Archaeology/Geography

Archaeology and geography address the same fundamental questions about people and places from different temporal and disciplinary perspectives. Archaeology examines how people in the past interacted with their world through the detailed study of objects, sites, monuments, and landscapes, revealing how earlier societies organised themselves, managed resources, and shaped the environments they inhabited. Geography examines those questions in the present and the recent past, exploring the physical and human processes that create and transform landscapes, societies, and environments across the globe.

Together they give you a uniquely rich understanding of the relationship between people and place across the longue dure.

At the University of Glasgow you will follow this part-time programme, developing expertise in both disciplines alongside other commitments. The part-time mode allows you to progress at a pace that fits your life while engaging seriously with both fields. The programme includes a year abroad, extending your engagement with different archaeological and geographical traditions and environments in an international context.

You will develop skills in fieldwork, environmental analysis, spatial data, archaeological excavation and survey, GIS, and the interpretive and analytical methods that both disciplines depend on.

Graduates of archaeology and geography are well placed for careers in environmental consultancy, archaeological contracting and heritage management, local authority planning and conservation, national parks and countryside management, cultural resource management, geographical information systems, environmental impact assessment, and a range of roles in the public, private, and voluntary sectors concerned with landscape, environment, and cultural heritage. Many graduates also pursue postgraduate study in archaeology, environmental geography, heritage management, landscape studies, or GIS, developing specialist expertise for research or professional practice careers. The combination of deep historical perspective and contemporary environmental understanding is increasingly relevant in an era of climate change and growing attention to the cultural landscapes that define places and communities.