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The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is a truly unique university in a beautiful and distinctive setting. Saint David’s College Lampeter, from where Trinity Saint David’s originates, was founded in 1822 and is thus the oldest degree granting institution in England and Wales apart from Oxford and Cambridge. Set around the beautiful nineteenth-century St David’s Building, the University combines a long academic tradition stretching back nearly two hundred years with a highly creative and innovative approach to teaching.

The University has a series of dynamic campuses that offer a wide range of courses. The Lampeter campus delivers courses in the Humanities. The most distinctive feature of the campus is its size, with around 1000 undergraduates. This is perhaps our greatest attraction and strength; we are small enough to care and to give time for everybody. There is little chance of feeling adrift or lonely in a university that enjoys such a strong sense of community. No-one gets lost in the crowd. In an age of ever larger institutions, the human scale of Trinity Saint David offers an enriching experience both in personal and academic terms.

The School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology is composed of three disciplines

History is the oldest discipline offered by the School having been established at Lampeter in 1884 by the famous medieval historian, T.F.Tout (who went on to found the History Department at the University of Manchester). This makes it one of the oldest History Departments in the UK. The Department quickly gained an international reputation, in a variety of areas and fields, from a history of the British Empire to the Medieval monastic orders. Today the School specialises in the history of the medieval period and Modern history of the post 1789 period. Archaeology was first taught on the Lampeter campus in 1968, out of a fusion of expertise within the Departments of Classics and Geography. Such was its popularity that by the early 1990s Archaeology

had grown into the biggest Department on campus, with an ever-strengthening international reputation as registered by the Government’s periodic research assessment exercises (at the last such exercise 55% of the teaching staff were graded to be of world leading and international standing).

Anthropology was added to the School in the mid 1990s, and as such is the youngest of the 3 disciplines offered by the School. As a result of its relative youth, anthropology delivered at UWTSD has a stimulating fusion of traditional and innovative teaching methods. Moreover with an energetic team of internationally acknowledged lecturers anthropology at Lampeter is forging forward with a suite of new, contemporary and globally relevant degrees. We are the only University in Wales to offer Anthropology and the programme is ranked 10th within the United Kingdom.

Your University Your School

88% of our 3rd year students were

extremely satisfied with the overall performance

of our School


You will learn in a friendly atmosphere that is conducive to study. This means small-group teaching and a great deal of personal attention, in a manner that simply cannot be offered at most other larger Universities.

As a student on you will be given strong academic support, both in individual tutorials and in the appointment of a personal tutor to whom you can turn when problems of an academic or more personal nature arise. Staff-student relations are friendly, informal and relaxed. A Staff-Student Committee, comprising all staff meets regularly with student representatives meets to discuss student ideas and practical suggestions concerning course organization. Everything is done to ensure high standards of teaching and effective methods of learning, and to maintain a relaxed and informal atmosphere in which study may flourish.

Teaching methods are designed to provide interest, variety and academic curiosity. Seminars are our principal means of teaching and are designed to develop a detailed knowledge of a more specialized academic problem through working in small groups. They are supported by workshops, lectures, field trips, revision and study groups. We are also able to offer, (almost uniquely now given the size of other Universities) one-to-one tutorials with your tutor in which you can discuss aspects of your on written work such as help with the structuring of essays, or writing technique or feedback advice on a specific assignment. However, perhaps the most distinctive feature is the close and harmonious relationship between staff and students, which arises from the unique nature and size of this small traditional university. This means that we can help you to study effectively, giving the time and attention to develop and hone your academic skills.

Your Learning Environment

Integral to high quality teaching are the high quality learning resources on the Lampeter campus. Students have access to a range of electronic learning resources, computer labs and campus-wide access to wifi. Archaeologists enjoy a suite of purpose built laboratories for bone, soil and pollen sampling, forensic research, dendrochronology, and post-excavation analysis and storage.

Students are also fortunate to have access to the Roderic Bowen Research Centre Library containing a

rich and unique collection of books and source materials (some 20,000 in all), that includes: a vulgate Bible c.1279, vari-ous illuminated Medieval manuscripts, early printed books, political and religious pamphlets from the C16th to the C19th, and a unique collection of C18th travel books and atlas’ collected by Sir Thomas Phillips (above is taken from Viscount Kingsborough, An-tiquities of Mexico, (London,1831). This is a truly unique collection of resources which students from all subject areas and disciplines have access to for projects and dissertations.

Your Learning ResourcesAll students will have the opportunity to undertake fieldwork of some sort. This may be as a volunteer on a variety of Archaeological digs the School are part of (left is a dig in Qatar), or Anthropological fieldwork at a local Monastery or archival research and palaeographical analysis in the special collections of the University archives, held in the Roderic Bowen Research Centre (see below).

At Lampeter we are well placed to make regular field trips to places of interest, in order to encourage you to use your eyes, and to see and question the environment and cultures around you.

Visits and field trips over the last academic year have included trips to Tenby and Manorbier, Kidwelly and Dinefwr Castles, and the recreated Iron Age camp of Castell Henllys. Every summer the School takes its Archaeology students to the ruined Cistercian site of Strata Florida, where they spend several weeks excavating the site then analyzing post-excavation finds. Last year we held two student conferences in North Wales, one for Anthropology students and the other for Medieval Studies. There are also various trips to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, and visits to Welsh abbeys of Tintern, Margam and Neath.

All students have the opportunity to take a work placement module in the second year of study. The work placement could be in any sector or employment the student wishes to arrange. Alternatively the School will help arrange a placement in a School or local museum where it has a collaborative agreement. Study Abroad is open to students studying either a BA or BSc degree. We have links in the USA, Canada, China and Europe. Students can choose between a year or a semester abroad.

Fieldtrips and Fieldwork92% of anthropology students

thought their degree was intellectually

stimulating


Your Tutors are all recognized experts in their chosen field of study. They all are research active, whether that be fieldwork in Qatar or Cyprus or anthropological studies of local markets, or medieval manuscript research at the Bodleian Library. All tutors publish the results of their research in books or as articles for academic journals.

They also give talks and speeches at conferences or at public events. Research and scholarship are vital to the teaching process offering students learning that is expert driven, that engages them at the cutting edge of inquiry and takes them to a depth and understanding that they will not have encountered at School or College.

Tutors are dedicated to teaching and developing a student’s passion for learning. The student voice is central to that learning process and our aim is to encourage it, through small class seminars and tutorials, and through an ongoing dialogue. It is a very distinctive and personalised way of learning that we believe, prepares students for life after graduation.

Your Tutors

Our students come from all types of background and age group, and from all parts of the United Kingdom, thus making for a rich and diverse student body that we are immensely proud of. The School also recognizes that people with special needs have the right to equal opportunity in Higher Education and we therefore welcome applicants from students with physical or sensory impairment, dyslexia or chronic illness. We think UWTSD at Lampeter is a special place to study, but don’t take our word for it.

‘They (tutors) are always there if you need them. Although there is the obvious formal boundary between staff and students, it is very easy to talk to the staff, and effort is made to make lectures as informal as possible’. 2nd Year, BA Medieval Studies

‘It immediately became untouchable as my first choice University. The small obviously close-knit style of the University, combined with the informal, relaxed approach suited my needs right down to the ground’. 3rd Year Anthropology

‘My great-grandfather was actually a Lampeter History student so I thought I would have a look at the prospectus. Upon reading the course outline and the unique little town full of students in the middle of nowhere, I thought it was somewhere I had to investigate. As soon as I visited on the Open day, with the sun shinning… I was entirely sold on the place’. 3rd Year, History & Anthropology

‘The unquestionable strength lies in the fact that students are not anonymous names and statistics to lecturers, and that the School clearly take an active interest in ensuring that student needs are catered for as fully as possible’. 3rd Year, History

‘The School was extremely welcoming, informative and helpful; it was very comforting on being new to the place’. 1st Year, BA Archaeology

How do I know UWTSD Lampeter is for me?

100% of our 3rd year Ancient History

and Archaeology students found the course was

intellectually stimulating

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A degree in one of our programs of study offers students a fascinating and enjoyable three years exploring a variety of human societies and cultures, from the past and of the present, from across the world and from a range of different intellectual positions and directions. Such an exploration will enable you to acquire a range of intellectual and personal skills, as well as

self-confidence and the capacity to work independently or as the member of a team. You will develop powers of analysis, logical thought and argument within a supportive and encouraging environment. In the end it will be these skills of communication, understanding, analysis and self-management that provide you with a passport into employment.

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Your Future

AccommodationThe Lampeter campus is fortunate in having little difficulty in accommodating its students with about 60% living in University accommodation on campus. Compared to other Universities its rates are amongst the most competitive in the UK. Those students who prefer to live in the town or in the surrounding countryside and villages can usually find suitable shared houses or cottages. We accommodate first year students on campus with many rooms available for second and third years.

If you require accommodation on campus, please download the application form and return it as soon as possible to the address on the form. Naturally those students who give a ‘firm’ acceptance to the University will get the first choice of the range of accommodation. University accommodation consists of about 15 different Halls of Residence ranging in size from 6/7 roomed houses to halls with from 75 rooms. Most of the rooms are self-catering and many of the rooms have en-suite facilities.

For further details please see www.tsd.ac.uk/studentservices/lampetercampus/accommodation

We can offer accommodation for students with a disability in our en-suite halls and have a number of suites in Lloyd Thomas Hall with facilities such as accessible bathrooms andvariegated height work surfaces etc.Students with special needs should contact the Accommodation Officer with details of their requirements at the earliest opportunity.

“Our Halls ofResidence offer competitive

value for money. For exampleat 2015-16 prices a standard

self-catering room wouldbe £68 per week; self-catering ensuite accommodation would

be £84 per week”

All our Halls of Residence are based on the

campus and are safe, affordable and within a two minute walk of lecture halls and seminar rooms.

All first year students are guaranteed a place in one of

our Halls of Residence.


Students are also fortunate to have access to the Roderic Bowen Research Centre Library containing a rich and unique collection of books and source materials (some 20,000 in all), that includes: a vulgate Bible c.1279, various illuminated Medieval manuscripts, early printed books, political and religious pamphlets from the C16th to the C19th, and a unique collection of C18th travel books

and atlas’ collected by Sir Thomas Phillips (above is taken from Viscount Kingsborough, Antiquities of Mexico, (London,1831).

This is a truly unique collection of resources which students from all subject areas and disciplines have access to for projects and dissertations. Above right is an illustration taken from one such illuminated Medieval Manuscript.

The Roderic Bowen Library

Academic Excellence Awards

A number of awards of up to £1,000 area available to high achieving students entering Trinity Saint David, based on their UCAS tariff score.

Trinity Saint David Bursary

The University has a number of bursaries worth up to £1,000 which are targeted at full-time students from low income households (for further information, visit www.mantais.ac.uk).

Educational Vouchers

After commencing your course at University, you can apply for educational vouchers of up to £100 for a range of course-based and extra-curricular activities including study visits, voice and instrumental coaching, sports equipment and special clothing, international exchanges, and conferences.

Study Abroad Bursary

This bursary of up to £200 is available to all full-time undergraduate studentsundertaking a full semester of study abroad.

Internships

After you commence your course, you may apply for a bursary to enable you to work during your summer holidays. You can get up to £1,000 to work in a company or organisation related to your degree studies - giving our CV an extra boost!

Residential Bursaries

A number of residential bursaries of up to £400 are available to full fee-paying students. These bursaries are means-tested.

Scholarships and Bursaries

BA Heritage Studies 14

BA Ancient Civilisations 16

BA Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East 18

BA Archaeology and Anthropology 20

BA History 22

BA Conflict and War 24

BA Ancient History and Archaeology 26

BA Archaeology 28

BA Anthropology 30

BA Applied Anthropology 32

BA Medieval Studies 34

BA Modern Historical Studies 36

BA Archaeology with Forensic Studies 38

BA Nautical Archaeology 40

BA Archaeology Professional Practice 42

BA Environmental Archaeology 44

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Our Courses


BA Heritage Studies UCAS Code: 3B5D

Heritage at UWTSD Lampeter is an ideally situated programme of study for students to undertake. The local area is uniquely rich in heritage sites and remains, from Castles, tombs and Cromlechs, to museums, churches, battlefields and pre-historic forts – indeed the campus has at its heart a C11th Motte and Baliey structure.

Within this environment students are introduced to Heritage as a concern for the past, both imagined and constructed by the present, but set within a wider appreciation for the future. The past as Heritage embraces the tangible surroundings of landscape, art, building and architecture, written traces, manuscripts and archives, alongside the more intangible

aspects of heritage such as a sense of place, identity, cultural space and resonance, or a locus of ritual, festivals and social memory. The past as Heritage is a contested field and practice, concerned with issues of interpretation and representation and thus set within a wider framework of social needs and obligations. Yet Heritage is also a resource and product, an ‘industry’ interwoven into the economic life of community and state, shaped by decisions of conservation and preservation, and directed through a network of overlapping political, legal and institutional ambitions and priorities.

The programme will explore these broad questions about heritage, and in the process suitably equip

students for a career within the heritage industries, be that within a museum, archive, castle, heritage site, a re-enactment group or within a Heritage-related agency such as the National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw. Indeed the programme emphasises the development of transferable employment skills through two work placements that students undertake in their second and third years. Moreover the programme benefits from the University having its own museum, where students can put on displays and gain valuable work experience, and its own unique archives collection which includes the special collections of over 35,000 printed works, 8 medieval manuscripts, around 100 post medieval manuscripts, and 69 incunabula.

Typical modules

Heritage and the Heritage Industry

Museums, Heritage and Community

Culture, Heritage and Arts Management

Exhibiting Egypt: digitising material culture

Digital approaches to nautical archaeology:

Newport ship project as a case study

Museums, representation and identity

Why not study Heritage as a joint honours programme with History or Archaeology or with Ancient History. Alternatively you can take it alongside a new computer based pathway with Heritage Studies with Digital Humanities or you can specialise in Heritage studies with Museums and Archives (OC3W) or even Heritage studies with Nautical Archaeology (3B5N)

Students can study Heritage as a single honours programme (3B5D) or as a joint with another subject such as History, English, Archaeology, Medieval Studies, Ancient History, Philosophy or Religious Studies. Alternatively they can take it with a particular focus and specialism such as Heritage Studies with Archives and Museums and Heritage Studies with Nautical Archaeology. Or they can take a more business-orientated approach to Heritage with Heritage Management, alongside their chosen Humanities subject

(details are to be found at www.uwtsd.ac.uk/undergraduate/).

Joint Honours Programmes


BA Ancient Civilisations UCAS Code: V901

From Greece to China and from Egypt to Mesoamerica, the Ancient Civilisations degree provides you with a thorough grounding in civilisations from around the globe. The interdisciplinary nature of this course provides you with the skills and knowledge to pursue the career of your choice.

In the first year, you will explore the variety and diversity of ancient societies, through their archaeology, texts, histories and mythologies in a series of introductory modules. Museum trips and research projects allow you to investigate these cultures first hand. In the second and third year, you will deepen your knowledge of these civilisations through a combination of wide-ranging modules and more focused specialist modules.

You will investigate how the past is captured, interpreted and communicated through visits to archives or museums and through an examination of various case studies and or analyses of film, TV and other media.

You will be encouraged to develop your specific interests within three major areas, choosing from a range of options specialising in ancient religions, ancient texts or life and death in the ancient world. The culmination of the degree is the dissertation, where students are free to pursue a topic of their choice, and the special subject, based upon the tutor’s own research and publication specialism. Teaching generally takes place in small groups allowing for interaction, discussion and close support from tutors.

Course Length

3 years full-time; part-time study available

Typical modules

Pharaohs, Phoenicians and Peoples of the Sea

Introduces students to some of the key civilizations of the ancient Near East. The module explores the rise of urban civilizations and state systems in the East Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Aegean and the Levant.

Exhibiting Egypt:

The module will introduce the students to the key issues of setting up (online) exhibitions and covering all stages of preparation, management , display and creation with special focus on Ancient Egypt as its predominant theme.

What Makes Civilisation?

Explores through various case studies, the indispensable features of the phenomenon “civilisation” and will enable the student for their comparative studies of ancient civilisations. The module investigates the relevance of social constructs as religion, state, kingship, elite culture, literacy/orality, cultural memory etc. in theory and applied to specific cultures, primarily drawn from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the East Mediterranean.

Origins and Innovations

Explores the context of various innovations in ideas and material culture in the archaeological record and introduces students to the origins of key developments in past societies: amongst them the origins of agriculture, sedentism, urbanism, state and technologies. These particular case studies are integral to a study of the ancient Near East.


BA Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East UCAS Code: 59B2

The BA programme in the Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East, is a unique and absorbing degree that introduces students to popular subjects of archaeology, with lasting resonance and importance for contemporary society. The programme will offer students the opportunity to specialise in the archaeology of ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East, with particular focus on the period from the Bronze Age to the end of the Roman Empire, and with reference to a range of different archaeological remains, sites and evidence. Students will study various aspects of the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean world (which includes Egypt, Ancient Near East, Levant, Cyprus) with all its rich variety of cultures, ritual, legends and histories, economies.

The programme offers a particular emphasis on the practical exploration of material culture from the region, supported by the School’s Material Culture collection and Ancient Egyptian Collection, part of an agreement with the collection held by Cyfartha Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. Students will also be offered several opportunities to undertake fieldtrips and to undertake a practical engagement with the archaeological fieldwork experience.

The Programme of Study draws on the expertise of lecturers in the School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, whose research is focussed upon two key areas of focus: a specialisation in the archaeologies of ancient Egypt (with a focus on the Pharaonic

material) and a focus upon the Near East (encompassing Mesopotamia, Cyprus, the Levant and the Aegean). In addition the programme enjoys close links with the School of Classics and its expertise in ancient Greek and Roman gardens, Cleopatra’s daughter, trade routes in the Levant and central Asia, and the archaeology of what today would be modern Turkey.

Ancient Egyptian Culture

Alternatively students might like to focus on ancient Egypt which they can by combining a minor element of Ancient Egyptian Culture with either Classical Studies (4H25), Archaeology (O9C3) or Ancient History (2M6D)

Typical modules

Hieroglyphs, Text and Society

Examines the relationship between the archaeology and history of the ancient world, through the medium of ancient texts (and studies how textual and archaeological evidence have been used contiguously and separately to write histories of past cultures. The emphasis is on the Bronze Age scripts from Mesopotamia, the Near East, Egypt and the Aegean. The students analyse texts in translation, to allow them to evaluate the usefulness and problems of this type of source for the study of the ancient world. The students are also introduced to Egyptian hieroglyphs as a particular case study.

Funerary Belief in Ancient Egypt

Introduces students to the key elements and concepts of ancient Egyptian funerary beliefs as part of the religious thinking of the ancient Egyptians. The course is structured systematically and covers all periods of the Egyptian history with emphasis on the New Kingdom and Ptolemaic Egypt (c. 1550–1069 BC and 332–30 BC respectively) as they offer the most material evidence for these beliefs. Pharaohs, Phoenicians and Peoples of the Sea and Hieroglyphs, Text and Society are pre-requisites for this module and provide the necessary knowledge base.

Exhibiting Egypt

The module will introduce the students to the key issues of setting up (online) exhibitions and covering all stages of preparation, management , display and creation with special focus on Ancient Egypt as its predominant theme.


BA Archaeology and Anthropology UCAS Code: LVQ4

This degree offers the student a stimulating combination of two challenging but exciting disciplines in one pathway. With archaeology looking back into the deep and recent past, and anthropology exploring the present and commenting on the future, both merge to construct a holistic view of the human experience. Opting for this scheme directs the student to a broader knowledge base and an interdisciplinary exploration of what it means to be human.

Archaeology and anthropology have traditionally been taught separately in British universities; however, this division looks increasingly restrictive in the light of current global issues. To be able to comment on humanity’s future, knowledge of both human

development and our current state needs to be addressed. Consequently, this blended degree path offers a wonderful opportunity to take part in the inspiring and relevant convergence between two key disciplines in the Humanities.

During your study time you will consider the chief historical developments that have transformed human expression; explore the significance of environmental factors in human social lives across the ages; investigate the growth and progression of human social structures such as: the family, politics, trading and religion; and learn about how the ‘things’ humans construct embody social and individual values and their makers’ beliefs about what it means to be

alive. In addition, you will become proficient in both archaeological and anthropological methods. This means you will develop a number of valuable practical and research skills that will be transferable to a wide variety of career paths.

Course Length


Typical modules

Interactions with the Environment Using an exciting, interactive and interdisciplinary approach, this module explores the processes and meanings associated with how (and why) the human animal transforms matter into ‘things’. One could argue that remodeling the environment into tools represents humanity’s greatest achievement; making ‘stuff’ has enabled technological development and the diversity of cultural expression too. But increasingly, and in association with current global conditions, scholars are calling for reexamination of human engagements with the environment, and so, in association with these calls, this module

supports the student to reconsider how humanity should understand and interact with their environment.

Human Evolution:

The module will provide a broadly based understanding for students of the evolutionary origins of humans with a specific focus on our hunter-gathering past. It will explore such notions as, is hunter-gathering a ‘natural’ state for humans, is there such a thing as a hunter-gathering phase within our evolutionary trajectory. The module uses both archaeological and anthropological approaches to explore both past and present hunter-gathers.

Water and Society

The module introduces students to the systems of irrigation and water management of Maya city-states. It proceeds to examine the control of water under imperial conditions: the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica, the Tiwanaku and Inka Empires in the Andes. Special attention is given to debates over the extent to which water control was centralized or decentralized. Finally the module examines water use in contemporary peasant and urban societies. The module addresses organizational issues concerning the exploitation of water in the landscape as well as factors concerning water as a communal resource or a privatized resource.


BA HistoryUCAS Code: V100

MHist Integrated Masters in HistoryUCAS Code: N2B1

The History degree provides a thorough grounding in the full range, methodologies and practices of the discipline of History.

In the first year, you will be introduced to new areas of study through an examination of various historical case studies and exploration of the historic environment, field trips and research projects, and by investigating how the past is captured, made and communicated through visits to archives or museums or analyses of film, TV and other media. In the second and third years, you will deepen your knowledge of the past through a combination of wide ranging modules, that survey long periods

of time, and more focused, topic-centred specialist modules. This combination is extensive and covers all interests and preferences from, for example, studies of the Crusades to Modern America, from Henry I and the Wars of the Roses to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and from the Holocaust to Post-War Britain.

The culmination of the degree is the dissertation, where you will be free to pursue a topic of your choice, and the special subject, based upon the tutor’s own research and publication specialism. Teaching generally takes place in small groups allowing for interaction, discussion and close support from your tutors.

You might also consider our innovative four year Masters of History (MHist) which enables you to build on your interest in History at masters level by working on advanced topics of your choice. This programme is funded in the same way as undergraduate degrees.

Course Length


Typical modules

The Holocaust

Crusaders and Heretics

The Enlightenment, 1700-1820

Medieval Europe: from Charlemagne to the hundred years War

Modern America

History and theory of Genocide

Wars of the Roses

The Bomb: a Nuclear History

History also works well as a joint honours programme or as a major / minor subject. For example, you can study History and Anthropology or History and Archaeology, History and English or History and Religious Studies. History also works well with other less traditional subjects. For example, History with Education Studies (VL14) a good programme if you are thinking of then going on to take a PGCE with an eye on a possible career in education.

Alternatively, if you like coding, computers, and web design why not study History with Digital Humanities (39B2) or if museums, archives and the built heritage that lies all around us is your thing, History and Heritage Studies (529B) or History with Heritage Management (T921) would be good options.

Joint honours programmes'


BA Conflict and War UCAS Code: 9C3R

This unique programme, a BA in Conflict and War, introduces students to the study of war across a variety of time periods, topics, subject areas and disciplines, from the Battles of Alexander the Great to Nuclear Strategy during the Cold War, or from the expansion of the Roman Empire, to the nature of Terrorism in modern society. The programme offers a very broad but rich engagement with a phenomenon that perhaps more than anything else has shaped (and continues to shape) the course and direction of states, societies, economies and peoples. The programme is able to draw upon a wide collection of tutors and specialist areas of research from across the Faculty, organised

around the core theme of war and warfare. Thus the programme brings together lecturers from the subjects of History, Ancient History, Archaeology, Medieval Studies, English, Theology and Philosophy, into a wide-ranging and fascinating course of study.

A degree in Conflict and War will provide students with access to and knowledge of the development of methods, approaches, and reactions to war across a large span of human history. It will equip students with a thorough knowledge of the political, military, economic, social and cultural history related to human conflicts, and the opportunity to explore conceptions of war, strategy and conflict through

the focus of philosophy and ethics, literature, and religious enquiry. The programme will make good use of the various resources and materials available in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archive, in addition to fieldtrips where students may be required to analyse the display of war memorabilia, or deconstruct meaning and significance of various Great War memorials, or assess notions of empire and warfare through an exhibition at local military museums, or perhaps evaluate conflicting interpretations of the Wars of the Roses at the Bosworth Field visitor centre.

Typical modules

Warfare: Theory, Strategy and Ethics

War in History

The Rise of Rome: Studies in Roman Imperialism

Medieval Castles in Context

The Bomb – A History of the Ultimate Weapon

Sparta: An Extraordinary City

War, Politics and Society, 1774-1945

Knights and Castles

Terrorism

Armies and Navies: Studies in Ancient Warfare*

The Pity distilled: Literary responses to war

The War of the Roses

Defenders, Conquerors, Vanquished: Greek and Hellenistic History

A History and Theory of Genocide

Battlefield Archaeology


BA Ancient History and Archaeology UCAS Code: VVD4

This degree scheme enables you to study the broad disciplines that make up both Archaeology and Ancient History. You will have the opportunity to study the material remains of ancient cultures and participate in excavations. You will study the historical and literary documents along with the material remains of ancient and classical sites and their associated artifacts. The Archaeology part of the degree includes the study of the human past through an examination of physical remains such as stone tools, pottery and bones, through to buildings, structures, monuments and landscapes, while the Ancient History part widens the types of sources you will be studying by including textual and iconographic evidence.

This degree also offers you a number of field trips both within the UK and abroad and at the core of this degree is an intensive field visit to the Mediterranean region: currently, students visit Naples. Expert guidance on these trips will be given by members of staff from both the Archaeology and Classics sections within the University.

Course Length


Typical modules

Pharaohs, Phoenicians and Peoples of the Sea

Hieroglyphs, Text and Society

Connected Worlds: Exploring Interactions between Egypt, the Aegean and the East

Empires of Iran

Towns, Tombs and Temples: Household practice and Ritual Performance in the Aegean and the East.

Connected Worlds

This module researches cultural contacts between the Bronze Age civilisations of the East Mediterranean (the Aegean, Egypt and the Levant) with specific reference to material culture. The aim is to explore various theoretical approaches for the interpretation of the range and nature of contacts. This module builds on the knowledge base of Pharaohs, Phoenicians and Peoples of the Sea .

West meets East at the borders of the Oikoumene:

The module will enable students to evaluate and analyse the nature and development of Greco-Roman knowledge and to gain an understanding and interaction with various peoples and cultures beyond the Mediterranean


BA Archaeology UCAS Code: V400

MArch Integrated Masters in ArchaeologyUCAS Code: 58YV

Archaeology is the study of the human past through an examination of physical remains such as stone tools, pottery and bones, through to buildings, structures, monuments and landscapes. It attempts to reveal how contemporary societies, other past societies, and our own society are organised and how we interact with our environments and landscapes.

You will engage with theoretical and ethical issues such as heritage and tourism, cultural politics and environmental change, as well as participate in an annual excavation at the spectacular Cistercian monastery and hinterland of Strata Florida, a few miles north of the

campus in the Cambrian mountains. The programme offers students a wide range of topics and interests, from Ancient Egypt to issues of conservation, representation and display, from Palaeoenvironmental archaeology to Death and Burial.

You might also consider our innovative four year Masters of Archaeology (MArc) which enables you to build on your interest in Archaeology at masters level.

This programme is funded in the same way as undergraduate degrees, and gives students the opportunity to pursue their interests at a more advanced level.

Course Length


Typical modules

Excavation

Post-excavation Analysis

Nautical Archaeology

Funerary Beliefs in Ancient Egypt


Human Evolution

Advanced Archaeological Analysis

Humans and their Environments

Medieval Castles

Archaeology also works well as a joint honours or a major / minor subject. For example, you can study Archaeology and History or Archaeology and Classical Studies or Archaeology and Medieval Studies. Alternatively if you are thinking about a possible career in education volunteering or in the care sector, you might want to take Archaeology with Education Studies (V401).

Then again, if you like computers, web design and programming why not try Archaeology with Digital Humanities (O7V4) or if heritage and the past is your thing, Archaeology and Heritage Studies (4B29).

A particularly popular programme of study is to combine general archaeology with a specialisation in Ancient Egypt with our course Archaeology with Ancient Egyptian Culture O9C3.


BA Anthropology UCAS Code: L600

MAnth Integrated Masters in AnthropologyUCAS Code: 5YC6

Anthropology is one of the most dynamic, life-changing and thought-provoking disciplines in the Humanities because it puts you face-to-face with (and asks you to consider) some of the most fundamental philosophical and ethical issues concerning what it means to be human. Anthropology’s primary aim is to gain insight into the human condition and it does this by considering all aspects of the social and cultural lives humans have organised for themselves.

Humans like other animals, assemble together and arrange their lives in accordance with behaviours that appear to support their survival. However, unlike most other species, human behaviours vary, sometimes dramatically, depending

on place, belief system and cultural expectations – it is this diversity and variety alongside our common humanity that anthropology hopes to both document and analyse.

Anthropology’s method of investigation sets it apart from other disciplines: it seeks to understand other people’s lives as if ‘from the inside’. This method demands first-hand experience of other ways of being to facilitate a more profound understanding of humanity. At UWTSD we explicitly weave this method into our undergraduate classes to create a unique approach to teaching anthropology. Here our students are encouraged to get out of the lecture theatre and explore topics that fire their imagination by ‘going and doing’. Indeed

UWTSD is one of the few institutions where undergraduate students are provided with a practical training in anthropological research method in addition to the theory that is integral to any academic qualification in anthropology. This emphasis on practice means UWTSD graduates emerge as independent, confident researchers with a valuable, comprehensive set of transferable skills, which will stand them in good stead in an increasingly competitive jobs market.

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Typical modules

People’s worlds: lives and livelihood

Interactions with the environment: making things, transforming things

The world of things

Body, culture and society

Kinship, gender and sexuality

Living ancestors and talking trees: indigenous religions today

Power and politics

Medical Anthropology

Reading cultures

Anthropology also works well as a joint honours or a major / minor subject. For example, you can study Anthropology and History or Anthropology and English or Anthropology and Philosophy. Alternatively if you are thinking about a possible career in education or in social care sector you could take Anthropology with Education Studies (LX63).

Then again, if you like computers, web design and coding why not try Anthropology with Digital Humanities (4V21) or if heritage and the past is your thing, Anthropology and Heritage Studies (8V3Q). One very popular programme that works well for anyone interested in

working with young or vulnerable adults, or keen to volunteer both at home and abroad in Anthropology with Psychology (32MD).

You can also undertake our four year Masters of Anthropology (MAnth) which enables you to build on your interest and knowledge in Anthropology at masters level.

This programme is funded in the same way as undergraduate degrees and culminates in an extended individual project developed under the guidance of active researchers in a field of your interest.


BA Applied Anthropology UCAS Code: 3NY6

Applied Anthropology is an exciting new addition to the suite of anthropology degrees offered by UWTSD. Applied anthropology takes anthropological knowledge and applies it to real world situations with a view to encourage social justice and equality for all. In short, Applied Anthropology is anthropology for the practical.

Typically anthropologists study the cultural differences evident in human societies so as to contribute to answering the question ‘what does it mean to be human’? For some, simply knowing about our common humanity and how it

manifests is not enough – these students also want to know how to use their knowledge to make a difference. A degree in Applied Anthropology fills this gap: enabling you to use your learning to help others. Applied Anthropology is of particular relevance to the world today. For the first time in human history we are living in an age in which the capability to destroy entire eco-systems is a genuine reality. How humanity engages with the environment and how humans relate to each other (and other animals) needs serious reconsideration. As all human

societies function under different understandings of what is correct behaviour, anthropological knowledge is fundamentally well suited to comment on and address the numerous economic, political, religious and cultural problems that currently affect people’s lives.

Our Applied Anthropology programme encourages the student to consider current global inequalities from an anthropological perspective by offering practical engagement in areas where serious social problems are a lived reality.

Typical modules

Introduction to fieldwork

People’s worlds: lives and livelihood

Body, culture and society

Interactions with the environment: making things, transforming things

Work experience in the field

Anthropology in context

Power and politics

Skills for the field

Materialities in Anthropology

The student gets out into the field, working with not-for-profit organisations in various countries and contexts enabling them to obtain first-hand knowledge of how to develop community-based action that empowers and facilitates sustainable change. Each year one third (40 credits) of the degree is dedicated to seeking solutions ‘in the field’ – this could mean working abroad either in Africa, America or China or, if you prefer, closer to home in Europe including Wales.


BA Medieval Studies UCAS Code: V130

Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary degree that allows you to explore all aspects of the medieval world.

The Medieval Studies degree is structured around methodological and research modules such as Introduction to Medieval Studies in your first year, and Medieval Manuscript Studies and Documentary Sources for Medieval Studies in the second year.

To these you may add relevant modules that may be drawn from any of the contributing subject areas: History, English, Theology, Classics, and Welsh. The culmination of the degree is the special subject, and the dissertation module, taken

in the final year. Teaching is mostly in small groups, which allows for interaction, discussion and debate.

Medieval Studies remains ones of the University’s most prestigious and high profile programme of study, taught by a research active academic staff. The team is led by Professor Janet Burton, a medieval historian of world class standing whose work on medieval monasticism has helped unlock new interpretations of this still relatively obscure period in European History. In addition to staff of world class standing, Medieval Studies also makes extensive use of the Roderic Bowen Archive and its special collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts which students can work with.

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Typical modules

Medieval England

The Wars of the Roses

Chaucer’s Comic Tales

Medieval Europe

Anglo-Saxon Heroic Literature

Medieval Monasticism

Medieval Castles

Crusades

Medieval Studies also works well as a joint honours or a major / minor subject. For example, you can study Medieval Studies and History or Medieval Studies and Religious Studies or Medieval Studies and Archaeology or Medieval Studies and English. Alternatively if you are thinking about a possible career in education or in the care sector you could take Medieval Studies with Education Studies (LX63).

Then again, if you like heritage, museums, archives, and a love of the past is your thing, why not take Medieval Studies and Heritage Studies (43N1) or Medieval Studies and Heritage Management (OX32).

One very popular programme that works well for anyone interested in Medieval Studies is Heritage studies with Museums and Archives (OC3W).

Joint honours programme


BA Modern Historical Studies UCAS Code: V192

The programme offers the opportunity to explore various political, social, military and cultural aspects of the modern period. It combines broad-based studies, covering several centuries and across different continents, with more focused modules that examine historical events and developments in greater depth.

There is an emphasis, particularly in the latter modules, upon source materials and encouraging you to engage with the modern period through surviving testimonies, diaries, newspaper accounts, political papers, cartoons, speeches and TV/video footage.

Alongside this, the programme introduces you to the historic environment around you by exploring various themes that have shaped the modern world, from nationalism and identity, to class and culture, war and memory. In addition, you are shown different concepts and methodologies for researching the modern period that will form the platform upon which you undertake your own source-based independent study.

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Typical modules

The Bomb – A History of the Ultimate Weapon

War, Politics and Society, 1774-1945

The Pity distilled: Literary responses to war

A History and Theory of Genocide

Terrorism


Modern Political Philosophy


This module introduces students to a range of theories and strategies that help explain and understand the nature of war and warfare throughout history. The module will explore a rich variety of ideas and thoughts, drawn from the writings and works of many famous strategists and theoreticians such as Von Clausewitz, Liddell-Hart, Napoleon, Von Moltke and Mao Tse Tung, and apply these theories and strategies to real events ‘on the ground’. In addition the module will explore questions relating to the ethics of war, considering

whether such a thing as a just war or just cause for making war exists, whether a sense of proportionality in war should operate, whether differences between combatants and non-combatants should exist, and whether war is and should be guided by moral imperatives, and if so what are they.


BA Archaeology with Forensic Studies UCAS Code: C3N7

The BA programme in Archaeology with Forensic Studies seeks to introduce students to the relatively new and exciting field of applying various forensic techniques and approaches to archaeology and its exploration and understanding of the past. The programme draws upon a breadth of periods and examples, from the pre-historic past all the way through to modern battlefield archaeology. Across this broad field students will explore and understand a range of new forensic methods, to show their application in a range of settings. For example in the second year students will begin to explore and evaluate the capabilities and limitations of the theories, methods and techniques surrounding criminal investigations, both in the field, in the classroom

and in the laboratory. Here the programme is able to draw upon an established infrastructure in terms of laboratory space and equipment, suitable for delivery of a Forensic studies pathway. A particular emphasis of the programme is the practical nature of the course and the development of a range of skills preparatory to both employment or to further study at Masters level.

the School has a broad range of expertise upon which it can draw, notably Dr Ros Coard, our bone specialist and module tutor on Human Evolution, who has established links to Dyfed/Powys police, Dr Martin Bates and Dr Rod Bale, and indeed the whole of the environmental archaeology wing of the School which includes Dr

John Crowther, Dr Astrid Caseldine and Dr Erika Guttman-Bond. The programme also draws on others located outside the School but trained in forensic approaches and methodologies, notably Dr Jane Draycott a member of the Classics School who will deliver Criminal Investigation and Forensic Inquiry in the Ancient World and Dr Charlotte Greenway who teaches Criminology and Forensic Psychology. The latter, delivered from the Carmarthen campus, introduces students to a psychological understanding of the causes of criminality, and explores the difficult ethical and moral issues inherent in criminality that underpin many criminal investigations, and thus reveal to students the genuine complexity surrounding issues and questions relating to crime.

Typical modules

Forensic Archaeology:

This module will enable students to understand and evaluate how forensic techniques and responses have been used by archaeologists to more fully understand the past. Students will be introduced to a range of approaches and methods for uncovering otherwise inaccessible or unrecoverable data, to shed new and interesting light on human past.

Crime Scene Investigations:

This module will explore the principles and practices involved with Crime Scene Investigations (CSI). Drawing upon a raft of

case studies, Students will learn about the theories, methods and techniques surrounding the forensic recovery of data during criminal investigations, and importantly evaluate the capabilities and limitations of such approaches in criminal investigations.

Criminal and Forensic Psychology:

This module will explore with students an understanding of the psychological underpinnings of criminality, criminal investigations and the psychological impact of crime within society.

Archaeology and forensics

The module examines the broad range of bio-archaeological material recovered from archaeological sites and how this material can be used in both archaeological and forensic contexts. Crucial to the module is an understanding the ‘life’ history (or taphonomy) of biological material in particular, how material decays, becomes deposited, transformed by both cultural and natural agents of both destruction and preservation, and how it is recovered and analysed within an archaeological (or other) laboratory setting.


BA Nautical Archaeology UCAS Code: 36C1

The programme in Nautical Archaeology aims to introduce its students to a core of basic skills and understandings common to all Archaeology, in addition to providing deeper insights and knowledge of the more specialised and specific field of Nautical Archaeology.

The programme will develop upon the existing staff expertise within the School, in particular that of Professor Nigel Nayling and Toby Jones, curator of the Newport Ship project, and the expertise in the environmental and coastal side of archaeology of Dr Martin Bates, and dendrochronology of Dr Rod Bale.

The programme in Nautical Archaeology will draw upon a wide-range of examples and projects from across the world (some of which Professor Nayling is involved with) but will also be underpinned by a regional focus upon the Irish Sea, the Severn Estuary and more generally the Atlantic seaboard regions, where staff already have significant expertise having worked on a raft of collaborative projects and existing research networks. Alongside the programme (but not part of it) students will be able to acquire the necessary diving instruction and accreditation, organised locally at the BSAC Cardigan Bay Subaqua Club. This will be run alongside the main programme rather than as an accredited part of it.

Students in their final year will have the opportunity to undertake their own research project. Working with the more general understandings and methodologies of Nautical Archaeology, acquired during their first and second years, students will undertake during their final year a specific and detailed case study, whereby they explore a particular theme or interest or aspect of nautical archaeology. The programme will also offer students a practical experience, at all levels of study, with opportunities for students to participate in the current and ongoing research projects of Professor Nayling and Dr Toby Jones.

Typical modules

Digital Approaches to Nautical Archaeology: The Newport Ship Project as Case Study

This is an innovative module that will provide students with a detailed knowledge and understanding of the various digital techniques and processes underpinning the recording through excavation, documentation and analysis of the Newport Ship as a major case study in development of nautical archaeology. Students will able to involve themselves in an on-going research project.

Mediterranean Seafaring

Students will be introduced to the development of boats, ships, seafaring and maritime trade in the Mediterranean world from the ancient world through to the early modern period. Topics covered include the following broad themes: Ships and Seafaring in the Archaic and Classical Periods, the Bronze Age Mediterranean, Early Medieval ship design and building techniques, and seafaring and trade routes in the Byzantine Mediterranean.

Land, Sea and Sky Scapes:

Presents the students withtheoretical and methodologicalapproaches to landscape andenvironmental archaeology, whichthey then could apply to a rangeof natural, sacred and religiouslandscapes.


BA Archaeology Professional Practice UCAS Code: F420

This new degree programme will enable you to specialise in the practice-based elementsthe archaeologicaland to engage closely with archaeological and historical records. Central to the degree is the field excavation and survey pluswork placement with a suitable professional partner.

The practice of archaeologists within the UK regulatory framework will also be explored. You will be introduced to the theoretical approaches within environmental archaeology and have the opportunity develop field and laboratory skills in the School’s dedicated palaeoenvironmental laboratories.

Practical sessions are offered in pollen analysis, dendrochronology, soils and sediments, animal bones and molluscs. You will be introduced to the wider issues of how humans have modified and transformed the land and their environment, reflecting symbolic, social and political factors. This degree capitalises on the diversity of archaeological sites withinUKa variety of fieldwork-based projects.

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Typical modules

Excavation and Fieldwork Experience

Excavation and Analysis

Work placement

Nautical Archaeology


Humans and their Environments

Advanced Palaeoenvironmental Techniques

Laboratory Techniques

Career OpportunitiesProfessional Field Archaeology

Government and Commercial management

Curatorial, Museum and Heritage bodies

Planning and conservation

Individual Work Placement

The course aims to embed students within a formal working environment with a suitable organisation or practitioner for a period of two weeks. Organisations within archaeology, heritage, tourism, landscape and environment management industries give direct experience of working within the sector as well as boosting their C.V. Students make a contribution to the objectives or outcomes of the organisation or practitioner concerned they choose to work with.


BA Environmental Archaeology UCAS Code: OBW3

The BA is one of a small number of degrees in environmental archaeology at undergraduate level and is therefore well placed to recruit students with science and geography based A-Level backgrounds. The degree provides a well-rounded education including problem solving that will make graduates employable in a range of situations. More specifically graduates will be well placed to move into the developer-funded profession where increasing numbers of environmental archaeologists are employed alongside traditional field archaeologists.

The environmental archaeology degree has been developed in order to provide a coherent background

in the discipline introducing the student to the key methods and approaches used by both academic and field-based practitioners. The degree scheme is designed to introduce the candidate to both field and laboratory methodologies as well as theoretical concerns of the discipline. A practice based approach to study is emphasised and this culminates in the final year with the dissertation that is based on a data collection and interpretation within the environmental field. The courses also introduce students to a range of case studies from both Britain/N W Europe as well as elsewhere across the globe.

Typical modules

Palaeoenvironmental Archaeology

This module takes a thematic approach to studying a range of depositional environments. It attempts to show how the recovery and detailed analysis of remains, such as pollen, seeds, soils and sediments, animal bones and wood, can enable the archaeologist to interpret peoples relationship with the environment and climate change.

Excavation and Fieldwork:

Provides a deeper understanding of the processes of field archaeology based upon a three week practical experience of archaeological fieldwork. This module provides the tools for the development of archaeological skills needed in the field.

Bioarchaeology:

The module examines the broad range of biological material recovered from archaeological sites and how this material can be used in both archaeological and forensic contexts. Students will be introduced to both flora, such as plant macros, pollen, wood identification and dendrochronlogy and fauna, such as animal bone, human bone and taphonomy.


Professor Janet BurtonBA (London), DPhil (York), FSA, FRHistSProfessor of Medieval HistoryProgramme Director for Medieval Studies

Professor David Austin BA (Southampton), DipArch (Durham) FSAProfessor of Archaeology

Dr Jeremy SmithBA (Exeter) MA, PhD (London)Senior Lecturer in Modern HistoryProgramme Director for History, Head of School

Dr Ros CoardBA, PhD (Sheffield)Senior Lecturer for ArchaeologyProgramme Director for Archaeology, Landscape & Environmental Archaeology

Dr Louise SteelBA, PhDProgramme Director Ancient History & Archaeology, Ancient CivilisationsReader in Archaeology

Luci AttalaBA (Wales), Dip RN (Swansea), Dip Body Language (Open College)Lecturer in AnthropologyProgramme Director for Anthropology, The Gateway

Dr Nick CampionBA (Camb), MA (London), PhD Senior Lecturer in AnthropologyProgramme Director Cultural Astrology

Dr Rod BaleBA (Hons), PhD(Wales)Palaeoenvironmental & Dendrochronology

Dr Martin BatesBSc, PhD (London)Senior Lecturer in ArchaeologyDr A CaseldineBSc, PGCELecturer in Environmental Archaeology

Dr Jemma BezantBA, PG Dip, PhD, MIfALecturer in Archaeology

Dr John Crowther MA (Cambridge) PhD (Hull)Reader in Environmental Science

Dr Penny DransartDiploma in Art; PCTA (Jordanhill), MA, MSt, DPhil (Oxford), FSA, FSA (Scotland)Reader in Archaeology and Anthropology

Quentin DrewBA (Durham)Lecturer in Archaeology

Dr Erika Guttmann-BondBA, MSc, PhD, MIFA, FHEA, FSA (Scot.)Senior Lecturer in Archaeology

Dr Lester MasonBA (Open University), PhD (Wales)Lecturer in History

Professor Nigel NaylingBA (Durham), MA (Bradford), MIFA, FSAAssociate Professor Archaeology

Professor Andrew PetersenMA, M.Phil, PhDLecturer in Archaeology

Dr Bryn WillcockBA, MA, PhD (Swansea)Lecturer in Modern History

Dr Katharina ZinnDip in Lib Sc, MA, PhD (Leipzig)Lecturer in Egyptology

Dr Emma Jayne AbbotsBA(Hons); MRes; PhDLecturer in Social/Cultural Anthropology and Heritage

For further details please contact Admissions Tutor

Dr Erika [email protected]

[email protected] 0300 500 1822

Your Tutors

For further information, please contact Dr Erika Guttmann-Bond

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Further information

The information contained in this booklet is correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change as part of the University’s policy of

continuous improvement and development.

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