Core Programme Intended Learning Outcomes Aim(s) Subject Related Core (as worded in the Programme Specification) Benchmark Modules The FHEQ requirements are already given here in italics (specific reference) Knowledge / Understanding 2.4.3.c 3.2 TCARC207/212 TCARC204/211 Begin to understand the intellectual vitality of archaeology, its theoretical basis, current debates over approaches to interpretation, and relationship to other archaeology’s 2.4.3.c 3.3 disciplines & 2.4.5 3.5 Appreciate the social, cultural, and political context of archaeological interpretation 2.4.3.c Understand the causes of variation in the reliability of different classes of evidence from archaeological contexts (such as: taphonomy; cultural and non-cultural 2.4.4 3.6 transformations; depositional processes; and recovery procedures) Understand the relationship between the practice of archaeology and the institutional context of that practice Possess a basic understanding of scientific methods used in collecting, analysing, and 2.4.3.a & 3.9 interpreting archaeological data 2.4.6 From specialised investigation, begin to develop a deeper understanding of one or 3.13 more distinct classes of archaeological material 2.4.5 & 2.4.6
Core Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (as worded in the Programme Specification) The FHEQ requirements are already given here in italics Aim(s) Subject Benchmark (specific reference) Related Core Modules Knowledge / Understanding Begin to understand the intellectual vitality of archaeology, its theoretical basis, current debates over approaches to interpretation, and archaeology’s relationship to other disciplines Appreciate the social, cultural, and political context of archaeological interpretation Understand the causes of variation in the reliability of different classes of evidence from archaeological contexts (such as: taphonomy; cultural and non-cultural transformations; depositional processes; and recovery procedures) Understand the relationship between the practice of archaeology and the institutional context of that practice 2.4.3.c 2.4.3.c & 2.4.5 2.4.3.c 2.4.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 TCARC207/212 TCARC204/211 Possess a basic understanding of scientific methods used in collecting, analysing, and interpreting archaeological data From specialised investigation, begin to develop a deeper understanding of one or more distinct classes of archaeological material 2.4.3.a & 2.4.6 2.4.5 & 2.4.6 3.9 3.13
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