The principal methods of delivery for taught modules will be a mixture of lectures, seminars, individual tutorials and field visits to archaeological and heritage sites. The Research Dissertation is taught through regular supervisory meetings.
The taught modules are delivered online for those students on the distance learning route.
Assessment for the core modules is via written work and other methods equivalent to approximately 4,000 words per 20-credit module. The Research Dissertation will be approximately 28,000 words in length.
Each 20-credit module runs for 2.5 hours per week across an eight-week period. The Programme Leader will serve as your Personal Tutor.
Acquisition of core knowledge, themes and debates is achieved through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and private study, supplemented where appropriate by field visits. The balance of these delivery methods will be tailored appropriately for each module. The focus will be on small-group teaching via seminars, supported by individual tutorials in order to engage students with current debates, methods and discoveries. Workshops and field visits will engage students with primary archaeological data as appropriate.
The modules will be delivered either through face-to-face teaching, for example in small group sessions and tutorials, or by distance learning supported by a range of materials available through the University's eLearning facilities. Distance learning is also supported by online tutorials and digital support (e.g. via email, video calls and video meetings). The Dissertation will be taught by one-to-one tutorial supervision either in face-to-face sessions or by distance learning methods as appropriate. Meanwhile, all delivery methods and private study will be enhanced via the use of VLE resources that will be fully utilised in accordance with proven customary practice for University of Chester undergraduate degrees in archaeology.
