Archaeology

BA Archaeology

UCAS code

V400 3 years; V401 4 years (with Study Abroad)

Location

Exeter (Streatham Campus)

The Single Honours BA Archaeology degree allows you to develop an in-depth knowledge about a range of periods and places, as well as the broad variety of techniques and skills that archaeologists use to engage with the past.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have an A level in Archaeology – most students come to Exeter without any prior experience in the subject. Introductory modules will quickly bring you up to speed with the key topics and principles that underpin all archaeological research and allow you to explore the history and prehistory of the world.

Archaeology at Exeter is characterised by a wide range of choice, both in the topics covered by modules and the opportunities offered for field work. Modules in Year 2 and 3 fall into two categories: themes such as Egyptology, medieval, maritime, Neolithic, Roman or Bronze Age archaeology; and hands-on techniques such as analysing artefacts, animal bones, human and plant remains or understanding the landscape through methods such as aerial survey.

You will have the opportunity to take part in field work locally, elsewhere in the UK and further afield. Field work opportunities for undergraduate students have included surveys and excavations of a late Saxon town and Norman castle in Oxfordshire, Bronze Age domestic settlements in Kazakhstan, a prehistoric Indian village in South Dakota and the prehistoric ritual landscape at Stonehenge.

You may also choose to spend the first half of your second or third year studying abroad at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In Year 3, you may also elect to undertake a professional placement.