Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Archaeology and Anthropology (with Study Year Abroad) (VL48)

Explore humanity from its earliest origins to the cultures and societies of today with the BA Archaeology and Anthropology with Placement and Study Abroad degree. This four-year, joint honours course combines archaeology’s examination of material evidence from our past and present with anthropology’s focus on human development and contemporary cultures and societies. 

By examining human development, behaviour and different cultures, students will better understand the roots of these issues, and learn how other societies have tackled comparable problems – and how contemporary societies are addressing them now. Using methodological approaches from the sciences, social sciences and humanities, students will examine the diversity of human experience. 

A key component of this course is a fourth year so that students can further their studies at one of Reading's partner universities abroad. This happens during the third year. Studying abroad is an opportunity to increase students' cultural awareness and explore a new location.