48 monthsProgramme duration
20,340 GBPTuition Fee/year
25 Jan, 2024Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
MSci
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Discover how human civilisations evolved, and why people and societies have changed over time on MSci Archaeology. Through the latest techniques and technologies, you'll investigate how our ancestors lived, from the earliest human origins, to Neolithic Britain, and Ancient Egypt. With fieldwork and scientific analysis opportunities across the world, this course also represents a great opportunity to choose your own study path.
Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains, such as its buildings, monuments, artefacts, biological remains, written sources and landscape.
On this archaeology MSci course, you'll focus on scientific methods and techniques with options including:
The final year enables you to develop your own interests in specialist fields so that you can target the career path you want to follow, for example:
You'll do at least 3 weeks' fieldwork as part of an active research project. This could include excavating archaeological sites, recording a standing building, geophysical surveys or collecting archaeological material from ploughed fields.
There are opportunities for further fieldwork and placements in the UK and abroad. Read more on our partner institutions page.
We’re also offering up to 10 bursaries of £1000 each to incoming students (subject to criteria). These are from the Terry Mason Bursary and the University of Southampton Archaeology Bursary Fund.
Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains, such as its buildings, monuments, artefacts, biological remains, written sources and landscape.
On this archaeology MSci course, you'll focus on scientific methods and techniques with options including:
- studying human and animal bones
- scientific diving
- physics and chemistry of archaeological material
- laboratory techniques for dating
- maritime archaeology
The final year enables you to develop your own interests in specialist fields so that you can target the career path you want to follow, for example:
- forensic or bioarchaeological studies
- zooarchaeology
- geophysical survey
- underwater archaeology
You'll do at least 3 weeks' fieldwork as part of an active research project. This could include excavating archaeological sites, recording a standing building, geophysical surveys or collecting archaeological material from ploughed fields.
There are opportunities for further fieldwork and placements in the UK and abroad. Read more on our partner institutions page.
We’re also offering up to 10 bursaries of £1000 each to incoming students (subject to criteria). These are from the Terry Mason Bursary and the University of Southampton Archaeology Bursary Fund.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
MSci
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Discover how human civilisations evolved, and why people and societies have changed over time on MSci Archaeology. Through the latest techniques and technologies, you'll investigate how our ancestors lived, from the earliest human origins, to Neolithic Britain, and Ancient Egypt. With fieldwork and scientific analysis opportunities across the world, this course also represents a great opportunity to choose your own study path.
Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains, such as its buildings, monuments, artefacts, biological remains, written sources and landscape.
On this archaeology MSci course, you'll focus on scientific methods and techniques with options including:
The final year enables you to develop your own interests in specialist fields so that you can target the career path you want to follow, for example:
You'll do at least 3 weeks' fieldwork as part of an active research project. This could include excavating archaeological sites, recording a standing building, geophysical surveys or collecting archaeological material from ploughed fields.
There are opportunities for further fieldwork and placements in the UK and abroad. Read more on our partner institutions page.
We’re also offering up to 10 bursaries of £1000 each to incoming students (subject to criteria). These are from the Terry Mason Bursary and the University of Southampton Archaeology Bursary Fund.
Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains, such as its buildings, monuments, artefacts, biological remains, written sources and landscape.
On this archaeology MSci course, you'll focus on scientific methods and techniques with options including:
- studying human and animal bones
- scientific diving
- physics and chemistry of archaeological material
- laboratory techniques for dating
- maritime archaeology
The final year enables you to develop your own interests in specialist fields so that you can target the career path you want to follow, for example:
- forensic or bioarchaeological studies
- zooarchaeology
- geophysical survey
- underwater archaeology
You'll do at least 3 weeks' fieldwork as part of an active research project. This could include excavating archaeological sites, recording a standing building, geophysical surveys or collecting archaeological material from ploughed fields.
There are opportunities for further fieldwork and placements in the UK and abroad. Read more on our partner institutions page.
We’re also offering up to 10 bursaries of £1000 each to incoming students (subject to criteria). These are from the Terry Mason Bursary and the University of Southampton Archaeology Bursary Fund.
Admission Requirements
67+
176+
32+
6.5+
92+
120+
25 Jan 2024
4 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,250 GBP
International
20,340 GBP
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