SINGLE HONOURS
UCAS codes: V V14 BA/ACMS
Typical offer: 300-340 points
An A level is required in one of the following: History, Archaeology, Classical Civilisation, Classics and Ancient History
International Baccalaureate: 26 points including 5 points at Higher Level
Degree duration:
3 years full-time 6 years part-time
If English is not your first language:
IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL iBT score of 87 or equivalent
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Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk
Students study topics as diverse as Bronze Age civilisations, Classical Rome, the Anglo-Saxon era, Vikings, Normans and Charlemagne’s Empire, the Crusades, the Age of Discovery, and Late Medieval England and France. The programme trains students in the disciplines of both archaeology and history, enabling them to pursue careers in either subject. All students take core modules in both subjects, participate in an excavation and fieldwork, and opt for a variety of optional modules.
Year 1 is about foundations: the foundations of each discipline; the methodology of each subject and its applications. Analysis of documents and excavations trains students in techniques, particular periods and topics, and also in teamwork, and informs the evidence that is encountered later. Year 2 is more advanced and wide-ranging, offering a series of optional modules whereby students can select to study a variety of diverse topics or make a focused selection of modules that follow a particular theme. Study in Year 2 aims to hone student presentational and fieldwork skills. In Year 3, students select a limited number of topics at a more concentrated and advanced level and typically through first-hand material. Students then apply all that they have mastered in a project.
Fieldwork
Students are required to make an annual contribution towards the travel cost associated with fieldwork during Year 1 and to attend a summer excavation for two weeks during the first long vacation.
Year 1
• Reading and Writing History
• Creating and Consuming History
• Aims and Philosophy of Archaeology
• Classical Worlds
Year 2
• Past Historians and Current Practice
• Theory and Research Methods
• Excavation and Post-excavation
• Culture and Society in Fifth century Athens
• Later Prehistoric Europe
Year 3
• The Archaeology of Space and Place
• Greek Art and Architecture
• Roman Gaul and Germany
• Byzantium and Beyond
Graduates pursue careers in teaching, archives, field archaeology and museums. Further postgraduate study at Winchester or elsewhere is a popular choice for those pursuing careers in history or archaeology.