Course summary

Our programme spans human history, from around 900,000 years ago to modern times. We focus on the ways in which the human past is explored and revealed through the disciplines of history and archaeology and how this heritage is managed in the UK. Although most modules focus on British subjects, opportunities are provided to study the heritage of other parts of the world. Somerset and the surrounding counties have an abundance of heritage sites (generating a need for heritage professionals), and these sites are explored and used wherever practical and appropriate, both in class, through field trips, and for student research. Learning is acquired through a range of approaches including:

• research exercises

• the critical analysis of sites, artefacts, documents and structures

• lectures and seminars

• practical exercises in class and in the field (including work-based and work-related learning).