Archaeology (HDip)

Students will take an approved selection of six modules within the Second and Final Year BA undergraduate programme to the equivalent of 30 ECTS, along with a 10 ECTS module Reading the Past in Practice, and a 20 ECTS dissertation module, Archaeology and Place.  Reading the Past in Practice, and Archaeology and Place, both have fieldwork components. Part-time students will take courses to the equivalent of 30 ECTS in Year 1 and courses to the equivalent of 30 ECTS in Year 2.

Below are some of the required and optional subjects in this course:-

• Required AR246: Castles, Colonists & Crannogs 1100-1350
• Required AR2102: People, Ritual and Death: Life in Early Prehistoric Europe
• Required AR343: Public Archaeology
• Required AR3100: Metal, Warfare, and Chiefdoms - The Bronze Age Roots of European Civilization
• Required AR338: Explaining Prehistory - Current Research Trends
• Required AR5100: Archaeology and Mythical Landscapes of Atlantic Ireland
• Required AR337: Gaelic Peoples - Identity and Cultural Practices
• Required AR236: Interpretation in Archaeology
• Required AR245: Archaeology in Practice
• Required AR325: Minor Dissertation
• Optional AR2101: Early Kingship: From Chaos to Cosmos
• Optional AR250: Sacred Places and Christian Buildings in Medieval Ireland
• Optional TI254: Space, Place and the Irish Landscape