For the 2020-2021 Academic Year this course is being taught remotely. This means there will be no face-to-face teaching and you will not need to be present in person in Cambridge. The course content will be delivered, and the learning outcomes met, through the use of video-based teaching platforms and a dedicated course Virtual Learning Environment. ”
To transition to remote delivery of the course our academic staff are updating the course structure and timetable. This will allow the course to be academically engaging and of the quality expected from the Institute. A course guide will be available containing this detailed information no later than the end of July. Details of the Unit start dates and assignment submission deadlines are under the Teaching & Assessment tab. For an overview of the course scroll down this page.
What will I be studying?
Unit 1: Exploring the past: an introduction to archaeology
This unit introduces the essential methods and theories of archaeology. It provides a basis for understanding the development of the subject and the application of its principles to field and laboratory methods. You will learn ways of interpreting and reconstructing the past and discover techniques of dating and building chronologies.
Unit 2: Prehistoric Britain
From megaliths to round houses, this unit provides an overview of later prehistory, and discusses the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Within each time period, you will learn about daily life and technology; death and burial; ritual, settlement and landscape.
Unit 3: Historic Britain
This unit provides students with key themes and a chronological overview of Romano-British and English society from the Roman Conquest to the settlement of the Saxons. The unit focuses on the British Isles, but is firmly situated within a wider European context.
What can I go on to do?
If you wish, you can develop your studies in this subject by taking a second Certificate in Archaeology (the Undergraduate Certificate in Archaeology of the Ancient World) and then progress to an Undergraduate Diploma in Archaeology, of which there are three.
Credit awarded by the Institute may also be transferred into the degree programmes of other higher education providers. However the volume of credit and the curriculum which can be transferred into degree programmes varies from institution to institution and is always at the discretion of the receiving institution.