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Archaeology – (M.Sc.)
The University of Edinburgh
College of Humanities & Social Science| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,054 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Edinburgh
The programme aims to offer students an opportunity to study archaeology at an advanced level, offering stimulating courses on a wide range of periods, geographical areas and themes.
Learning Outcomes Students will acquire:
* a good understanding of the distinctive nature of archaeology and its contribution to a critical and informed understanding of the past;
* a good understanding of theoretical and methodological debates within archaeology;
* familiarity with a number of important fieldwork studies;
* a broad knowledge of archaeological methods, techniques and practices in current use.
The programme helps students to develop potential research interests and to explore these with a view to progressing to further research. Students will also acquire a range of transferable intellectual and practical skills.
Contents
The programme can either be taken over one year (full-time), or over two years (part-time). You are required to complete six courses over the two teaching semesters (September-March), equivalent to 20 credits each (normally 20 hours contact time). These consist of:
a. THREE compulsory core courses:
* Frontiers in archaeology: research seminars
* Research sources and strategies in archaeology
* Theoretical perspectives in archaeology (Part I)
b. THREE courses selected from the following (*several courses are taught in alternate years, and availability is subject to change):
* Animal and Human Remains in Archaeology
* Archaeological Illustration
* Archaeology of Gender
* Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
* Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850
* Early Farmers of Cyprus and the Near East
* Etruscan Italy, 1000-300 BC
* Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus
* Human Evolution
* Isotopes and Archaeology
* Ritual and Monumentality in Atlantic Europe, mid-6th to mid-3rd Millennium BC
* Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe, mid-6th to mid-3rd Millennium BC
* The Late Roman City in Asia Minor: Decline or Transformation
* The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans
* Theoretical Perspectives in Archaeology, Part 2
* Underwater Archaeology
With the agreement of the programme director, candidates may also select a course from among those provided by other taught Masters programmes in the University.
Assessment
Candidates are assessed on each course through coursework (equivalent to a 4000-word essay). Successful completion of the taught component of the programme qualifies candidates to receive the Postgraduate Diploma. Those who attain a satisfactory standard in their assessed work (with an overall minimum of 50%) may proceed to an MSc, undertaking a supervised project on an approved topic and submitting a dissertation (60 credits) of approximately 15,000 words by the end of the programme year (normally mid-September). Award of the degree is usually approved in time for January graduation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Normally at least a 2:1 honours degree (or its equivalent) either in archaeology or in another related subject (eg anthropology), or in a group of subjects in which archaeology figures prominently.
English Language Requirements
* IELTS 6.5 (with 6.0 in each section)
* TOEFL 580 (with 55 in each section and 4.0 in TWE)
* TOEFL 237 in CBT (with 21 in each section)
* TOEFL-iBT 92 (with at least 20 in each section)
* CPE Grade B or higher
* CAE Grade A
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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