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MA Managing Archaeological Sites

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

How are heritage sites and landscapes, identified, valued, interpreted and used for different purposes, and could they be managed better? Join us to get a deep insight into analysing archaeological and heritage sites in the UK and internationally, to consider the challenges and opportunities in how they are managed, conserved and presented to preserve their significance. This programme forms an ideal pathway to a career in heritage management or policy work.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Upon completing this degree, you will have skills well suited for jobs in sectors such as tourism and heritage management, policy development, environmental and sustainability sector, not-for-profit / charity sector, academia and higher education.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Dissertation
  • Managing Archaeological Sites
  • Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology
  • Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
  • Interpreting Pottery
  • Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
  • Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
  • Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
  • Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology
  • Zooarchaeology in Practice
  • Resources and Subsistence
  • Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
  • Archaeologies of Asia
  • Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
  • Archaeological Data Science
  • Technology Within Society
  • Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
  • The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
  • Archaeology of the Roman Empire: Current Themes and Debates
  • Archaeology and Nationalism

Optional modules

  • Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology
  • Geoarchaeology: Methods and Concepts 1
  • Interpreting Pottery
  • Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
  • Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
  • Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
  • Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology
  • Zooarchaeology in Practice
  • Resources and Subsistence
  • Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
  • Archaeologies of Asia
  • Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire
  • Archaeological Data Science
  • Technology Within Society
  • Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
  • The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
  • Archaeology of the Roman Empire: Current Themes and Debates
  • Archaeology and Nationalism
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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