Through the structure of optional modules, you are able to develop your own interests within one or more of our areas of research excellence. An important part of this is the dissertation, where you have the opportunity to carry out a research project within your chosen specialism under the supervision of an academic member of staff.
| Year | Roman archaeology | Human origins | Fieldwork studies | Museums/ Heritage |
| 1 | Introduction to Classical and Medieval Archaeology | Human Origins | Science and Method | Introduction to Archaeology |
| 2 | Romans and Imperialism | Strategies for Survival | Archaeological survey | Archaeology and Society |
| 3 | Roman Urbanism | Stories in Stone | Geophysics | Heritage Management Museums and Archaeology |
| Year | Computing and analysis | Maritime archaeology | Osteoarchaeology | Survey and Geophysics |
| 2 | Artefacts Analysis Lab | Introduction to Maritime Archaeology | Osteology & Comparative Anatomy | Archaeological Survey and Recording |
| 3 | Archaeological Computing | From Sea-level to Society: advanced themes in Maritime Archaeology | Human Evolutionary Anatomy Forensic Archaeology & Anthropology | Geophysical Survey |
| Year | Roman | Medieval | Themed: Women in the past |
| 2 | Romans and Imperialism Cleopatra’s Egypt | Themes in Medieval History Sin and Society 1100-1500 | The Social life of Objects Gender, Sexuality and Social Order |
| 3 | Roman Urbanism The Dead Sea Scrolls | Feudalism and Early Capitalism The Henrician Reformation | Feminism and Archaeology Alternative Sexualities |
| Year | Survey techniques | Early humans and their world | Culture and Society |
| 2 | Archaeological Survey Remote Sensing for Earth Observation | Strategies for Survival Quaternary Environmental Change | The Social life of Objects Innovation, Creativity and Space |
| Geophysics Remote Sensing the Terrestrial Environment | Stories in Stone Paleoecology and Landscape Change | Roman urbanism Global cities |