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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Archaeology (MA)
Degree Type: Single Honours
POS Code: C0031
UCAS Code: V400
NYT Course S L CT
1 Archaeology 1# E 8 40
Courses under A,E,G,J,N 8 40
  Ancient History 1 - Roman, and Ancient History 1 - Greek
  Archaeology of Scotland 1A & Archaeology of Scotland 1B
  Architectural History 1
  Celtic Civilisation 1A and Celtic Civilisation 1B
  Classical Archaeology 1A: Archaeology of Greece and Classical Archaeology 1B: The Roman World
  Human Geography and Earth Surface Systems
  Earth Dynamics and History of Life
  History of Art 1
  Scottish Ethnology 1
  Social Anthropology 1A & Social Anthropology 1B
Further courses A-Q 7/8 40
2‡ Archaeology 2A: Reconstructing the Past E 8 20
Archaeology 2B: Understanding Past Societies E 8 20
Courses under* A,E,G,J,N 8 40
  Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World  
  Classical World 2d: Art, History and Power
  Architectural History 2A & Architectural History 2B
  Classical Art 2A: The Development of Greek and Roman Art
  Classical World 2b: Myth and Religion
  TWO OF:  
      Economic and Political Geography
      Environmental Sensitivity and Change
      Geomorphology
      Social and Cultural Geography
  History of Art 2  
  Introduction to Medieval Europe 2
  Scottish Ethnology 2  
  Sedimentology A & Mineralogy and Petrology
  Social Anthropology 2
  OR another of the courses listed above under year 1
Further courses A-Q 7/8 40
3 Philosophy & Methodology of Archaeology E 10 40
Further Courses in Archaeology or Classical Archaeology E 10 80
4 Dissertation E 10 40
Further Courses in Archaeology or Classical Archaeology A, E 10 80
* Courses in second year must follow on from courses already passed in the first year in the sense defined in the College Regulations. Paired 20 credit courses must be taken as 40 credit combinations.
† Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
‡ Progression to Honours normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum with an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher at the first attempt.
# Archaeology practical work requirement: all students registered for a single or joint honours degree in Archaeology normally attend a one week practical course in the Easter Vacation, which is assessed as part of Archaeology 1, and also undertake a minimum of two weeks fieldwork approved by the Head of Archaeology during the summer vacation of their first year of study.
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