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MA Archaeology and Heritage Management

by distance learning

Overview

Archaeology and heritage are vital and wide-ranging areas of public interest and concern. Embracing nature, landscape, monuments, artefacts, activities and people, the subjects are represented at various scales from the local to the global. Governments and organisations identify these cultural resources and the historic environment as crucial contributors to our economy, quality of life and to the formation of individual, community and national identities.

The University of Exeter’s innovative interdisciplinary postgraduate programme is designed to meet the needs of professionals and practitioners working in heritage education and cultural resources management, as well as those seeking master's level academic study within the fields of heritage and archaeology.

It is delivered on a flexible basis via e-learning, using materials and resources made available to students over the internet, fully supported by our highly experienced E-Learning and Communications Team. Distance learning students are not required to attend any classes in Exeter so the programme can be studied anywhere in the world. The course is available as MA, but also as a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma. It can be taken both full- and part-time.

Why choose Archaeology at the University of Exeter?

• Ranked 2nd in the UK for world leading and internationally excellent research*
• Consistently ranked as a top Archaeology department in league tables, including 6th in The Times (2009) and 8th in The Guardian and The Independent subject rankings (2010) 
• Ranked 1st in the UK for Archaeology in the National Student Survey (2007)** and 1st for overall satisfaction
• Excellent teaching: 24/24 grading by the Quality Assurance Agency
• Outdoor Experimental Archaeology Centre on campus
• Bursaries of £1,500 for outstanding students on taught programmes

*  RAE 2008 based on the percentage of research categorised as 4* and 3*
** based on average scores across all seven assessment categories; 17 institutions were reviewed for Archaeology