Archaeology BSc (Hons)

Course overview

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Why study Archaeology at BU?

• Internationally renowned archaeology department with one of the best equipped archaeology field schools in the UK
• Strong focus on practical training, in the field and lab, which is underpinned by solid methodologies and linked to current research
• Work experience from a placement with a professional organisation in the UK or overseas.

What will I study?

This innovative course combines academic study and fieldwork producing highly skilled practitioners, experienced in all forms of landscape survey, remote sensing, excavation and recording. It also draws on the School's scientific strengths to provide a multidisciplinary, theoretical framework. You will learn through taught lectures, seminars and a range of exciting and relevant fieldwork opportunities.

Key components of the course encompass landscape and settlement studies, artefact analysis, the study of human and animal remains, religious and ritual practice, marine archaeology, forensic science, anthropology, cultural change through time, and the practice and management of archaeology in the UK and abroad.

Bournemouth is ideally situated with some of Britain's most iconic archaeological and historic sites, such as Boxgrove, Avebury, Stonehenge, Maiden Castle, Corfe Castle and Fishbourne Roman Palace, all within easy traveling distance.

You will have the opportunity to gain high quality work experience with placements on archaeological excavations in the UK and abroad. Recent excavations have included sites in the USA, Greece and Russia. Many graduates have gone on to postgraduate study; others are now working with English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Wessex Archaeology, the Oxford Archaeological Unit, as well as a host of museums and archaeological consultancies.

BU is first amongst new universities for research in Archaeology