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Archaeology and History Modules 2019/0

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 Practicals151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1008 Forensic Archaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1020 Essential Archaeological Methods152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1030 Investigating British Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1040 Artefacts and Materials151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1050 Objects: Contexts and Display152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1070 Practical Skills in Archaeology302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1002 Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: Britain Since 1945151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1014 The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1022 A History of Children and Childhood in Modern Europe151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1023 Being Poor in England in the Long Eighteenth Century151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1024 From Bound Feet to 'Half the Sky': Women and Modern China152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1027 A History of Epidemics from the Plague to Zika152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1038 The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Origins, Development and Impact152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1039 Revolutionary Cuba152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1043 The Collapse of Communism in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1048 Being a Barbarian: Identity, Memory and the Creation of Medieval Europe151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1051 Everyday Life in the Anglophone Caribbean, c.1900-1966151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1056 Religious Life in Tudor and Stuart England, c.1560-1700151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1057 The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1058 Global Health: Historical Sources and Problems152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1401 Approaches to History152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1402 Britain, America, and the Global Order, 1846-1946152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1406 The Opium War: Britain and the Birth of Modern China, 1839-1842152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1410 Understanding the Medieval and Early-Modern World301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1420 Understanding the Modern World301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1505 The First Crusade152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1525 Restoration London: Plague, Fire and History152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1542 Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1547 Reforging the Union: The Reconstruction Era in American History, 1865-1877152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1596 The Good War? The United States in World War II152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1609 The Habsburg Monarchy of Austria-Hungary 1867-1918152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1610 The Rise and Demise of the Raj: India, 1857-1947152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1612 Renaissance Florence 1350-1550152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1613 Violent Justice, Legal Reform and Revolutionary Terror: Law in Eighteenth-Century France152View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2406 Medieval Castles in Context151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2504 Zooarchaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2506A Reading Stone Tools152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2514 Forensic Anthropology152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2001 Doing History: Perspectives on Sources302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2002 Uses of the Past301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2018A The 'Savage Continent'? Everyday Violence in 1940s Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2019A Science, Technology and Medicine in the Cold War301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2030A Peoples and Empires in Latin America, 1492-1820s302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2034A Anarchism: Theory, Practice, History301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2037 American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2108A Stuart England301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2181A The Witchcraze in Europe and its Colonies c.1300-1800301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2182A The Re-Birth of Europe? Renaissance and Renewal in the Long Twelfth Century301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2200A Islam and the Making of Medieval Europe, c.600-1300301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2203A Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2208A Medieval Paris302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2209A African American History301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2218A Religion, Society and Culture in Tudor England301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2224A African Modernities: Popular Cultures in Twentieth Century Africa301View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC3000 Archaeological Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3003 Professional Placement301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3006 Advanced Fieldwork Project151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3132 Digital Approaches to Archaeological Data151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3134 Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3406 Medieval Castles in Context151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3506A Reading Stone Tools152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3611 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3021 China's Intellectual Elites - Ideas and Networks 1860s-1960s: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3022 China's Intellectual Elites - Ideas and Networks 1860s-1960s: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3023 Riches and Poverty: Capitalism in Britain, 1680-1830 - Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3024 Riches and Poverty: Capitalism in Britain, 1680-1830 - Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3036 Britain in an Age of Revolution: War, Society and Culture, 1789-1815: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3037 Britain in an Age of Revolution: War, Society and Culture, 1789-1815: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3042 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Sources)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3043 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Context)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3056 Them and Us: Imagining the Social "Other" in Britain since the 1880s: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3057 Them and Us: Imagining the Social "Other" in Britain since the 1880s: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3117 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3118 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3132 The Body in Early Modern England: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3133 The Body in Early Modern England: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3157 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3158 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3167 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India, 1915-1950: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3168 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India, 1915-1950: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3180 The Spanish Civil War: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3181 The Spanish Civil War: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3182 Critics of Empire: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3183 Critics of Empire: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3187 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3188 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3202 Chile Under Allende and Pinochet: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3203 Chile Under Allende and Pinochet: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3216 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3217 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3257 The Russian Revolution: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3258 The Russian Revolution: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3277 The Medieval Reformation: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3278 The Medieval Reformation: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3296 Street Protest and Social Movements in the Modern Era: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3297 Street Protest and Social Movements in the Modern Era: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3314 Governing the World: A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3315 Governing the World: A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3316 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3317 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3617 News, Media and Communication301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3619 Sexualities301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3626 Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3628 Civil Wars301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3629 Disease301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3632 Violence301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARCM004 Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM005 Professional Skills in Archaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM007 Advanced Project152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM010 Roman Archaeology in the Digital World152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM102C Experimental Archaeology in Practice 2302View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM105 Dissertation in Experimental Archaeology602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM110 Research Design in Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM120 Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM200 Field Study151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM225 Landscape Archaeology: Understanding the Historic Environment152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM300 Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM403 Advanced Zooarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM405 Advanced Human Osteology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM407 Zooarchaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM412 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM501 Researching the Historic Environment Online151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM600 Bioarchaeology Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM602 Forensic Anthropology: Principles and Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM700 Dissertation in Roman Archaeology602View on ELE (current students only)
HISM001 Critical Approaches to Early Modern History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM002 Critical Approaches to Maritime and Naval History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM003 Critical Approaches to Imperial and Global History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM016 Advanced Historical Research Skills301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM017 Critical Approaches to Medical Humanities301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM036 Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM039 History in Public: A Workplace Project301, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
HISM040 Introduction to Digital Humanities302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM041 Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM042 Working with Medieval Manuscripts and Documents302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM043 Critical Approaches to the History of Violence and Conflict301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM180 Dissertation in Medieval Studies602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
HISM185 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities151 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HISM186 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HISM400 Dissertation in History602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
HISM403 Dissertation in History902 and 3View on ELE (current students only)