Higher Diploma in Arts (Archaeology) 2010-2011
A one-year full-time programme for non-Archaeology graduates
This is a programme of study for individuals who already have a degree, preferably in the area of Arts or Sciences, and who wish to study archaeology intensively over one academic year.
The programme is designed for those who:
• Have an active interest in archaeology and are prepared to undertake a full-time course of study.
• Are currently employed in some branch of archaeology and wish to obtain an academic qualification in the subject.
• Require a conversion course to apply for postgraduate study such as the one year MA degree course or the MPhil/PhD at UCC. Note, however, that completion of the Higher Diploma course does not guarantee a place on a postgraduate course.
Courses
This is a full-time programme over one academic year during which the student will take courses in Archaeology to the equivalent of 60 credits.
The programme is made up of modules from the Second and Third Year programmes in the undergraduate BA degree.
Students are required to take core modules to a value of 15 credits. The remaining 45 credits will be chosen by the student in consultation with the Higher Diploma Co-ordinator, having regard to timetable constraints and suitability of course combinations.
Students with little previous knowledge of archaeology are strongly advised to audit all or part of the First Year archaeology course (AR1001), or other introductory courses in archaeology that may be available.
Closing date for applications is 1st September.
HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ARCHAEOLOGY, 2010/11
60 credits required
Important: The course programme is subject to change at the department’s discretion
Core (compulsory) modules (15 credits required):
AR2016 The Development of Archaeological Thought (5 credits)
AR2030 Archaeological Field-Survey (10 credits)
Further Modules (45 credits required)
Students must choose nine 5-credit modules from the following list:
AR2014 Artefact Studies
AR2027 The Archaeology of the Viking Age: Scandinavia and the North Atlantic
AR2032 Foragers to Farmers: the Early Prehistory of Europe
AR2033 Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Europe
AR2034 The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland
AR2035 The Archaeology of Later- and Post-Medieval Ireland
AR2037 Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
AR2038 Human Remains for Archaeologists
AR2039 Archaeological Geophysics and Underwater Archaeology
AR2040 Industrial Archaeology
AR3016 Early Agriculture in Ireland
AR3021 Prehistoric Society in Ireland
AR3024 Celticism
AR3031 Archaeological Ceramics
AR3032 Urban Archaeology
AR3035 The Palaeolithic of Eurasia
AR3036 Neolithic Origins in the Near East, Anatolia and Eurasia
AR3037 Viking Age Archaeology in Ireland and Britain
AR3038 Technology and Society in Medieval Europe
AR3041 Introduction to Archaeological Excavation
Closing Date for Applications: 1 September 2010
Application and Course Information see
http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKA03/
Application queries should be directed to Postgraduate Admissions, UCC,
Tel. 00353214902645: e-mail m.coakley@ucc.ie
Contact the Department of Archaeology for further information
E-mail archaeology@ucc.ie, Phone. +353214904048
Course Co-ordinator: Professor William O'Brien w.obrien@ucc.ie
