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Archaeology and History Modules 2022/3

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
HIH1138 Medieval, Manufactured? Uses and Reuses of the Middle Ages152
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
HIH1501 The Viking Phenomenon152
HIH1505 The First Crusade152
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme152
HIH1547 Reforging the Union: The Reconstruction Era in American History, 1865-1877152
HIH1585 Ladies of the Night: Prostitution in the Victorian World151
HIH1586 Early Modern Venice: Representations and Myths152
HIH1596 The Good War? The United States in World War II152
HIH1597 Serfdom in Late Medieval England151
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism151
HIH1607 JFK151
HIH1612 Renaissance Florence 1350-1550152
HIH1614 Environment and Industry, 1750-1950: Global Perspectives151
HIH1616 Producing Poverty: Peasants in a Global Perspective, 700-1300CE151
HIH1618 Body, Border, Partition: Understanding Violence in South Asia151

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project301 and 2
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool301 and 2
ARC2118 Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds152
ARC2124 Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange151
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151
ARC2131 Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP152
ARC2400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151
ARC2504 Zooarchaeology151
ARC2512 Palaeobotany152
ARC2513 Aerial Survey151
ARC2514 Forensic Anthropology152
ARC2517 Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals152
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
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
HIH2179A The American Empire302
HIH2184A From Conquest to Communism: Central Asia under the Russian and Soviet Empires, 1730-1945301
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840302
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England301
HIH2208A Medieval Paris302
HIH2209A African American History301
HIH2218A Religion, Society and Culture in Tudor England301
HIH2224A African Modernities: Popular Cultures in Twentieth Century Africa301
HIH2234 Sailors, Slavery and Piracy: The Atlantic World, 1600 - 1800301
HIH2587 The Other Renaissance: Religion, Knowledge and Power in the Twelfth Century 301
HIH2588 Empire, Identity and Heritage in South-East Europe and the Middle East (1800-1950)302
HIH2590 An Age of Iron? Europe in the Tenth Century301
HIH2591 Philip Augustus and the Making of France, 1180-1223302
HIH2592 Science, Empire and Natural History Museums: A Global Perspective301

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC3000 Archaeological Dissertation301 and 2
ARC3003 Professional Placement301
ARC3010 Archaeological Science Dissertation45
ARC3011 Practicing Archaeological Science151
ARC3118 Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds152
ARC3124 Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange151
ARC3131 Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP152
ARC3400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151
ARC3510 Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations152
ARC3512 Palaeobotany152
ARC3513 Aerial Survey151
ARC3517 Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals152
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
HIH3170 From the Grand Tour to Gladiator: Modern Encounters with the Ancient World: Sources301 and 2
HIH3171 From the Grand Tour to Gladiator: Modern Encounters with the Ancient World: Context301 and 2
HIH3182 Critics of Empire: Sources301 and 2
HIH3183 Critics of Empire: Context301 and 2
HIH3187 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Sources301 and 2
HIH3188 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: 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
HIH3250 Colonial Conflict and Decolonisation 1918-1975: Sources301 and 2
HIH3251 Colonial Conflict and Decolonisation 1918-1975: Context301 and 2
HIH3298 Law, Politics and Society across the British Empire, 1750-1960: Sources301 and 2
HIH3299 Law, Politics and Society across the British Empire, 1750-1960: 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
HIH3628 Civil Wars301 and 2
HIH3633 Revolutions301 and 2
HIH3634 Race, Resistance and Decolonisation301 and 2
HIH3639 Beyond Cannibalism: Indigenous Peoples and the European Colonisation of Brazil, 1500-1822: Context301 and 2
HIH3640 Beyond Cannibalism: Indigenous Peoples and the European Colonisation of Brazil, 1500-1822: Sources 301 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
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
HISM039 History in Public: A Workplace Project301, 2 and 3
HISM040 Introduction to Digital Humanities302
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
HISM479 Sexual Discoveries: the Reception, Interpretation and Purpose of Queer History302
HISM482 Empire and Globalisation302
HISM483 European Empires and Proto-Globalisation 1200-1800302