2,382 modules found

  2. AA3020 - Principles and Techniques in Archaeology

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    To be arranged
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%

    This module, which draws on archaeological material from around the world, is divided into two sections. The first is a series of seminars and lectures on the central practical…

  3. AA4003 - The Archaeology of Ancient Rome

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework: 100%
    Coordinator
    Prof C A Machado

    Rome was the largest and most important city of the ancient world. From an unimportant group of hill-top settlements near the Tiber, it developed into a densely inhabited…

  4. AA4004 - The Archaeology of Identities in the First Millennium BCE Mediterranean World

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    TBC
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr R M Post

    This module considers the theme of identity from an archaeological perspective. Chronologically and geographically, it focuses on case studies and evidence from the Mediterranean…

  5. AA4008 - The World of the Ancient Indian Ocean

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    TBC
    Assessment
    Coursework - 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr A C Kelley

    Studies of Roman long-distance trade have traditionally centred on its relationship with India. However, the Indian Ocean represented an expansive trade system, in which Rome was…

  6. AA4130 - The Roman Army

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    TBC
    Assessment
    3-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

    This module will present material for the history and archaeology of the Roman army from the Early Republic through to the Late Empire. Students will study a series of themes,…

  7. AA4146 - The Colours of Ancient Art

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    TBC
    Assessment
    Coursework - 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr B A Martens

    The ancient world was a colourful, vibrant place. Colour contributed vigorously to visual culture in antiquity, acting as a primary interpretive device for approaching, analysing, …

  8. AA4426 - From the Nile to the Niger: The Kingdoms of Ancient Africa

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Coordinator
    Dr A C Kelley

  9. AH1001 - Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This 20 credit module provides a survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe and beyond from c. 1280 to c.1580. It follows a roughly chronological course, from Giotto …

  10. AH1003 - Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This 20-credit module provides a survey of Baroque, Rococo and Enlightenment art in Europe and beyond. We begin with a study of seventeenth-century Italian art and architecture,…

  11. AH1801 - Scotland and its Visual Culture

    Year
    2024-2025
    Semester
    Summer after graduation
    SCOTCAT credits
    12
    Level
    1000
    Coordinator
    Dr W W Rough