How do human societies develop and continue? What impact does climate and the environment have on society? Geography and archaeology are natural partners for exploring questions like these.
In this course, you will study the relationship between people, landscape and the changing environment from prehistory to the present day.
Skills training across the degree includes:
This course includes 10 days of archaeological fieldwork. You will participate in an approved excavation project, or a related placement, in the UK or overseas.
As a joint honours student, you will benefit from skills development and assessment methods in both subjects. Each subject is taught separately, but there are uniting themes.
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Modules
Year 1
Our first-year core modules are designed as an introduction. This means that even if you haven't studied archaeology before, we’ll build everyone's knowledge to the same level, so you can progress through to year two.
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
You’ll have at least 12 hours of timetabled contact a week through lectures, seminars and tutorials.
You must pass year one, but it does not count towards your final degree classification.
In the summer break, you will complete at least part of your required archaeological fieldwork placement.
Core modules
Archaeology optional modules
Choose 20 credits from a range, which may include:
Geography optional modules
Consider if you wish to pursue human geography or physical geography in year two and then choose between:
and:
You will also choose one module from a range, which may include:
Year 2
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
You will be helped to develop advanced research skills in both disciplines in order to prepare you for your third-year dissertation project.
You’ll have at least 10 hours of timetabled contact a week through lectures, seminars and tutorials.
You must pass year two, which counts as 33% towards your final degree classification.
Core modules
And either a human geography module:
Or a physical geography module:
Archaeology optional modules
Choose from a range which may include, but is not limited to:
Geography optional modules
Choose from a range of modules which may include, but is not limited to:
If you are planning to write a geography dissertation in year three, then your 40 credits of optional modules must be used for:
Year 3
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
You’ll have at least eight hours of timetabled contact a week through lectures, seminars and tutorials.
You must pass year three, which counts as 67% towards your final degree classification.
Core
Or:
Archaeology optional modules
If you take the archaeology dissertation module, you may take a further 20 credits, otherwise 60 credits, from a range which could include:
Geography optional moudles
If you take the geography dissertation module, you may take a further 20 credits, otherwise 60 credits, from a range which could include:
Many graduate employers will recruit students from any discipline into a wide range of careers and classics students are well placed to be very competitive in the job market.
In the past few years, classics graduates who seek employment have found themselves in a diverse range of roles with major employers and professions. Examples include:
It is true to say that many classics graduates (and other subjects) take some time building their career through a series of roles to get to a specific career where they want to be or even to decide what job suits them.
This could be due to a variety of reasons for example: the sector they want to enter requires an entry-level position (for example: heritage, media roles and publishing) or they are saving up to fund a postgraduate course or travel and therefore their first destination is a stop gap.
Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year
