This Higher Diploma equips the student with core knowledge in
aspects of prehistoric, medieval, and modern Irish and European
archaeology. It also develops first-stage archaeological research
skills in order to position the student to conduct independent
research and provides a basis for entry to higher-level
postgraduate degree programmes. The structure and content
of the programme may suit those interested in changing career
direction and especially mature students who wish to enter the
postgraduate sector and require a flexible schedule.
The modules on offer include: Semester 1—People, Ritual
and Death: Life in Early Prehistoric Europe; Metal, Warfare and
Chiefdoms—The Bronze Age Roots of European Civilisation;
Explaining Prehistory: Current Research Trends; Public
Archaeology; Castles, Colonists and Crannogs 1100–1350;
Option (student chooses one): Early Kingship: From Chaos to
Cosmos, or Space, Place and the Irish Landscape. Semester 2—
Interpretation in Archaeology; Archaeology in Practice; Minor
Dissertation, and Landscape and Archaelogy: Context and
Practice.
