Archaeology and History Modules 2020/1
Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.Stage One Modules
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) | ELE link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC1007 | Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC1008 | Forensic Archaeology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC1010 | Themes in World Archaeology | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC1020 | Essential Archaeological Methods | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC1030 | Investigating British Archaeology | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC1040 | Artefacts and Materials | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC1050 | Objects: Contexts and Display | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC1070 | Practical Skills in Archaeology | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH1002 | Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: Britain Since 1945 | 15 | 1 | |
| HIH1014 | The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain | 15 | 1 | |
| HIH1042 | Murder in Early Modern England | 15 | 1 | |
| HIH1053 | Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1057 | The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1402 | Britain, America and the Global Order, 1846-1946 | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1505 | The First Crusade | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1506 | The First Day of the Somme | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1600 | Images of Stalinism | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH1607 | JFK | 15 | 1 | |
| HIH1612 | Renaissance Florence 1350-1550 | 15 | 2 |
Stage Two Modules
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) | ELE link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC2003 | Archaeological Fieldwork Project | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| ARC2004 | Archaeological Fieldschool | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| ARC2118 | Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC2124 | Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC2130 | Discovering the Past with Molecular Science | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC2131 | Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC2400 | Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC2504 | Zooarchaeology | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC2512 | Palaeobotany | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC2514 | Forensic Anthropology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC2517 | Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH2002 | Uses of the Past | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2011A | Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe | 30 | 2 | |
| HIH2014A | Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968 | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2016A | Living Through the Global: Colonial Migrants and the British Empire from the Eighteenth Century to the Present | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2030A | Peoples and Empires in Latin America, 1492-1820s | 30 | 2 | |
| HIH2032A | Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2036A | Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965 | 30 | 2 | |
| HIH2037 | American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2092A | Europe in the Tenth Century: Continuity and Change | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2137A | Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body and the Individual, 1400-1800 | 30 | 2 | |
| HIH2145A | Spain from Absolutism to Democracy | 30 | 2 | |
| HIH2185A | China in the World, 1500-1840 | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2186A | Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England | 30 | 1 | |
| HIH2209A | African American History | 30 | 1 |
Stage Three Modules
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) | ELE link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC3000 | Archaeological Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| ARC3003 | Professional Placement | 30 | 1 | |
| ARC3006A | Advanced Fieldschool | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC3010 | Archaeological Science Dissertation | 45 | ||
| ARC3011 | Practicing Archaeological Science | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC3118 | Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC3124 | Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC3131 | Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC3400 | Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain | 15 | 1 | |
| ARC3510 | Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC3512 | Palaeobotany | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC3517 | Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals | 15 | 2 | |
| ARC3611 | Funerary Osteoarchaeology | 15 | 2 | |
| HIH3005 | General Third-Year Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3117 | The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3118 | The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3157 | The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3158 | The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3182 | Critics of Empire: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3183 | Critics of Empire: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3187 | Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3188 | Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3216 | The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3217 | The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3318 | Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3319 | Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3320 | Making A New China: Ideas, Networks and the Intelligentsia: Sources | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3321 | Making A New China: Ideas, Networks and the Intelligentsia: Context | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3617 | News, Media and Communication | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3626 | Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3633 | Revolutions | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HIH3634 | Race, Resistance and Decolonisation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
Masters Modules
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) | ELE link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCM004 | Dissertation | 60 | 2 | |
| ARCM005 | Professional Skills in Archaeology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM007 | Advanced Project | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM012 | Skeletal Anatomy | 15 | 1 | |
| ARCM102C | Experimental Archaeology in Practice 2 | 30 | 2 | |
| ARCM120 | Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM130 | Discovering the Past with Molecular Science | 15 | 1 | |
| ARCM300 | Material Culture | 15 | 1 | |
| ARCM403 | Advanced Zooarchaeology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM405 | Advanced Human Osteology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM407 | Zooarchaeology | 15 | 1 | |
| ARCM412 | Funerary Osteoarchaeology | 15 | 2 | |
| ARCM600 | Bioarchaeology Dissertation | 60 | 2 | |
| ARCM602 | Forensic Anthropology: Principles and Practice | 15 | 2 | |
| HISM001 | Critical Approaches to Early Modern History | 30 | 1 | |
| HISM002 | Critical Approaches to Maritime and Naval History | 30 | 1 | |
| HISM003 | Critical Approaches to Imperial and Global History | 30 | 1 | |
| HISM036 | Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe | 30 | 2 | |
| HISM040 | Introduction to Digital Humanities | 30 | 2 | |
| HISM041 | Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective | 30 | 2 | |
| HISM042 | Working with Medieval Manuscripts and Documents | 30 | 2 | |
| HISM043 | Critical Approaches to the History of Violence and Conflict | 30 | 1 | |
| HISM045 | Medieval Masterclass | 30 | 2 | |
| HISM180 | Dissertation in Medieval Studies | 60 | 2 and 3 | |
| HISM185 | Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities | 15 | 1 and 2 | |
| HISM186 | Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities | 30 | 1 and 2 | |
| HISM400 | Dissertation in History | 60 | 2 and 3 | |
| HISM403 | Dissertation in History | 90 | 2 and 3 |