Study information

Archaeology and History Modules 2020/1

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 Archaeology301 and 2View 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 Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1042 Murder in Early Modern England151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1057 The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1402 Britain, America and the Global Order, 1846-1946152View 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)
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1607 JFK151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1612 Renaissance Florence 1350-1550152View 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)
ARC2118 Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2124 Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2131 Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2504 Zooarchaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2512 Palaeobotany152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2514 Forensic Anthropology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2517 Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2002 Uses of the Past301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2016A Living Through the Global: Colonial Migrants and the British Empire from the Eighteenth Century to the Present301View 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)
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 Mythology301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2092A Europe in the Tenth Century: Continuity and Change301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2137A Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body and the Individual, 1400-1800302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2209A African American History301View 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 Placement301View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3006A Advanced Fieldschool151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3010 Archaeological Science Dissertation45View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3011 Practicing Archaeological Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3118 Lords to Lepers: Medieval Social Worlds152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3124 Giving and Taking: Anthropology and Archaeology of Circulation and Exchange151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3131 Palaeolithic Archaeology of Homo Sapiens 100,000-12,000 BP152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3510 Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3512 Palaeobotany152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3517 Palaeobiodiversity: A History of the World in 100 Animals152View 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HIH3318 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3319 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3320 Making A New China: Ideas, Networks and the Intelligentsia: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3321 Making A New China: Ideas, Networks and the Intelligentsia: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3617 News, Media and Communication301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3626 Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3633 Revolutions301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3634 Race, Resistance and Decolonisation301 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)
ARCM012 Skeletal Anatomy151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM102C Experimental Archaeology in Practice 2302View 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)
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)
ARCM600 Bioarchaeology Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM602 Forensic Anthropology: Principles and Practice152View 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)
HISM036 Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM040 Introduction to Digital Humanities302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM041 Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective302View 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)
HISM045 Medieval Masterclass302View 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)