GradDip Archaeology

Program Overview

The GradDip Archaeology at UCD is a two-year, part-time program that focuses on the challenges and opportunities of studying human history. It covers topics such as the origins of societies, population migrations, and environmental change, and trains students in project design, data analysis, and communication. Graduates are prepared for careers in archaeology, cultural heritage, and related fields, and can further their studies in the MSc program with a high GPA.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The GradDip Archaeology is a part-time, two-year program designed for students interested in the challenges and opportunities of studying the human past. It is a level 9 NQF program with 60 credits. The program focuses on exploring how people in the past created unique societies through their interaction with landscapes, plants, animals, and objects. It covers topics such as the origins and character of past societies, population migrations, and the relationship between human behavior, landscapes, material culture, and environmental change.

Objectives:

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to: Critically assess archaeological interpretations of different datasets. Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of key theoretical approaches, and of the history and context of archaeological interpretations. Understand how different field and laboratory methods can be employed to answer key research questions in prehistory. Work within large or small teams and independently, leading and being led as appropriate. Effectively communicate archaeological knowledge using a variety of different approaches and platforms. Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of how archaeological knowledge is relevant to key contemporary issues.

Careers:

The program prepares students for a variety of careers in archaeology, cultural heritage, and related fields. Potential career paths include:

• Archaeological practice
• Cultural heritage and archaeological management and conservation
• Museums and curation
• Academic research
• Public engagement and education

Other:

• The program offers students the opportunity to design their own programs from a diverse range of modules.
• Students who achieve an average GPA of 3.1 within Semester 1 can apply to upgrade to the MSc Programme.
• The program responds directly to two of UCD's key strategic themes: 'Empowering Humanity' and 'Creating a Sustainable Global Society'.
• UCD School of Archaeology has an international reputation in the study of prehistoric archaeology, with one of the largest groups of researchers in this field anywhere in the world.
• Students will benefit from UCD's proximity to some of the best-preserved and most spectacular prehistoric monuments and landscapes in Europe as well as to key cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Ireland with its outstanding prehistory collections.
• Students will learn to combine innovative archaeological and scientific approaches with current theoretical perspectives to examine the material remains of prehistoric societies.
• Students will gain skills in project design and independent research, data analysis and interpretation, and communicating the past to different stakeholder groups.

GradDip Archaeology (W494) Part Time EU fee per year - € 4190 nonEU fee per year - € 7540