Anthropology & Archaeology
Anthropology is the study of human diversity around the world and studying Anthropology together with Archaeology allows you to develop an understanding of how this diversity has changed over long periods. In studying Anthropology and Archaeology, you will learn how different societies live and have lived together, and think about such topics as family, sex, religion, art, and economics, as well as gaining skills increasingly in demand in a globalised and automated world.
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Queens University Belfast |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 | Queens University Belfast |
Duration
3 years (Full Time)
Entry Requirements
Irish Leaving Certificate
H3H3H3H3H3H3/H2H3H3H3H3
Careers / Further progression
Career Prospects
Employment after the Course
Studying for an Anthropology and Archaeology degree at Queen’s will assist students in developing the core skills and employment-related experiences that are valued by employers, professional organisations and academic institutions. Anthropology and Archaeology graduates have successfully pursued careers in the following areas: consultancy, the civil service, development, NGO work, international policy, the public sector, journalism and the media, community work, creative industries, performance, heritage, museums, tourism, market research, teaching in schools and academic teaching and research.
Employment Links
Typical companies looking for graduates in this field;-
• National Trust
• Local Councils
• National Heritage organisations
• Governmental Bodies
• NGOs
• Intergovernmental organisations who may seek seek expertise about heritage & tourism, human behaviour and responses to major world challenges, such as endemic poverty, climate change and global health.
Further information
Start date: September 2024
Deadlines for on-time applications
2024 entry application deadlines
For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.
16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.
31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.
Some course providers require additional admissions tests to be taken alongside the UCAS application, and these may have a deadline. Find out more about these tests at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/admissions-tests
Check course information in the search tool to see which deadline applies to you at the application weblink below.
Apply as soon as possible: Student funding arrangements mean that as offers are made and places fill up, some courses may only have vacancies for students from certain locations. It’s therefore really important that you apply for your chosen courses by the appropriate deadlines mentioned above, as not all courses will have places for all students.
All applications received after 30 June are entered into Clearing - find out more about Clearing at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/clearing-and-results-day/what-clearing
This mutually enriching Joint Honours programme equips students in identifying historical and contemporary patterns of social organisation, human-environment relationships, ethnic and cultural divisions, varieties of inequality, and patterns of change over time across diverse societies.
The BA in Anthropology and Archaeology at Queen’s will allow you to examine some of the deepest and most pressing questions about human beings. Issues addressed in our modules include:
• What are the roots of social inequality?
• Does globalisation mean the end of cultural difference?
• Can a post-conflict society heal?
• How do societies and their environment shape each other?
• How do ritual traditions, musical performances, and art shape cultural identities?
• How do some people become willing to die for a group?
Studying Anthropology and Archaeology at Queen’s progressively develops general and specific knowledge and skills, through fieldwork, classroom modules, optional placements, overseas fieldtrips, performance ensembles, laboratory and practical work. A wide range of career options are available to our graduates, drawing on the valuable skills they develop in this course, including critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, researching, interviewing, writing, and presenting.
View the stages of this programme under "Course Content" in the course webpage - link above.
The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2023/24). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.
Year 1
Core Modules
Introduction To World Archaeology (20 credits)
Being Human: Culture and Society (20 credits)
Optional Modules
Themes in Historical Archaeology (20 credits)
Environmental Change: past, present and future (20 credits)
Europe in Prehistory (20 credits)
Archaeological Excavation (20 credits)
Ancient Humans and Landscapes (20 credits)
Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups? (20 credits)
'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology' (20 credits)
A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization (20 credits)
Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts (20 credits)
Year 2
Core Modules
Thinking through Things Theorizing Global Archaeology (20 credits)
Key Debates in Anthropology (20 credits)
Optional Modules
Ireland in Prehistory (20 credits)
Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods (20 credits)
Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world (20 credits)
Anthropology of Media (20 credits)
From St Patrick to the Plantation: The Archaeology of Historic Ireland (20 credits)
Palaeoenvironmental Techniques (20 credits)
The Archaeology of Islands (Residential Fieldtrip Module) (20 credits)
The Northern Ireland Conflict and paths to peace (20 credits)
Hanging out on Street Corners: Public and applied Anthropology (20 credits)
Human Morality (20 credits)
Archaeology in Practice (20 credits)
Year 3
Core Modules
Optional Modules
In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion (20 credits)
Human-Animal Relations: An Anthropological Perspective (20 credits)
The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display (20 credits)
Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope (20 credits)
Music, Power and Conflict (20 credits)
Independent Project (20 credits)
Critical Thinking and the Past (20 credits)
Archaeology/Palaeoecology Dissertation (40 credits)
Kingship and Religion in the First Millennium AD (20 credits)
Anthropology Dissertation (40 credits)
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece (Residential Fieldtrip Module) (20 credits)
Society, Death and Disease (20 credits)
Admissions
Tel: 028 9097 3838
Fax: 028 9097 5151
Email address: admissions@qub.ac.uk