Course Overview

• Take the degree as a BA or BSc according to whether you prefer an arts-based or scientific route. Everyone studies the same first year, so it’s easy to transfer from one to the other. 

• Become a highly skilled practitioner experienced in all forms of landscape survey, remote sensing, excavation, and recording 

• Learn through expert-led lectures, seminars, and an exciting range of relevant fieldwork opportunities all over the UK

• Undertake a five-week or optional 30-week work placement; you may participate in excavations organized by our dynamic team of archaeologists. 

• Attend BU’s Field School, a large-scale accurate site excavation where students have discovered significant finds that have changed the way we view the past

• The course received a 90% satisfaction rating from our final-year students.

General Eligibility

This course requires 104–120 UCAS tariff points, including a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent. We are happy to consider a combination of qualifications and grades to meet the overall tariff, for example, A-levels A*CC, ABC, BBB or BCC, BTECs DDM, or DMM.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in either reading or writing and 5.5 in all other components or equivalent.