A/AS-levels: ABB. Two AS-levels can be considered in place of one A-level. General Studies or Critical Thinking accepted. History A-level is preferred but not essential.
EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B.
Access to HE Diploma: Pass relevant Diploma with 45 credits, 30 of which must be at Distinction.
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points.
BTEC Nationals: Pass Diploma with DDM
IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
The History and Archaeology BA will give you the chance to combine two disciplines that enhance our understanding of human societies and cultures in the past. This degree has particular emphasis on the medieval and modern periods, although you will also have the opportunity to study the deep past. You will examine both historical texts and material remains and consider the relationship between the two.
You will have the opportunity to take part in fieldwork and to develop a wide range of practical skills. We have specialist facilities and an outstanding range of equipment for hands-on teaching and research in science-based analytical techniques. You’ll benefit from our excellent facilities and nine specialist laboratories, including our refitted Osteology, Zooarchaeology, and Materials labs.
You will have the opportunity to gain experience with local heritage organisations, schools and our professional archaeological unit through Year 2 and 3 module placements, and our accredited internship programme.
In the first two years of this degree you will split your time equally between the study of archaeology and history. In your third year your dissertation can be in either history or archaeology.
This course draws on the expertise and experience of our Centre for Historical Archaeology, the UK’s only research institution dedicated to the archaeological study of the past 500 years.
UCAS code: VV14
More Info: click here
Year 1
In your first year you will split your studies equally between archaeology and history, taking modules covering medieval, early modern and global history, providing you with a thorough grounding in historical methods and practice at university level. You will also study the archaeological past from the origins of the human species to the 21st century, along with the aims and methods of archaeology.
You will be able to take part in a local archaeological fieldschool. Recently we have run fabulous fieldschools at Bradgate Park with sites from the Mesolithic to the historic period, including the Tudor mansion of Lady Jane Grey (England's nine-day Queen), and the Iron Age hillfort of Burrough Hill.
Core modules
An Introduction to World Archaeology BC
Archaeology: The Essentials
Thinking Through Things
An Introduction to World Archaeology AD
Option modules
Choose one option module from:
Barbarism and Civilisation: Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The Shock of the Modern
Then choose three option modules from:
Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
Great Britain: The State We're In
US History since 1877
Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
Year 2
In your second year you will continue to balance your studies equally between the two subjects. You will have more opportunity to shape the course of your degree this year as you will be able to choose option modules from the areas of history and archaeology that interest you the most. You will also have the opportunity to study a range of laboratory-based modules, covering subjects such as environmental archaeology and artefact analysis. At the end of your second year you will participate in a research excavation, which can take place anywhere in the world.
If you would like to write your third year dissertation on an area of history rather than archaeology then you must take the option module The Historian’s Craft.
Core modules
Perceiving the Past
Fieldwork 1
Theory and Archaeology
Option modules
Choose one history option module from:
Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
Madness, Monarchy and Politics in Georgian Britain
Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
A World Connected: Welfare, Economy and Government since 1945
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Then choose one archaeology option module from:
Environmental Archaeology
Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age Britain and Ireland
Living in Towns: Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeological Approaches
Archaeology of the Roman Empire
Then choose one archaeology option module from:
Heritage Skills
Celts, Britons and Barbarians: Iron Age Europe in context
Artefact Analysis
Archaeological Survey and Geomatics
The Medieval Mediterranean World
Plus either Becoming the Historical Researcher (you must choose this if you plan to write your third year dissertation on history)
Or two more history option modules: choose one option module from:
Gender History
Race and Ethnicity
All Bourgeois Now? Class in History
And one option module from:
The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
Enter the Dragon: Modern Chinese History, 1839-1989
From Beer to Fraternity: Alcohol, Society, and Culture in North America
History in the Classroom
Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
Holy Wars in Sacred Lands: Conflict and Coexistence during the Crusades
Heritage Field Project
Year Abroad (optional)
If you want to, you can spend your third year studying abroad at one of our partner institutions (eligibility is dependent on your academic performance in Years 1 and 2). Alternatively, you can opt to continue studying at the University and complete your degree in three years.
Studying abroad is not just for people who are interested in travelling and meeting new people. It is about acquiring life skills that are becoming increasingly significant for a wide range of jobs in our modern globalised society. Whether you go on to work in the private sector, the state sector, a non-governmental organisation or become self-employed you will find the experience invaluable. Find out more from our Study Abroad Unit.
Final Year (History dissertation)
Core module
Fieldwork 2
Option modules
Choose four option modules from the lists below, two from the lists marked A and two from the lists marked B. You can choose either one history module and three archaeology modules or two modules from each subject.
History modules list A
The USA and the Vietnam War
Fourteenth Century Crisis in England? Politics and Society 1297-1413
Crime and Punishment in African American History
When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain
Archaeology modules list A
Households and Domesticity in the Ancient World
Early Christian Europe
Warfare, Conflict and Violence in the Human Past
Archaeology of Islamic Societies
South Asian Archaeology and Heritage
History modules list B
What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650
The Medieval Natural World
From Empire to Nation: Modern South Asia, c. 1857-1947
Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
Clothing and Fashion in Historical Perspective. Case Studies of Modern European History in Transnational Context
Archaeology modules list B
Greek and Roman Art
Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
Plants and People
Power and Difference in the Past
The Archaeology of Colonialism in the Americas
Final Year (Archaeology dissertation)
Core module
Fieldwork 2
Option modules
Either choose four option modules from the lists below, two from the lists marked A and two from the lists marked B - you should choose one archaeology module and three history modules.
History modules list A
The USA and the Vietnam War
Fourteenth Century Crisis in England? Politics and Society 1297-1413
Crime and Punishment in African American History
When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain
Archaeology modules list A
Households and Domesticity in the Ancient World
Early Christian Europe
Warfare, Conflict and Violence in the Human Past
Archaeology of Islamic Societies
South Asian Archaeology and Heritage
History modules list B
What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650
The Medieval Natural World
From Empire to Nation: Modern South Asia, c. 1857-1947
Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
Clothing and Fashion in Historical Perspective. Case Studies of Modern European History in Transnational Context
Archaeology modules list B
Greek and Roman Art
Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
Plants and People
Power and Difference in the Past
The Archaeology of Colonialism in the Americas
Or choose one archaeology module from either of the Archaeology lists above and one history special subject module from this list:
The British Antislavery Movement, 1787-1833
The Holocaust: Genocide in Europe
After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
The Age of Bede and Alcuin: Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and Mercia in the 7th and 8th Centuries
Beauty, Sex & Science: Whose Body is it Anyway c.1550-2015?
How Soon is Now? A Social History of Urban England, 1945-1985
The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Church, State and Belief in Soviet Russia, 1941-1991
We are proud to host an on-site, professional archaeological unit, the award-winning University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) - the team that found King Richard III. ULAS offer HEAR and CIFA accredited internships and provide valuable training and professional experience alongside your academic studies.
All our degrees provide transferable skills in communication, presentation, critical analysis and teamwork. This will be critical for your future career, whether it is in archaeological studies or in one of the wide range of professions that attract our graduates. It doesn't matter if you have little or no previous experience in archaeology or ancient history; we have designed our courses for maximum flexibility. This allows you to choose how you want to specialise or diversify as your knowledge and understanding develop.
For single and joint archaeology degrees, practical experience is a key element of our courses. You will participate in excavations and learn various fieldwork techniques throughout your degree to equip you with the skills and knowledge to interpret archaeological material.
Our dedicated work experience and outreach staff will organise placements for you in schools, heritage organisations, museums, field archaeology units, archives, laboratories and on external projects – complementing the volunteering provision within the University.
As part of our year 2 Heritage Skills and year 3 Archaeology and Ancient History in Education modules, you can do a placement/project in a school or heritage setting where you work with a teacher/heritage mentor to gain a range of experience and to design and deliver a lesson plan or outreach activity. These modules provide an excellent foundation for a PGCE or a career in heritage management.
OSHC - $12276 GBP / per year
