surveying and post-excavation, mapped to the current occupational standards for archaeology
Criminology: the changing nature of crime and the social, political, historical and individual forces behind these changes
3 Scottish Highers at grade BBC or above OR
2 A levels at grade BC or above
At least two should be from the list of relevant academic subjects
Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will be considered on an individual basis
This is a Category 2 PVG course: PVG Scheme membership is required for specific optional modules/unit(s), where there is guaranteed contact with vulnerable groups in optional module/unit(s), but an alternative pathway exists to achieve target qualification. For further information visit our PVG scheme webpage
20 hours work permit for international students
Core modules are:
Archaeological theory and method
Understanding the social world
Introduction to criminological theory
You will also choose two archaeology option modules, which may include:
Historic landscapes
World Archaeology
European prehistories
Science and archaeology
Excavation skills (residential): should be taken in semester 2 of year 2, as well as a compulsory field school in the summer, at a site location off-campus
History of crime and punishment
Politics of policing
You will choose two scheme option modules and one archaeology option module from:
Scottish archaeology
Digital heritage
Managing archaeology for contemporary society
Wetland archaeology
Archaeology and interpretation
Archaeological sciences
Psychology of Criminal Justice
PLUS
Archaeology project OR Advanced social research methods
Gender, crime, and justice OR Understanding violence in sport
You will choose three further modules in each subject area; options may include:
Pre-history of the Highlands and Islands
Historical Archaeology of the Highlands and Islands
Practical environmental archaeology
Archaeology placement
You will complete a dissertation in archaeology or criminology. You will also study one option module from your chosen dissertation subject plus three option modules from the other subject.
Archaeology option modules may include:
Sustainability past and present
Vikings and Norse archaeology in the North Atlantic
Funerary and Burial archaeology
Landscape archaeology
Neolithic Orkney
The Iron Age of Scotland c800BC-800AD
People, plants, and animals
Biomolecular archaeology
Criminology option modules may include:
Globalisation of crime
Cultural criminology
Restorative justice: ideas and values
The darker side of the internet
Applicants must have an IELTS score- 6.0 or equivalent
English (PTE) Academic-58 average with 51 in each component
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) iBT4-Min 80 or above with min 18 in each section
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