The BSc Archaeology, Geography and History provides a unique interdisciplinary combination of natural and cultural perspectives on the formation, cultural significance and management of the landscape. Students will bring together the disciplinary skills of archaeology, geography and history whilst developing their understandings of how the landscape shapes humans at the same time as humans shape the landscape. The programme is based in the classroom, field, laboratory and archives, and combines the archival strengths of history, the spatial expertise of geography, and the material analytical approaches of archaeology. The programme will utilise Irish case studies in international perspective. This programme has clear links to the rapidly expanding heritage sector and students will be trained in a range of scientific, social scientific and humanities methodologies.

This is an innovative and relevant degree programme that aims to challenge students to grow as independent learners and researchers. Across our schools, we provide a learning environment that supports and encourages the development of a range of knowledges, skills and attitudes. We encourage students to be engaged, analytical and reflective through the use of independent reading, critical thinking, real-world examples, case studies, fieldwork and practical projects.

1 - Possess knowledge, and demonstrate understanding, of the relationship between landscape and society
2 - Have a detailed knowledge of the character and formation of Ireland’s internationally-renowned landscape in comparative global context
3 - Develop discipline specific skills including competencies in fieldwork, cartography, spatial analysis, laboratory analyses, archival research and application of digital technologies;
4 - Gather, evaluate and interpret data, transforming this into knowledge by locating it within its interdisciplinary context
5 - Communicate effectively through written, visual and oral media to specialist and non-specialist audiences both within and beyond the classroom
6 - Be an inquisitive, flexible and creative thinker with an ability to apply knowledge and skills to a range of contexts
7 - Develop into engaged and responsible global citizens that understand and apply principles of ethical practice

Students are required to take at least four option modules in Stage 2.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 2 Core Modules
ARCH20520	How Archaeologists Think: an introduction to archaeological theory	Autumn	5
HIS21140	History Today	Autumn	5
ARCH20500	Archaeology of Things	Spring	5
GEOG20170	Global Historical Geographies	Spring	5
GEOG20210	Fieldstudies in Ireland	Spring	5
HIS21260	From the Goldmines to Trump: A global history of nativism and anti-immigration since the mid-19th c.	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN1OF: Select a minimum of 1 of the following option modules.
GEOG20040	Rivers, Estuaries and Coasts	Autumn	5
GEOG20140	Geography, Politics and Media	Autumn	5
GEOG20150	Quaternary Environmental Change	Autumn	5
GEOG20220	Introduction to GIS for the Social Sciences	Autumn	5
GEOG20060	Weather, Climate and Climate Change	Spring	5
GEOG20130	Cities in a Global World	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN1OF: Select a minimum of 1 of the following option modules.
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN1OF: Select a minimum of 1 of the following option modules.
HIS20460	Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages	Autumn	5
HIS20960	Living Loving & Dying in 19th Century Ireland	Autumn	5
HIS21320	Sport and the modern world	Autumn	5
HIS20820	Nazi Germany	Spring	5
HIS20950	European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power	Spring	5
HIS21120	Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley	Spring	5
HIS21170	The Making of the Middle East	Spring	5
HIS21240	Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland	Spring	5
HIS21330	Global Asia	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN1OF: Select a minimum of 1 of the following option modules.
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN2OF: Select a minimum of two of the following modules.
ARCH20510	Archaeology of Landscapes	Autumn	5
ARCH20570	Cultural Heritage	Autumn	5
ARCH20600	Archaeological Science	Autumn	5
ARCH20630	Archaeological Field Skills	Autumn	5
ARCH20610	Historical Archaeology	Spring	5
ARCH20620	People in Prehistory: key themes and problems	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN2OF: Select a minimum of two of the following modules.
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students may select this module in place of an elective
SSCI20030	Building Resilience	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students may select this module in place of an elective
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the History option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
HIS31250	Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany	Autumn	10
HIS31320	The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923	Autumn	10
HIS31510	Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968	Autumn	10
HIS31840	The First World War: cultures and consequences	Autumn	10
HIS31860	Slavery and the New World	Autumn	10
HIS32310	Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921	Autumn	5
HIS32430	Florence 1200 - 1400	Autumn	10
HIS32650	Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945	Autumn	10
HIS32710	Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World	Autumn	10
HIS32730	The Digital Humanities	Autumn	10
HIS32850	Settler colonialism	Autumn	10
HIS32860	Jonathan Swift and Ireland	Autumn	10
HIS32900	Questions in History	Autumn	5
HIS32950	Weimar Germany	Autumn	10
HIS32970	The 1641 Rebellion	Autumn	10
HIS33020	United States and the World	Autumn	10
HIS33040	Medicine and Miracles	Autumn	10
HIS31900	Roads to Heaven & Hell	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
HIS31280	Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan	Spring	10
HIS31310	Madness and Civilisation	Spring	10
HIS31400	British Atlantic History, 1607-1776	Spring	10
HIS31760	Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations	Spring	10
HIS32330	A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice	Spring	10
HIS32380	Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century	Spring	5
HIS32440	Florence 1400-1530	Spring	10
HIS32460	Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691	Spring	5
HIS32540	Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23	Spring	10
HIS32620	US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s	Spring	10
HIS32660	Conservative Political Activism in the United States, 1960-1980	Spring	10
HIS32720	Frontiers of Empire	Spring	10
HIS32800	History from below: Rural life in the middle ages	Spring	10
HIS32920	Britain in the Islamic World: Themes of empire, religion, and resistance 1800-1950	Spring	10
HIS32940	Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007	Spring	10
HIS32960	Pills, Patents & Policies	Spring	10
HIS32990	1942: The World at War	Spring	10
HIS33000	Political Violence in Ireland	Spring	10
HIS33010	Global History before AD 1000	Spring	10
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the History option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the Archaeology option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
ARCH20510	Archaeology of Landscapes	Autumn	5
ARCH20570	Cultural Heritage	Autumn	5
ARCH20600	Archaeological Science	Autumn	5
ARCH20630	Archaeological Field Skills	Autumn	5
ARCH30170	Combat Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH30770	Environmental Arch in Practice	Autumn	10
ARCH30810	Southeast and East Asian Archaeology	Autumn	10
ARCH20500	Archaeology of Things	Spring	5
ARCH20610	Historical Archaeology	Spring	5
ARCH20620	People in Prehistory: key themes and problems	Spring	5
ARCH30830	Medieval Buildings: An Arch	Spring	10
ARCH30840	Minoan Archaeology	Spring	10
ARCH30970	Iron Age Ireland	Spring	5
ARCH30980	The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the Archaeology option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the Geography option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
GEOG30370	River Catchment Management	Autumn	5
GEOG30820	Development Geographies	Autumn	5
GEOG31070	Social Geography	Autumn	5
GEOG31080	Far-right, Hate and Political Polarisation	Autumn	5
GEOG30780	Quaternary Environmental Change in Ireland	Spring	5
GEOG30900	Overseas Fieldwork	Spring	10
GEOG30940	Global Risks and Resilience	Spring	5
GEOG31060	Population Geography	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 50 credits in total of History, Archaeology and Geography modules. Select a minimum of 15 credits from the Geography option list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
Stage 4 Core Modules
ARCH30700	Research Project Preparation	Autumn	5
ARCH30850	Research Project	Spring	15
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN1OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
HIS31250	Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany	Autumn	10
HIS31320	The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923	Autumn	10
HIS31510	Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968	Autumn	10
HIS31840	The First World War: cultures and consequences	Autumn	10
HIS31860	Slavery and the New World	Autumn	10
HIS32310	Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921	Autumn	5
HIS32430	Florence 1200 - 1400	Autumn	10
HIS32650	Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945	Autumn	10
HIS32710	Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World	Autumn	10
HIS32730	The Digital Humanities	Autumn	10
HIS32850	Settler colonialism	Autumn	10
HIS32860	Jonathan Swift and Ireland	Autumn	10
HIS32900	Questions in History	Autumn	5
HIS32950	Weimar Germany	Autumn	10
HIS32970	The 1641 Rebellion	Autumn	10
HIS33020	United States and the World	Autumn	10
HIS33040	Medicine and Miracles	Autumn	10
HIS31900	Roads to Heaven & Hell	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
HIS31280	Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan	Spring	10
HIS31310	Madness and Civilisation	Spring	10
HIS31400	British Atlantic History, 1607-1776	Spring	10
HIS31760	Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations	Spring	10
HIS32330	A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice	Spring	10
HIS32380	Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century	Spring	5
HIS32460	Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691	Spring	5
HIS32540	Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23	Spring	10
HIS32620	US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s	Spring	10
HIS32720	Frontiers of Empire	Spring	10
HIS32940	Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007	Spring	10
HIS32960	Pills, Patents & Policies	Spring	10
HIS32990	1942: The World at War	Spring	10
HIS33000	Political Violence in Ireland	Spring	10
HIS33010	Global History before AD 1000	Spring	10
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN1OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
ARCH20570	Cultural Heritage	Autumn	5
ARCH20600	Archaeological Science	Autumn	5
ARCH30170	Combat Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH30770	Environmental Arch in Practice	Autumn	10
ARCH30810	Southeast and East Asian Archaeology	Autumn	10
ARCH30920	Communicating Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH20500	Archaeology of Things	Spring	5
ARCH20610	Historical Archaeology	Spring	5
ARCH20620	People in Prehistory: key themes and problems	Spring	5
ARCH30830	Medieval Buildings: An Arch	Spring	10
ARCH30840	Minoan Archaeology	Spring	10
ARCH30970	Iron Age Ireland	Spring	5
ARCH30980	The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below. Please note that there are 5 and 10 credit modules available.
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below.
GEOG30240	Political Geography of European Integration	Autumn	5
GEOG30370	River Catchment Management	Autumn	5
GEOG30790	Planetary Geomorphology	Autumn	5
GEOG30820	Development Geographies	Autumn	5
GEOG31070	Social Geography	Autumn	5
GEOG31080	Far-right, Hate and Political Polarisation	Autumn	5
GEOG31090	Civil Society and NGOs: Theory and Practice to Change the World	Autumn	5
GEOG31100	Fortress Europe and the Global War on Migrants	Autumn	5
GEOG30020	Historical Geography of Ireland	Spring	5
GEOG30080	Geography of the Growth and Development of Dublin	Spring	5
GEOG30780	Quaternary Environmental Change in Ireland	Spring	5
GEOG30840	The Urban Environment	Spring	5
GEOG30880	Projects in GIS	Spring	5
GEOG30900	Overseas Fieldwork	Spring	10
GEOG30940	Global Risks and Resilience	Spring	5
GEOG31060	Population Geography	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN2OF: Please ensure that you register to a minimum of 10 credits from the options list below.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHSOC010	Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47