Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Archaeological Practice with Professional Placement

Students will go out into the field to work on sites of historic importance, as well as studying a wide range of themes from Prehistoric Europe to death and burial. Then students will make good use of their knowledge in a year-long placement within the industry and come away with a professional portfolio to impress future employers.

The department also has a commercial research consultancy (ARCA), where students can learn from highly-trained specialist staff. The consultancy offers valuable laboratory work experience – an opportunity to combine academic expertise with delivering high-quality commercial solutions. During fieldwork in the UK and abroad students will use state of the art field equipment – including ground penetrating radar, magnetometers, magnetic susceptibility meters, differential GPS instruments and total stations. In addition, students will learn how to use industry standard computer software such as ArcGIS and Geoplot.