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Archaeology and Scottish Ethnology  (MA)
Degree Type:  Combined Honours
UCAS Code: VV49
NYT Course S L CT
1 Archaeology 1‡ E 8 40
Scottish Ethnology 1 G 8 40
Further Course(s) A-Q 7/8 40
2 Archaeology 2A: Reconstructing the Past E 8 20
Archaeology 2B: Understanding Past Societies E 8 20
Scottish Ethnology 2 G 8 40
Further course(s) A-Q 7/8 40
3# Philosophy and Methodology of Archaeology E 10 40
Further courses in Archaeology E 10 20
Further courses in Scottish Ethnology G 10 60
4 Dissertation* E or G 10 40
Further courses in Archaeology † E 10 40
Further courses in Scottish Ethnology G 10 40
*All students must take a 40 credit dissertation in year 4. This can relate either to Archaeology or to Scottish Ethnology.  Further details regarding course choices are available in the course handbooks.
† 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.
# Entry to third year 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, and a mark of 50% or higher in Scottish Ethnology 2, both 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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