我们的文学学士学位考古与专业进修和海外学习课程使您能够研究过去社会的物质遗迹，这些遗迹包括通过挖掘发现的文物到站立的古迹，从最早的人类到第一个帝国，从有组织的宗教到十字军东征。处理人类遗骸，了解墓葬考古，触摸过去的物体，了解我们如何解释这种材料，在当代模拟犯罪现场调查中利用技能。了解如何通过物质世界反映和强加性别观念，气候变化如何影响过去和现在的生活，以及如何通过博物馆和媒体传达关于过去的故事。在社会科学考古学前沿的研究密集型部门中学习。在2014年最新的卓越研究框架中，我们的研究有97％被评为国际声誉。
Our BA Archaeology with Professional Placement and Study Abroad course enables you to study the material traces of past societies from artefacts recovered through excavation to standing monuments, from the earliest humans to the first Empires and from the rise of organised religion through to the Crusades.Handle human remains and learn about burial archaeology, touch objects from the past and see how we interpret this material, utilise skills in a contemporary mock crime scene investigation. Realise how ideas of gender are reflected and imposed through the material world, how climate change has impacted on lives past and present, and how stories about the past are conveyed through museums and the media.We encourage you to get involved with archaeological excavations in the UK and Europe, such as prehistoric monuments, Roman cities to Medieval castles, but it's not just digging. Archaeology is an academic subject that will teach you valuable theoretical and practical skills, with opportunities to use specialist equipment, work in laboratories and access three superb on-campus museums. You will also have the chance to boost your employability with our Study Abroad programme, whether in Malta, Denmark, Florida, Korea or other parts of the world.<br><br>This four-year degree course includes a placement and a period of study at a university abroad in your third year, giving you the opportunity to develop valuable professional and international experience. You will spend one semester studying abroad and then undertake a half-year professional placement abroad or back in the UK.We provide opportunities for you to undertake placements in a variety of contexts. Placements are an excellent way to enhance your work-related skills and develop a network of contacts, as well as strengthen your employability prospects.Opportunities are available working across the Archaeological, Heritage, Planning and Museum sectors including: research institutions, government organisations, local planning authorities, archaeological consultancies, field units, specialists and archivists. Alternatively, you can choose a placement in a non-related business or industry, exploring different career options and enhancing your employability by drawing on the many non-vocational, transferable skills you obtain from an Archaeology degree.<br><br>As a world-class department with internationally-renowned teaching staff, a degree in Archaeology at the University of Reading will equip you with valuable skills for a range of different careers in various sectors, including archaeology and heritage, construction and surveying, media, science, law, financial services, teaching and other occupations where logic and critical thinking are valued.<br><br>Our recent graduates are represented among the staff of major employers such as Oxford Archaeology, Wessex Archaeology, the Museum of London Archaeology and the Natural History Museum. Some of our graduates have progressed into roles in the police force and in teaching at both primary and secondary levels. Each year a number of graduates pursue further, higher study following graduation.