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MLitt Archaeological Studies

University of the Highlands & Islands, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course is unique in its focus on the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It offers the opportunity to consider wider archaeological concepts and theoretical issues, utilizing world-class sites in Orkney and the North Atlantic region.

The MLitt Archaeological Studies will enable you to engage critically with current themes and debates in archaeological practice, theory, and method.

There are a wide range of module options that draw on the research specialisms of the Archaeology Institute staff and these provide you with the flexibility to combine taught modules and dissertation research according to your research interests.

You can develop chronological specialisms grounded in the archaeology and heritage of the region, for example in Prehistoric Archaeology or Celtic through to Viking/Norse and Medieval Archaeology. Or you may choose to combine period-based modules with our professional skills modules to gain a broader knowledge and understanding of the diversity of methods and theories practiced within archaeology.

General Eligibility

  • 2:2 Honours degree or above in archaeology or a relevant subject, or equivalent academic or professional qualifications

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

What You'll Study

1 MLitt

To achieve the MLitt award you must complete a research dissertation.

2 PgCert

Core modules are:

  • Archaeology of the Highlands and Islands

  • Research and dissertation skills

You will also choose one option module listed under the PgDip.

3 PgDip

Option modules, from which you must choose three, may include:

  • Death and burial archaeology

  • Vikings and Norse in the North Atlantic

  • Neolithic studies

  • From Vikings to VE Day: Scottish Medieval and later society

  • Iron Age Scotland in the Atlantic World

  • Archaeological and geophysical survey

  • Maritime archaeological heritage

  • Digital heritage

  • From archaeology to archaeozoology

  • Excavation: includes a field school in the summer at a site location off-campus

  • Art and archaeology: contemporary theory and practice

  • Runology and Old Norse

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL88
  • PTE62
  • Duolingo00

Applicants must have an IELTS score- 6.5 or equivalent

English (PTE) Academic-62 average with 55 in each component

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) iBT4-Min 88 or above with min 20 in each section

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