Explore humanity from its earliest origins to the cultures and societies of today with our BA Archaeology and Anthropology degree. Reading is ranked in the top 10 UK universities for Archaeology (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2021). This joint honours course combines archaeology’s examination of material evidence from our past and present with anthropology’s focus on human development and contemporary cultures and societies. Studying these two disciplines together allows you insight and understanding of what it means to be human. This understanding will be crucial in addressing issues critical to our shared global future, including: - the relationship between humans and environmental change - inequality, migration and identity - population growth and development - human diets and health - politics, economics and sustainability. By examining human development, behaviour and different cultures, you will better understand the roots of these issues, and learn how other societies have tackled comparable problems – and how contemporary societies are addressing them now. Using methodological approaches from the sciences, social sciences and humanities, you will examine the diversity of human experience. You will learn about the biological evolution of our earliest ancestors, the pre-historical and historical development of different cultures, and present-day ways of life and social issues. During your studies you will analyse: - material culture - biological evidence - ethnographic evidence - theoretical and empirical perspectives from the past and present. Your studies will encompass ethnographic approaches and case studies, and the study of social and scientific archaeology, including: - the investigation of artefacts recovered through excavation - the study of human bones (including osteology and palaeopathology) - the study of plant and animal remains - human-environment interaction - how climate and environmental change have affected lives past and present - religious, social, economic and political diversity around the world. On this course you will learn through a combination of field classes and fieldwork projects, lectures and seminars, laboratory and other practical work, and placements. Depending on your module choices, methods of assessment can range from fieldwork diaries and laboratory-based practical tests to article critiques and presentations.

Archaeology Today: Methods and Practice; Revolutions in Human Behaviour: 4 Million Years BC to the Present; Forensic Anthropology and the Archaeology of Death; Contemporary World Cultures: An Introduction to Social Anthropology; Contemporary Issues in Human Geography; Archaeology and Heritage: Past, Present and Future; Changing the Face of the Earth: Archaeology, Climate and Sustainability; Professional Practice; Culture, Identity and Place; Dissertation.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: VL46

Institution code: R12

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Year 1

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Contextual offers for this programme are typically two grades beneath our standard entry requirement, e.g. BCC.

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Student satisfaction : 89%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 90%

Go onto work and study: 95%

England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
EU	19500.0	Year 1
International	19500.0	Year 1

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