Overview
Within this Archaeology and History BA degree from the University of Reading
You’ll gain an awareness of the development of differing values, systems and societies, working to address issues critical to our shared global future – including human diets and health, environmental change, inequality, migration and identity.
In your archaeological studies, you’ll study material remains to uncover our human past, from as early as the first hominins millions of years ago. Your historical studies will then take you on a journey through Britain, Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East and South Asia, spanning the past thousand years. You’ll interrogate historical records and explore visual and material culture through texts, paintings, photographs, films and oral sources.
Through the lens of these two complementary subjects, you’ll gain a richer, more holistic understanding of our shared human past, balancing your critical evaluation of historical sources against the physical evidence of lived experience provided by archaeological finds.
Career opportunities:
Your BA Archaeology and History degree will equip you with a broad range of subject-specific and transferable skills, spanning the humanities and sciences. As well as writing, communicating, presenting, problem-solving, research and analytical skills, you’ll become adept at formulating and articulating fact-based arguments, and the ability to empathise with others from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs.
This will enable you to seek employment in different sectors, including:
- archaeology, culture and heritage
- education sectors
- media and publishing
- information services
- business, consulting and management
- marketing, advertising, and PR
- public sector (from formulating policies in central government to working with charities or for the intelligence services)
- insurance
- law.
Previous graduates have gone on to work with organisations including:
- Aether DroneWorks
- Museum of London Archaeology
- Merlin Entertainments
- Jigsaw School
- Coca-Cola European Partners
- the British Army
- BBC News
- KPMG
- Price Forbes & Partners
- Department for Education
- Deloitte
- the National Trust
- NHS.
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future
- People, Power and Revolution: Political Culture in Seventeenth-century England
- Hollywood Histories: Film and the Past
- Europe in the Twentieth Century
- Medieval Medicine
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Please be aware that some of our courses may be full after the January UCAS deadline, so we recommend early applications where possible.
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Credits
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Campus Location
- Reading, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Archaeology History View 163 other Bachelors in Archaeology in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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General requirements
- Typical offer
BBB, including grade B in A level History, Ancient History, or Classical Civilisation.
- International Baccalaureate
30 points overall including higher level History at grade 5
- Extended Project Qualification
In recognition of the excellent preparation that the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) provides to students for University study, we can now include achievement in the EPQ as part of a formal offer.
- BTEC Extended Diploma
DDM (modules taken must be comparable to A level subjects specified)
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Applies to youNon-residents25850 GBP / year≈ 25850 GBP / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents9790 GBP / year≈ 9790 GBP / year
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