BA Archaeology and Anthropology / Overview

Year of entry: 2019

Degree awarded: BA
Duration: 3 years
Typical A-level offer: ABB
Typical contextual A-level offer (what is this?): BBB
Typical International Baccalaureate offer: Equivalents to A-level grades are as follows:

A*AA: 37 points overall, with 7,6,6 in Higher Level subjects.

AAA: 36 points overall, with 6,6,6 in Higher Level subjects.

AAB: 35 points overall, with 6,6,5 in Higher Level subjects.

ABB: 34 points overall, with 6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects.

NOTE: please check A-Levels for subject requirements.; Full entry requirements
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Understand living societies, their artefacts and built environments to bridge the study of past and present humanity.
Gain a fascinating knowledge of cultural diversity in the past, and a sophisticated understanding of the social and material dimensions of human life.
Gain hands-on insight through subsidised fieldwork and excavation projects in Herefordshire, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Wolds, the Channel Islands or the Mediterranean.
Study at a UK top 10 university for both Archaeology and Anthropology (Complete University Guide 2019).

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Fees

Tuition fees for home/EU students commencing their studies in September 2019 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £18,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Contact name: Katie Cowey
Telephone: +44 (0)161 306 1252
Facsimile: +44 (0)161 275 3098
Email: ug-archae@manchester.ac.uk
Website: http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/archaeology/
School/Faculty overview: See: About us

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