BSc Archaeological Science

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BSc Archaeological Science

  • Objectives Archaeological science uses knowledge of biology, chemistry and physics to investigate all aspects of the human past. It is a multi-disciplinary subject which integrates scientific methods with social interpretation.
  • Entry requirements -GCE/VCE A Levels - ABC -BTEC National Diploma - 3 Distinctions and 3 Merits -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+AB -Scottish Highers - AABB -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -International Baccalaureate - 32 points -Core Requirements - Students do not need a qualification in Archaeology or History. Two scientific AS or A Levels (includes Geography, Archaeology and Psychology) are required. -Lower offers may be made to applicants with relevant prior experience. Mature students are very welcome (OU credits or validated Access courses and other courses are acceptable).
  • Academic title Archaeological Science BSc
  • Course description This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.


    Typical First Year Modules
    Module/Unit

    -Archaeology in the Laboratory    
    -The Origins of Humanity    


    Typical Second Year Modules
    Module/Unit

    -Research Skills in Archaeology    
    -Thinking through Archaeology    
    -Archaeological Materials    
    -Archaeology and Text    
    -Archaology of the Graeco-Roman World    
    -Bioarchaeology    
    -Early Historic Europe    
    -Early Prehistoric Europe    
    -Experimental Archaeology    
    -From Households to Empires    
    -Introduction to Biological Anthropology    
    -Later Historic Europe    
    -Later Prehistoric Europe    
    -Reconstructing Ancient Environments    
    -Reconstructing Ancient Landscapes    


    Typical Third Year Modules
    Module/Unit    

    -Dissertation (Archaeological Science)
    -Aerial Photography in Archaeology    
    -Analysing Archaeological Materials    
    -Archaeology Summer School (Czech Republic)    
    -Archaeology and Texts in the Age of Homer    
    -Archaeology, Ethnicity and Nationalism    
    -Archaeozoology    
    -Athens, Empire and the Classical Greek World    
    -Dark Age Britain    
    -Death and Burial in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England
    -Environmental Archaeology    
    -Ethnohistory and Anthropology of Modern Hunter Gatherers    
    -Funerary Archaeology    
    -Human Evolution and the Hominid Fossil Record
    -Innovation, Production and Consumption: material culture in context    
    -Material Life and Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern World    
    -Mediterranean Landscapes    
    -Optical and Geophysical Surveying in Archaeology    
    -Palaeolithic Archaeology    
    -Primate Evolution and Behaviour    
    -Rome: Capital, Hinterland and Periphery    
    -Social Transformations in Britain From the 4th to 2nd Millennium BC
    -Swords and Sorcery: Northern Europe 1000 BC-AD 500
    -Work Place Learning
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