BA Archaeology & Classical Studies

Archaeology is a broad-based discipline which harnesses material remains to interpret the rich diversity of past societies, from aspects of everyday life including diet and housing, to ideology and belief systems expressed in burial practices, ceremonial monuments and works of art. As a subject, Archaeology lends itself to a fun, challenging and immensely rewarding learning experience which encourages students to realise their full academic and personal potential.

Year 1

Compulsory Modules
Practising Archaeology
From Rome to Reformation
Fifth-Century Athens
Augustan Rome

Optional Modules
From Primates to Pyramids
Bones, Bodies and Burial
Analysing Museum Displays
Text and Object
Latin
Ancient Greek

Year 2

Compulsory Modules
Field School
Contemporary practice in British Archaeology
At least two of the following Classics modules:
Ancient Epic
Ancient Drama
Ancient Enquiry
Optional Modules
Archaeological Thought
Archaeological Science
The Middle Palaeolithic of Europe
Later Prehistoric Europe
Roman Britain
Post-Roman and Early Medieval Europe
Techniques in Artefact Interpretation
Object Analysis and Museum Interpretation
Later Medieval Europe

Greece and Egypt
Greek & Roman Sculpture
Greek Religion
Ancient Medicine
Greek History
Roman History
Latin
Ancient Greek

Final Year

Dissertation
Optional Modules

Options from a list including:
Burial Archaeology
Vikings in the West
Palaeopathology
Hominins
Hearths and Handaxes
Coastal and Maritime Archaeology
The Age of Hillforts
Cvilisation in Mesopotamia
Roman Material Culture
'Europe' in the Middle Ages

Ancient Biography
Classics and Empire
Greek Political Thought
Receptions of Homer
Monsters in Ancient Rome
Greek Art and Drama
Roman Cities
Renaissance Medicine
Carthage and Greece