Archaeology and Anthropology
UCAS Code: 4P49
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
96 to 112 UCAS points at A2
96 to 112 UCAS points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
96 to 122 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
96 to 112 UCAS points
96 to 112 UCAS points
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About this course
**Course Overview**
- If you’re interested in the story of human beings; how we evolved, why we live in different sorts of societies around the world, and how we interact with one another and the environment, then Archaeology & Anthropology is the course for you.
- You’ll be able to combine cultural and biological anthropology with archaeology to study human cultures from the present day back to the evolutionary origins of humanity. This produces graduates with highly sought-after transferable skills including critical analysis, communication and collaboration.
- This course benefits from state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. These include dedicated human bone labs, an archaeological science lab with areas for processing finds, a soil flotation unit, an imaging suite with 3D scanners and a suite of cutting-edge geophysical and excavation equipment.
- The course is divided equally between modules in archaeology and anthropology and is accredited by both the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, and the University Archaeology UK. You’ll acquire analytical and interpretive techniques to understand the nature and origins of people across selected time periods, developing the skills you need to understand the nature and origins of anthropological and archaeological evidence.
**Why study with us**
- Our teaching collection includes one of the largest anthropological collections of human remains in the country.
- We offer a selection of local, national and international fieldwork. Previous students have undertaken archaeological excavations at Stonehenge, tombs in Orkney and caves in California.
- Bachelor of Science with Honours in Archaeology and Anthropology is ranked 4th in the UK with 98% of students satisfied with teaching (National Student Survey 2020)
Modules
Year 1: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to Osteology and Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology, The Archaeology of Britain, Study Skills, Bones, Bodies and Burials
Year 2: Archaeological Fieldwork I, Research and Study, Forensic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology in Theory and Practice, Plus two optional modules from: Environmental Change, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, Later Bronze Age and Iron Age Britain, Roman and Post Roman Britain, Hunter Gatherers: Past and Present, Life and Death in Medieval Britain, Archaeology and Anthropology of the Modern World
Year 3: Dissertation (double module), Debates in Anthropology, plus three optional modules from – Forensic Taphonomy (double module), Hunter Gatherers: Past and Present, Life and Death in Medieval Britain, Archaeology and Anthropology of the Modern World, Later Bronze Age and Iron Age Britain, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, Roman and Post Roman Britain
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University of Central Lancashire
School of Natural Sciences
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Want to do a job in the arts - with lots of the great outdoors? Try archaeology! There don't tend to be many archaeology undergraduates out there (just under 700 graduated in 2015) - but it's quite a popular subject at postgraduate level. In fact, over a quarter of archaeology graduates take some kind of further study when they graduate - usually more study of archaeology. When you look at the stats, be aware that junior jobs in archaeology are not always well paid at the start of your career, and that temporary contracts are not uncommon. Thankfully, though, unpaid work, whilst not completely gone, is less common than it used to be. The archaeology graduates of 2015 found jobs in archaeology, of course, but also management and heritage and environment work, as well as more conventional graduate jobs in marketing and the finance industry.
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