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Archaeology and History Modules 2023/4

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
HIH1137 Becoming a Historian: Core151
HIH1138 Medieval, Manufactured? Uses and Reuses of the Middle Ages152
HIH1139 Becoming a Historian: Extended152
HIH1140 Confinement, Care, Cure: Psychiatric Institutions in the Twentieth Century151
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars152
HIH1412 Early Modern Magic and Witchcraft152
HIH1421 Understanding Medieval and Early Modern History301
HIH1422 Understanding Modern History302
HIH1505 The First Crusade152
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme152
HIH1532 The History of Strategic Thinking152
HIH1534 Maritime Power in the Age of Nelson152
HIH1539 Early Modern Things: Materials as Historical Sources152
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
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism151
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
ARC2012 Monumental Changes: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland151
ARC2120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture152
ARC2121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture151
ARC2123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science152
ARC2401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain152
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 Palaeolithic151
HIH2002 Uses of the Past301
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe301
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968302
HIH2019A Science, Technology and Medicine in the Cold War301
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism301
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965302
HIH2037 American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology302
HIH2041 The First Welfare State? England's Poor Law, 1520-1835302
HIH2111 Mediterranean Maritime Supremacy, 1500-170030
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 Democracy302
HIH2179A The American Empire301
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 England302
HIH2208A Medieval Paris301
HIH2209A African American History302
HIH2210A The Russian Empire, 1689-1917301
HIH2218A Religion, Society and Culture in Tudor England301
HIH2237 Doing History in the Digital Age302
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
HIH2592 Science, Empire and Natural History Museums: A Global Perspective301
HIH2593 'Undesirables': Migration Mobility and Empire302

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC3000 Archaeological Dissertation301 and 2
ARC3003 Professional Placement301 and 2
ARC3006A Advanced Fieldschool151
ARC3010 Archaeological Science Dissertation45
ARC3011 Practicing Archaeological Science151
ARC3012 Monumental changes: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland151
ARC3120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture152
ARC3121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture151
ARC3123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152
ARC3132 Digital Approaches to Archaeological Data151
ARC3133 Digital Pasts151
ARC3401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain152
ARC3406 Medieval Castles in Context151
ARC3408 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia152
ARC3510 Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations151
ARC3516 Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic151
ARC3611 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation301 and 2
HIH3051 The Rise of Capitalism in Britain 1660-1830 (Sources) 301 and 2
HIH3052 The Rise of Capitalism in Britain 1660-1830 (Context)301 and 2
HIH3053 Death to the Traitors: Rebellion and Resisting Tyranny in the Middle Ages: Sources301 and 2
HIH3054 Death to the Traitors: Rebellion and Resisting Tyranny in the Middle Ages: Context301 and 2
HIH3056 Them and Us: Imagining the Social "Other" in Britain since the 1880s: Sources301 and 2
HIH3057 Them and Us: Imagining the Social "Other" in Britain since the 1880s: Context301 and 2
HIH3058 Engendering Empire: Making the British Imperial World: Sources301 and 2
HIH3059 Engendering Empire: Making the British Imperial World: Context301 and 2
HIH3061 Women's Experience in Britain: Race, Class and Gender since 1945 (Sources)301 and 2
HIH3062 Women's Experience in Britain: Race, Class and Gender since 1945 (Context)301 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
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
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
ARCM107 Digital Pasts151
ARCM120 Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice152
ARCM130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151
ARCM300 Material Culture151
ARCM403 Advanced Zooarchaeology151
ARCM405 Advanced Human Osteology151
ARCM407 Zooarchaeology151
ARCM412 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152
ARCM415 The Archaeology of Humans and Other Animals152
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
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
HISM201 Debating British Political History, 1906 to the Present302
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