考古学是通过对对象，遗址，古迹和景观的详细研究来研究过去人们与世界的互动方式。您将有机会在英国以及其他国家获得实践性的现场工作技能。最近的学生曾在波罗的海国家，塞浦路斯，芬兰，法文，德文，希腊，冰岛，意大利和葡萄牙工作。您将研究从上一个冰河时代结束到近代的苏格兰的社会和文化发展。您还将探索与当代社会的过去的表现，解释和相关性有关的问题。您将学习一百万年的欧洲和地中海考古学。还将向您介绍考古学家了解过去社会的概念，理论以及实践技能和技术。将探讨考古学与当代社会的相关性。如果您获得荣誉学位（三年级和四年级），
Archaeology is the study of how people in the past interacted with their world, through a detailed study of their objects, sites, monuments and landscapes.<br>You will have the opportunity to gain practical fieldwork skills in the UK and also abroad. Recent<br>students have worked on excavation projects across Europe and the Near East including the Baltic states, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy and Portugal.<br>Throughout the programme we emphasise that you should gain practical heritage work experience<br>including archaeological fieldwork techniques and developing the social benefits of archaeology. We<br>provide day and residential fieldtrips for our students to archaeological sites, landscapes, museums and other heritage venues.<br>You will also be able to take part in current staff research projects including survey and excavation as well as archaeological archives and collection-based projects, and gain personal work experience in various heritage and museum organisations through our network of placement providers. We can also help students get onto excavation teams across Europe.<br>Employers, from banking and law to business and tourism, value the transferable skills that an archaeology degree offers such as teamworking, practical problem-solving and critical analysis.<br>Many graduates are employed in vocational archaeological and heritage roles working for<br>government agencies, the charitable sector and other heritage organisations in Scotland and beyond,<br>including the National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Archaeology Scotland, the British Museum, National Museums of Scotland and Glasgow Life, as well as various companies offering commercial archaeological services in the UK and abroad such as GUARD Archaeology Ltd.