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Archaeology (Continuing Education)

Research programmes

DPhil in Archaeology (part-time)

Course Code | 000040 

It is possible to study for a doctorate by part-time research in the areas of Professional Archaeology or Applied Landscape Archaeology.

Admission is either as a Probationary Research Student (PRS), in which case the minimum time of study is six years, or via successful completion of the MSc in Applied Landscape Archaeology or another appropriate Master’s course, in which case the minimum time of study is four years.

Anyone wishing to discuss possible part-time DPhil topics should contact the Director of Studies for Archaeology, David Griffiths.

Places on this programme are limited, and as a result new applications may sometimes be temporarily suspended: please check the departmental website for availability.

How to Apply

The deadlines for this course are 18 January and 8 March 2013

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a research course comprises:

In addition to the standard documents above, applicants to the part-time DPhil in Archaeology should provide two (2) relevant academic essays or other writing samples of 2,000 words, or a 2,000-word extract of longer work.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the Continuing Education website for any additional guidance.

Taught programmes

MSc in Applied Landscape Archaeology

Course Code | 000030 
  • Length of programme: Two years, part-time, and teaching largely takes place on Saturdays
  • Core and optional courses: Core papers deal with research methods and the management of historic landscapes.
  • Advanced papers cover particular aspects of landscape archaeology, such as:
    • prospection
    • artefact distributions
    • historical landscape archaeology
    • digital mapping and data-processing
  • Students develop their own project leading to a 15,000-word dissertation
  • Instead of one advanced paper, students may opt to take a placement based on 14 days spread over a period of up to one year, at an organisation involved in an aspect of landscape archaeology
  • Survey training week and no written examinations

Postgraduate Certificate in Archaeology

Course Code | 001725

This new one-year, part-time course is an introduction to archaeological research methods, culminating in a 10,000 word dissertation.

The course tackles a variety of primary evidence, introducing the appropriate skills needed to prepare you to carry out a piece of your own research in a guided and supported environment. The third term is devoted to the dissertation.

Dissertation topics are developed by students themselves in conjunction with the course team. Students will be assigned a personal dissertation tutor and will have a series of tutorial meetings with them during the year.

The course is available to graduates in any subject, and may act as a preparation for those who have not yet completed a dissertation in Archaeology and are interested in progressing to study Archaeology at Masters level.

The course is taught via a series of weekend practical all-day sessions, including field, museum and archive visits, backed up by online session guides provided via the course Weblearn site and by 1:1 tutorials. Most teaching takes place on Saturdays between mid-October and the end of May, and dissertation supervision continues until the submission date in July.

  • Length of programme: One year, part-time

How to Apply

The deadlines for the MSc and PGCert courses are 18 January and 8 March 2013

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a taught course comprises:

In addition to the standard documents above, applicants to the MSc or PGCert courses should provide two (2) relevant academic essays or other writing samples of 2,000 words each, or 2,000-word extracts of longer work.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the Continuing Education website for any additional guidance.

Academic resources

Graduate students in the Department for Continuing Education receive a University of Oxford Card which gives access to the Bodleian Library. Specialist libraries include the Department for Continuing Education Library and Sackler Library. OUDCE Archaeology has close links with the School of Archaeology.

A range of survey equipment is available for student use.

Graduate destinations

Enhanced career prospects in Archaeology; internal promotions, successful applications for positions in government and private organisations, EPPIC scheme placement in survey at English Heritage.

Related programmes

See the entries under Archaeology (Social Sciences) and Archaeological Science for details of other (full-time) programmes available.

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Entry requirements

Minimum of an upper second-class undergraduate degree, or equivalent Level 2 diploma in Archaeology or a related subject. Applicants may apply in their final year of an undergraduate course.

 

Extensive experience in Archaeology can be taken into consideration.

 

 

Selection criteria

Details of the selection criteria used to assess applicants are available via the Continuing Education website:

 

English language requirements

Higher level


Funding/awards

Funding may be available from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

 

Fees
Fee information on the Continuing Education website.External link

 

Number of applicants
2012/13
DPhil

3

MSc

7

PGCert

7


Number of places available
2013/14
DPhil

2

MSc

14

PGCert

15


Statement of Provision