BA Archaeology and Ancient Civilisations

at Durham University

Year 1

Compulsory modules:

• Archaeology Practicals

• Ancient Civilisations: Methods, Approaches, Sources

• Cities in Antiquity.

Examples of optional modules:

Choose one or two modules from the following lists of modules which have been available in previous years:

Archaeology

• Archaeology in Britain

• Discovering World Prehistory

• Ancient Civilisations of the East

• Medieval to Modern: An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Medieval to Post-Medieval World

Or ONE or TWO modules in another department including Classics and language modules.

Classics

• Greek Art and Architecture

• Living in a Classical World

• Remembering Athens

• Monuments and Memory in the Age of Augustus.

Year 2
 

Compulsory modules:

• Professional Training (requires three weeks of fieldwork in the summer preceding Level 2)

• Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations: East and West

• Developing Archaeological Research (required to take a dissertation in Archaeology at Level 3).

Examples of optional modules:

Choose three modules from the following list of modules which have been available in previous years:

Archaeology

• Becoming Roman: from Iron Age to Empire in Italy and the West

• Archaeology of Medieval and Post-medieval Britain in its European Context

• East Mediterranean in the Bronze Age

• Advanced Skills (Single or Double)

• A module in any department including Classics or language modules.

Classics

• Roman Religion

• Roman Buildings and Decoration

• Crisis of the Roman Republic

• History of the Hellenistic Age

• Archaic Greece

• A module in another department (including a language module).

Year 3 (Year 4 if undertaking a Year Abroad)
 

Compulsory modules:

• Dissertation (double module)

• Current Archaeology

• Specialised Aspects in Archaeology.

Examples of optional modules:

TWO modules from:

• Advanced Professional Training (requires three weeks of fieldwork in the summer preceding Level 2)

• Specialised Aspects in Archaeology (single or double)

• Interpreting Heritage

• Museum Representation

• A module in any department.

A level offer – AAB.
 

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – DDD.

IB Diploma score – 36 with 665 in higher level subjects.
 

In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:

• We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. Please contact our Admissions Selectors.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.

 

Of those students who graduated in 2019:

• 75% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes

Of those in employment:

• 75% are in high skilled employment

• With an average salary of £22,000