Archaeology and Heritage

Course description

Each pathway provides a route into advanced study either for students with general interests (archaeology) or more focused interests (landscape or heritage).

You'll create a bespoke course within a clear structure that allows you to engage your specific interests in period, region or approach while building on a strong foundation of understanding archaeology as a discipline.

For all of these, you’ll choose between completing a research dissertation or developing employability through a work placement.

You’ll develop the professional and transferable skills you need to progress to a career in this field. This course is excellent preparation for a PhD.

MA students

You'll also choose your own research project and complete a dissertation, or go on a work placement and complete a report as part of your placement experience.

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the school/department.

Your career

Heritage and archaeology graduates are valued by employers from many different sectors. These include charities, finance, retail and administration, teaching, environmental work, and of course the heritage sector, in universities, museums, archaeological units, heritage parks, national or local government.

Employers increasingly recognise that in addition to a rigorous academic training within an unusually broad-based framework, the study of heritage and archaeology also provides students with a variety of sought after practical skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Recent graduate destinations include:

• Assistant project officer
• Historic buildings project officer
• Post-doctoral researcher
• Commercial field archaeologist
• Museum staff
• Deputy business manager
• Researcher and lecturer
• PhD research