SINGLE HONOURS
UCAS codes: V400 BSc/ArcPr
Typical offer: 280-320 points
International Baccalaureate: 26 points
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
Course Enquiries and Applications
Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 827234
Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk
Year 1 provides a sound foundation in both the practice and theory of archaeology. This is enhanced in Year 2 by practical and applied skills such as GIS, Geomatics and Remote Sensing. In Year 3, specific topics are explored in greater depth, together with more advanced vocational modules and students also complete a project or opt to undertake a work-based placement.
Fieldwork
Students undertake fieldwork throughout their course and during Years 1 and 3 and attend two periods of summer excavation. Between Years 2 and 3, students may join fieldwork research projects run by members of staff, currently in Barbados, Corsica, Ethiopia, former Soviet Republic of Georgia and the UK.
Professional recognition
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Winchester is a Registered Archaeological Organisation (RAO) with the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA). Students can become Affiliates of the IfA. After graduation they can build up field experience to progress to full membership categories.
Year 1
• Introduction to Archaeology
• Introduction to Archaeological Science
• The Development of Archaeology
• Artefact Studies
Year 2
• Excavation I (four-week summer school)
• Geoarchaeology
• Geomatics and Remote Sensing
• Public and Popular Archaeology
• Period-based studies (for example, Roman Britain, Medieval England or Later Prehistoric Europe)
Year 3
• Archaeological Project Management
• Excavation II (four-week summer school)
• Themed studies (including for example, Later Prehistoric Wessex, Mediterranean Landscape Studies or Medieval Buildings)
Graduates can proceed directly into a career in professional archaeology, for example with an archaeological trust or unit. It is also an excellent preparation for postgraduate study or further training.