BSc (Hons) Evolutionary Anthropology
Course Overview
This unique multidisciplinary programme is the only one of its kind in the UK, offering an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human through the lens of evolutionary anthropology. You will study the archaeology of human evolution, palaeoanthropology, and primatology, with the flexibility to focus your studies and incorporate modules from Biology, Psychology, and Earth Sciences. The course includes significant fieldwork components and offers an optional Year in China for a truly global academic experience.
Key Program Highlights
- The only course of its kind in the UK, offering a unique multidisciplinary approach.
- Study the three core areas of evolutionary anthropology: human evolution archaeology, palaeoanthropology, and primatology.
- Gain hands-on experience with four weeks of mandatory fieldwork, including a departmental field school.
- Opportunity to participate in overseas research excavations in locations like Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria, and Southern Africa.
- Optional Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) to enhance your global perspective.
Course Overview
This unique multidisciplinary programme is the only one of its kind in the UK, offering an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human through the lens of evolutionary anthropology. You will study the archaeology of human evolution, palaeoanthropology, and primatology, with the flexibility to focus your studies and incorporate modules from Biology, Psychology, and Earth Sciences. The course includes significant fieldwork components and offers an optional Year in China for a truly global academic experience.
Key Program Highlights
- The only course of its kind in the UK, offering a unique multidisciplinary approach.
- Study the three core areas of evolutionary anthropology: human evolution archaeology, palaeoanthropology, and primatology.
- Gain hands-on experience with four weeks of mandatory fieldwork, including a departmental field school.
- Opportunity to participate in overseas research excavations in locations like Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria, and Southern Africa.
- Optional Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) to enhance your global perspective.
Requirements
Modules
- Principles of Archaeology
- The Origins of Humanity
- The Practice of Archaeology
- Introduction to Bioanthropology
- Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology
- Empires and Citizens: The Classical Mediterranean and the Near East
- From Individuals to Ecosystem
- Visual Culture
- Ecology and Conservation
- Evolution of the Human Mind
- Working with the Past
- The Archaeology of the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe
- Human Osteoarchaeology
- Human Origins: Archaeology of the Early and Middle Pleistocene
- Plants and People in the Past: Method and Practice of Archaeobotany
- Nomads: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Eurasia
- Animal Behaviour
- Changing Environments
- Placement Year Preparation
- Death and Mortuary Practices
- Artefacts and Technology
- Old Worlds and Work Futures: Placements in Ace
- Dissertation
- Archaeology and Heritage in Contemporary Society: Ethical and Political Issues
- Palaeolithic Art in Europe
- The Origins of Agriculture and Sedentism in the Near East
- Archaeomaterials: Analytical Methods and Practical Analysis
- The Body in Motion: Musculoskeletal Functioning in Health, Performance and Disease
- Biblical Archaeology
- The Celts (Iron Age Europe and the Mediterranean)
- Archaeology in the Anthropocene
- Past, Present and Future: Global Questions and Insights from the Past
- Current Topics in Animal Behaviour
- Becoming Human
