Archaeology Honours students are required to meet both coursework and thesis requirements

Coursework: All students are required to take two honours courses (which, combined, contribute 40% of the final mark) and successfully complete all assessment requirements. The latter may comprise essays, annotated bibliographies or presentations. Full-time students will complete these in the first semester, part-time students can study them over two years.

Course One Key Players.

Course Two Research and your Thesis

Semester 1 Seminar on thesis aims, objectives, tasks and thesis structure

Semester 2 Seminar on specific research  methodology and outcomes

Research: Students are required to undertake a supervised research project on a topic approved by the Archaeology staff of the School and to submit a BA Honours thesis of 20,000 words in length and suitably illustrated for examination. Its mark comprises 60% of the total requirements for honours. The research may be field, laboratory or library based.

On completion of the course successful students will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of key facts, issues, concepts and theories within their chosen research area;
• Select, use and evaluate appropriate research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis for the study of field and/or other forms of archaeology;
• Execute field investigations involving survey and/or recording, analysis of data (including numerical analyses where appropriate) and interpretation of results;
• Select, use and evaluate appropriate research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis for the study of a particular archaeological dataset;
• Collect, synthesize and interpret evidence from a range of archaeological datasets and apply them in a balanced argument and set of conclusions;
• Learn to apply knowledge to problem solving and new situations;
• Demonstrate effective and sophisticated written and graphic communication through the production of a monograph.

Course One Key Players (20%)

In depth review of four key researchers in area of relevant to thesis and their contribution to the field

Course Two

Each seminar (10%)

Thesis (60%)

This is an in-depth and critical supervised study of an approved topic  The thesis should be 20,000 words in length and suitably illustrated for examination