Study information

Archaeology and History Modules 2021/2

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC1007 Archaeological and Forensic Science Practicals151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1008 Forensic Archaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1020 Essential Archaeological Methods152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1030 Investigating British Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1040 Artefacts and Materials151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1050 Objects: Contexts and Display152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC1070 Practical Skills in Archaeology301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1002 Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: Britain Since 1945151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1014 The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1042 Murder in Early Modern England151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1043 The Collapse of Communism in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1051 Everyday Life in the Anglophone Caribbean, c.1900-1966151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1057 The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1402 Britain, America and the Global Order, 1846-1946152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1408 The Dissolution of the Monasteries152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1505 The First Crusade152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1547 Reforging the Union: The Reconstruction Era in American History, 1865-1877152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1596 The Good War? The United States in World War II152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1607 JFK151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1614 Environment and Industry, 1750-1950: Global Perspectives151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1615 Imperial Science, Race and Exploration in the Long 19th Century 151View on ELE (current students only)
HIH1616 Producing Poverty: Peasants in a Global Perspective, 700-1300CE151View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2406 Medieval Castles in Context151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2408 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2504 Zooarchaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2514 Forensic Anthropology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC2516 Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2002 Uses of the Past301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2030A Peoples and Empires in Latin America, 1492-1820s302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2037 American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2092A Europe in the Tenth Century: Continuity and Change301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2137A Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body and the Individual, 1400-1800302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2138A History of Development: Ideologies, Politics and Projects302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2184A From Conquest to Communism: Central Asia under the Russian and Soviet Empires, 1730-1945301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2208A Medieval Paris302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2209A African American History301View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2233 The British World c.1860-1975302View on ELE (current students only)
HIH2234 Sailors, Slavery and Piracy: The Atlantic World, 1600 - 1800301View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARC3000 Archaeological Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3003 Professional Placement301View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3120 Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3121 Brooches, Beads, Swords and Shields: Early Medieval Material Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3123 Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3134 Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3400 Understanding the Landscape of Roman Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3401 Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3404 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Roman and Iron Age Dacia152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3406 Medieval Castles in Context151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3408 Romanisation: Interaction, Conquest and Change in Late Iron Age and Roman Dacia152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3507 Archaeometallurgy151View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3510 Experimental Approaches to Forensic and Archaeological Investigations152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3516 Human Origins and Evolution: the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic152View on ELE (current students only)
ARC3611 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3013 France and Empire, 1756-1830: Reform, Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3014 France and Empire, 1756-1830: Reform, Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3021 China's Intellectual Elites - Ideas and Networks 1860s-1960s: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3022 China's Intellectual Elites - Ideas and Networks 1860s-1960s: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3038 The Invisible Empires: American Society and the Ku Klux Klan since 1866: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3039 The Invisible Empires: American Society and the Ku Klux Klan since 1866: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3042 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Sources)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3043 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Context)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3117 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3118 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3132 The Body in Early Modern England: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3133 The Body in Early Modern England: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3157 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3158 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3167 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India, 1915-1950: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3168 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India, 1915-1950: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3182 Critics of Empire: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3183 Critics of Empire: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3206 A New Jerusalem? Being Protestant in Post-Reformation England: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3207 A New Jerusalem? Being Protestant in Post-Reformation England: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3216 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3217 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3257 The Russian Revolution: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3258 The Russian Revolution: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3266 Magic in the Middle Ages: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3314 Governing the World: A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3316 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3317 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3318 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3319 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3322 Crusades in Christendom, 1179-1588: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3323 Crusades in Christendom, 1179-1588: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3324 Britain and Slavery: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3325 Britain and Slavery: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3326 Reform, Resistance and Revolution, 1500-1750: Histories from Below: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3327 Reform, Resistance and Revolution, 1500-1750: Histories from Below: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3410 The Great War: A Comparative History: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3411 The Great War: A Comparative History: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3617 News, Media and Communication301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3619 Sexualities301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3624 Literature, Culture and Politics in Early Modern England: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3625 Literature, Culture and Politics in Early Modern England: Context301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3626 Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3632 Violence301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3633 Revolutions301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3634 Race, Resistance and Decolonisation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3636 The Population Problem: Conservation, Eugenics and Food in the Twentieth Century (Sources)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HIH3638 God and the English, 1560-1660: Sources301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ARCM004 Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM005 Professional Skills in Archaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM007 Advanced Project152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM010 Roman Archaeology in the Digital World152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM011 Musculature Anatomy151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM012 Skeletal Anatomy151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM102A Elements of Experimental Archaeology in Practice151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM102C Experimental Archaeology in Practice 2302View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM105 Dissertation in Experimental Archaeology602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM110 Research Design in Archaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM120 Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM130 Discovering the Past with Molecular Science151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM200 Field Study152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM225 Landscape Archaeology: Understanding the Historic Environment151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM300 Material Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM403 Advanced Zooarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM405 Advanced Human Osteology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM407 Zooarchaeology151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM412 Funerary Osteoarchaeology152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM501 Researching the Historic Environment Online151View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM600 Bioarchaeology Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM602 Forensic Anthropology: Principles and Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
ARCM700 Dissertation in Roman Archaeology602View on ELE (current students only)
HISM001 Critical Approaches to Early Modern History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM002 Critical Approaches to Maritime and Naval History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM003 Critical Approaches to Imperial and Global History301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM016 Advanced Historical Research Skills301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM017 Critical Approaches to Medical Humanities301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM036 Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM041 Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM042 Working with Medieval Manuscripts and Documents302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM043 Critical Approaches to the History of Violence and Conflict301View on ELE (current students only)
HISM045 Medieval Masterclass302View on ELE (current students only)
HISM180 Dissertation in Medieval Studies602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
HISM185 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities151 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HISM186 Supervised Independent Study in the Humanities301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
HISM400 Dissertation in History602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
HISM403 Dissertation in History902 and 3View on ELE (current students only)