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Archaeology (MA) Archaeology (MA) University College London

University College London

Masters Degree , Archaeology

Course Description

The Archaeology MA is an intensive induction programme on current archaeological theory and interpretive trends which equips students to undertake research in their chosen field. The flexible programme of study serves as an excellent expansion of undergraduate studies or as a self-designed foundation for further postgraduate and professional work.

 The programme provides a wide-ranging introduction to archaeology as a comparative, anthropologically-informed, and socially situated discipline. Students develop critically aware perspectives on archaeological practice and research processes and gain an in-depth understanding of approaches to the collection, analysis and interpretation of archaeological data. The programme is extremely flexible, with a wide choice of options available allowing students to tailor the programme to their own interests.

Course Content

Compulsory modules

All students are required to take the following: 

  • Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
  • Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Issues

Optional modules

Students choose to follow further optional modules up to the value of 60 credits from an outstanding range of Master's programme options available at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. Some of the most popular choices include: 

  • Aegean Prehistory: major themes and current debates
  • African Heritage
  • Archaeologies of Modern Conflict
  • Archaeology of Buddhism
  • Archaeology and Education
  • Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers from the Emergence of Modern Humans
  • Aztec Archaeology: Codices and Ethnohistory
  • British and European Prehistory: Neolithic to Iron Age
  • Comparative Archaeologies of the Americas I: First Peoples to Emerging Complexity
  • Funerary Archaeology
  • Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean
  • Interpreting Pottery
  • Maya Art, Architecture and Archaeology
  • Medieval Archaeology: Select Topics and Current Problems
  • Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
  • Sources and Social Research Methods for Heritage and Archaeology
  • Themes and Debates in Egyptian Archaeology
  • Themes and Debates in Islamic Archaeology and Heritage
  • The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of the Near East: The Emergence of Villages and Urban Societies
  • The Transformation of the Roman Mediterranean

 

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a non-archaeology subject from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

English language requirements

If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.

The English language level for this programme is: Good

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