There is also a mandatory weekly professional seminar which brings students to grips with theoretical debates, modern controversies ranging from gender issues to ethnogenesis and acculturation, and practical issues such as heritage management and landscape formation in the Mediterranean. In addition, the Arts Faculty Graduate Centre provides shorter vocational, linguistic, and interdisciplinary theoretical units. Students are also encouraged to attend other classes relevant to the MA, including units offered in the Landscape Archaeology and Maritime Archaeology and History MA programmes. During the summer, students pursue individual research which leads to a dissertation of 15,000 words on a topic relevant to Mediterranean archaeology. The dissertation is to be completed by September.
Supervision is offered on suitable topics, collections to visit, and reading materials.
Assessment will be by submitted work, comprising essays, prepared seminars, and the dissertation. There are no written examinations. The University The University of Bristol , founded in 1876, is one of England's leading civic universities. Located on a hillside that overlooks the modern city and harbour, the University is housed in Victorian and modern buildings. The Department of Archaeology, part of the Faculty of Arts, achieved a four star rating in its first submission to the research selectivity exercise.