MSc/PGDip Conflict Archaeology and Heritage
Course Overview
This MSc in Conflict Archaeology offers an interdisciplinary exploration of human conflict from prehistory to the modern day, using cutting-edge archaeological methods. The programme combines theoretical study with hands-on practical experience, including field trips to significant historical battlefields. It is designed to provide an ideal foundation for a career in conflict heritage management or further academic research.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on experience through integral field trips to iconic battlefield sites like Bannockburn and Culloden.
- Study within the internationally renowned Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, a hub of expertise and research.
- Acquire specialist skills in the management and preservation of conflict heritage sites, from battlefields to POW camps.
- Access a unique portfolio of research materials, artefacts, and specialist archives for your studies.
- Excellent platform for progression into PhD study or careers in archaeology, heritage, museums, and government agencies.
Course Overview
This MSc in Conflict Archaeology offers an interdisciplinary exploration of human conflict from prehistory to the modern day, using cutting-edge archaeological methods. The programme combines theoretical study with hands-on practical experience, including field trips to significant historical battlefields. It is designed to provide an ideal foundation for a career in conflict heritage management or further academic research.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on experience through integral field trips to iconic battlefield sites like Bannockburn and Culloden.
- Study within the internationally renowned Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, a hub of expertise and research.
- Acquire specialist skills in the management and preservation of conflict heritage sites, from battlefields to POW camps.
- Access a unique portfolio of research materials, artefacts, and specialist archives for your studies.
- Excellent platform for progression into PhD study or careers in archaeology, heritage, museums, and government agencies.
Requirements
Modules
- Research and Professional Skills
- The Art of War: Concepts and Theories
- Method and Practice in Conflict Heritage
- British Battlefields: Analysis and Cultural Resource Management
- Modern Warfare: 19th and 20th Century Warfare
- Geographical Information Systems in Archaeology
- Independent Study Project
- Cloth and Clothing
- Archaeology, Games and Interactive Medi
- Landscape Archaeologies
- Contemporary and future archaeologies
- Kingdoms and societies in northern Britain AD 400-800 Masters
- Environmental Archaeology; plants, animals and people
- Reassembling the Artefacts
- Landscape and Environment in Gaelic Scotland
- Heritage Material Science
- Pottery Skills: understanding Archaeology's most common material
- Decolonising the Heritage of Slavery and Colonialism
