Archaeology BSc: University of Southampton

Course overview
Apply cutting-edge scientific methods to answer questions about the lives of people in the past. What did climate change mean to people living at the end of the last ice age? What can the chemical composition of human bones tell us about changes in diet during the medieval period? The BSc will provide you with a grounding in the basics, while allowing you to develop your own interests in specialist fields.

• Specific tracks in computing, maritime, osteoarchaeology and survey
• Option to take complementary units in geography and geophysics
• Access to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities

Course content

• Excavation, field survey and geophysics
• Underwater archaeology
• Comparative osteology
• Artefacts analysis
• Human origins
• Medieval archaeology
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire
• Prehistoric archaeology
• Anthropology and ethno-archaeology
• Museums
• Heritage and public archaeology

Entry requirements

• A levels: BBB including grade B in a Science-based A Level
• IB: 28 points including 14 from the Higher Level with 6 from a Science-based Higher Level Subject
• Selection process: UCAS application and interview

Main University Contact

• Postal Address: University of SouthamptonUniversity RoadSouthamptonSO17 1BJ
• Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 5000
• Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 3131
• Email: admissns@soton.ac.uk
• Website: http://www.soton.ac.uk/