| Archaeology and Social Anthropology (MA) |
| Degree Type: Combined Honours |
| POS Code: C0033 |
| UCAS Code: VL46 |
| NYT |
Course |
S |
L |
CT |
| 1 |
Archaeology 1# |
E |
8 |
40 |
|
Social Anthropology 1Ah: An Introduction & Social Anthropology 1Bh: The Practice of Social Anthropology |
J |
8 |
40 |
|
Further courses |
A-Q |
7/8 |
40 |
| 2 § |
Archaeology 2A: Reconstructing the Past |
E |
8 |
20 |
|
Archaeology 2B: Understanding Past Societies |
E |
8 |
20 |
|
Social Anthropology 2 |
J |
8 |
20 |
|
Social and Political Enquiry 2 |
J |
8 |
20 |
|
Social and Political Theory 2 |
J |
8 |
20 |
|
Further course |
A-Q |
7/8 |
20 |
| 3 |
Philosophy & Methodology of Archaeology |
E |
10 |
40 |
|
TWO of |
|
|
|
|
Anthropological Theory |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Consumption, Exchange, Technology |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Kinship: Structure and Process |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Ritual and Religion |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Further Courses in Archaeology or Classical Archaeology or Social Anthropology |
E,J |
10 |
40 |
| 4 |
Dissertation in EITHER Archaeology OR Social Anthropology * |
E
or J |
10 |
40 |
|
Further Courses in Archaeology or Classical Archaeology† |
E |
10 |
40 |
|
ONE of |
|
|
|
|
Belief, Thought and Language |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Culture and Power |
J |
10 |
20 |
|
Further Course in Social Anthropology |
N |
10 |
20 |
| * Students proposing to write a Social Anthropology dissertation
should also take Imagining Anthropological Research in their third year.
This is a preparation course which is not assessed and the credit weighting
is subsumed within the 40 credits of the Anthropology dissertation. |
| † 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. Students who wish to
combine the Archaeological Fieldwork option with a dissertation
in Social Anthropology, will be required to complete their 10 weeks Archaeological
practical work during the summer vacation of second year and the easter
vacation of third year in order to leave the summer vacation of third year
free for their dissertation fieldwork in Anthropology. |
| § Progression to Honours normally requires successful
completion of the first two years of the curriculum with an average mark
for Archaeology 2A and 2B combined of 50% or higher at the first
attempt and a mark of 50% or higher at the first attempt in Social Anthropology
2, Social and Political Enquiry 2 and Social and Political Theory
2 |
| # 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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