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Archaeology and History Modules 2021/2

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC1007 Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals151
ARC1008 Forensic Archaeology152
ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology151
ARC1020 Essential Archaeological Methods152
ARC1030 Investigating British Archaeology151
ARC1040 Artefacts and Materials151
ARC1050 Objects: Contexts and Display152
ARC1070 Practical Skills in Archaeology301 and 2
HIH1002 Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: Britain Since 1945151
HIH1014 The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain151
HIH1042 Murder in Early Modern England151
HIH1043 The Collapse of Communism in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union152
HIH1051 Everyday Life in the Anglophone Caribbean, c.1900-1966151
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages152
HIH1057 The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom152
HIH1402 Britain, America and the Global Order, 1846-1946152
HIH1408 The Dissolution of the Monasteries152
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars151
HIH1505 The First Crusade152
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme152
HIH1547 Reforging the Union: The Reconstruction Era in American History, 1865-1877152
HIH1596 The Good War? The United States in World War II152
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism151
HIH1607 JFK151
HIH1614 Environment and Industry, 1750-1950: Global Perspectives151
HIH1616 Producing Poverty: Peasants in a Global Perspective, 700-1300CE151

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project301 and 2
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool301 and 2
ARC2120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151
ARC2121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152
ARC2123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151
ARC2400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151
ARC2401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain151
ARC2406 Medieval Castles in Context151
ARC2408 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia152
ARC2504 Zooarchaeology151
ARC2514 Forensic Anthropology152
ARC2516 Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic152
HIH2002 Uses of the Past301
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe302
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968302
HIH2030A Peoples and Empires in Latin America, 1492-1820s302
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism301
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965301
HIH2037 American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology301
HIH2092A Europe in the Tenth Century: Continuity and Change301
HIH2137A Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body and the Individual, 1400-1800302
HIH2138A History of Development: Ideologies, Politics and Projects302
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy301
HIH2184A From Conquest to Communism: Central Asia under the Russian and Soviet Empires, 1730-1945301
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840301
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England301
HIH2208A Medieval Paris302
HIH2209A African American History301
HIH2234 Sailors, Slavery and Piracy: The Atlantic World, 1600 - 1800301

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC3000 Archaeological Dissertation301 and 2
ARC3003 Professional Placement301
ARC3120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151
ARC3121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152
ARC3123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152
ARC3134 Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues152
ARC3400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151
ARC3401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain151
ARC3404 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Roman and Iron Age Dacia152
ARC3406 Medieval Castles in Context151
ARC3408 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia152
ARC3507 Archaeometallurgy151
ARC3510 Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations152
ARC3516 Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic152
ARC3611 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation301 and 2
HIH3117 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Sources301 and 2
HIH3118 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Context301 and 2
HIH3132 The Body in Early Modern England: Sources301 and 2
HIH3133 The Body in Early Modern England: Context301 and 2
HIH3157 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Sources301 and 2
HIH3158 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Context301 and 2
HIH3182 Critics of Empire: Sources301 and 2
HIH3183 Critics of Empire: Context301 and 2
HIH3216 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Sources301 and 2
HIH3217 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Context301 and 2
HIH3318 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Sources301 and 2
HIH3319 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Context301 and 2
HIH3326 Reform, Resistance and Revolution, 1500-1750: Histories from Below: Context301 and 2
HIH3327 Reform, Resistance and Revolution, 1500-1750: Histories from Below: Sources301 and 2
HIH3617 News, Media and Communication301 and 2
HIH3626 Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations301 and 2
HIH3633 Revolutions301 and 2
HIH3634 Race, Resistance and Decolonisation301 and 2

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARCM004 Dissertation602
ARCM005 Professional Skills in Archaeology152
ARCM007 Advanced Project152
ARCM012 Skeletal Anatomy151
ARCM102A Elements of Experimental Archaeology in Practice151
ARCM102C Experimental Archaeology in Practice 2302
ARCM120 Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice152
ARCM130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151
ARCM300 Material Culture151
ARCM403 Advanced Zooarchaeology152
ARCM405 Advanced Human Osteology152
ARCM407 Zooarchaeology151
ARCM412 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152
ARCM600 Bioarchaeology Dissertation602
ARCM602 Forensic Anthropology: Principles and Practice152
HISM001 Critical Approaches to Early Modern History301
HISM002 Critical Approaches to Maritime and Naval History301
HISM003 Critical Approaches to Imperial and Global History301
HISM036 Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe302
HISM041 Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective302
HISM042 Working with Medieval Manuscripts and Documents302
HISM043 Critical Approaches to the History of Violence and Conflict301
HISM045 Medieval Masterclass302
HISM180 Dissertation in Medieval Studies602 and 3
HISM185 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities151 and 2
HISM186 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities301 and 2
HISM400 Dissertation in History602 and 3
HISM403 Dissertation in History902 and 3