Explore another culture on this BA Ancient History and Archaeology with Year Abroad degree. Learn about the ancient world and understand the foundations of how we live today. You'll develop specialist knowledge in your chosen areas of study and learn in an engaging and supportive research environment. Research and archiving skills will prepare you for further study, or for a wide choice of careers, including heritage management and archaeological research.

Study ancient history and archaeology with year abroad to learn key topics in both subjects and experience another country.

You'll have the choice of a wide range of historical topics, from Ancient Egypt to the rise of Islam in the Middle East. You can also learn what happened during the conquests of Alexander the Great and at the end of the Roman Empire.

The complementary subject of archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains. These include buildings, monuments, artefacts, biological remains, written sources and landscape.

On BA Ancient History and Archaeology Placement you can:

• spend your third year at a partner university in Europe, the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea or Australia
• learn from experts in the ancient world (including history, archaeology, ancient and modern languages and literatures, philosophy and film)
• use cutting-edge technology to discover and map new sites, or develop archival research skills
• do at least 3 weeks of field work as part of an active research project, including excavating archaeological sites or collecting archaeological material from ploughed fields
• challenge yourself by learning Latin and Ancient Greek

You'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills such as research, critical thinking, analysis and team working. Career skills are embedded at every stage of our courses and certain modules offer specific teaching in reasoning and communication. Our graduates have secured roles as diverse as:

• academic librarian
• archaeologist
• conservator
• archivist
• heritage manager
• historic buildings inspector
• museum curator
• secondary school teacher
• civil servant

Our ancient history and archaeology degrees are also a good foundation for further study at master's or PhD level.