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| Application Deadline: | 1 August | ||
| Location: | Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This programme is one of the leading postgraduate degrees in its field and is ideally located close to many sites of archaeological importance and interest.
The MA aims to provide a broad-based programme in the investigation, interpretation and management of archaeological landscapes, spanning in time from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. Particular emphasis is placed on the acquisition of interpretive and field skills through field trips. While fieldwork will be concentrated upon the surrounding area of Bristol (from the uplands of Exmoor and the Brecon Beacons, to the chalk downlands of Wiltshire and the wetlands of the Severn Estuary), the outlook will be international with material drawn from worldwide environments.
One of the chief strengths of this programme is that in addition to teaching from within the Department, you are also taught by a wide range of experts and specialist landscape archaeologists from other universities, archaeological units and government bodies.
The strength of the programme's intellectual and practical training is reflected in the very high levels of success of past students who have obtained archaeological posts in professional archaeology or have continued with PhD research in archaeology at Bristol or elsewhere.
Contents
Programme Structure Five compulsory units, a three-month placement and a dissertation. All units are assessed by means of coursework comprising essays, fieldwork projects, seminar presentations and a dissertation of about 10,000 words. There are no examinations.
First Semester
* Unit 1: Materialities
* Unit 2: Methods and Theories in Landscape Archaeology
Second Semester
* Unit 3: Prehistoric Landscapes
* Unit 4: Medieval and Post-Medieval Landscapes
* Unit 5: Heritage Management in the Landscape
Three-Month Placement
From April onwards. This allows you to gain intensive training for a career in archaeology and the historic landscape and leads to dissertation research and writing. If you do not wish to take up a work placement you will be required to write a 15,000-word dissertation. This is negotiable with the Programme Director.
Dissertation
Submitted in September for full time students (end of October of second year for part time students).
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry requirements
Normally an upper second-class Honours degree, in Archaeology or a related subject. For international students a GPA of at least 3.2, or equivalent, is required. Mature students without a degree will be considered if they have professional experience in a related field or a Certificate in Archaeology. Students seeking professional development are particularly welcome.
Language requirements
An IELTS score of 6.5 in all bands. We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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