Dr Patricia Warke
Co-ordinator of the School of GAP
Postgraduate Programme
Email:p.warke@qub.ac.uk
Graduate Studies (Taught)
Welcome to our Postgraduate Taught (PgT) Programme introductory page. Please read the following information and check out the links below to our five PgT courses, which have been designed to reflect the School’s world-class reputation in several areas of archaeological, geographical and palaeoecological research. We offer students excellent teaching and laboratory facilities that support postgraduate training including a state of the art AMS dating laboratory, laboratories for research on palaeoecology, pollen, plant macrofossils, beetles and mollusks, dendrochronology, tephra, stone weathering, human and animal bone and artefact study collections.
The School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology (GAP) is also very well equipped with the latest digital recording survey instruments for landscapes and buildings, including a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) laboratory and our in-house Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF), which is one of the few professional excavation units in the UK and Ireland based within a university environment.
Why choose the School of GAP for your postgraduate studies?
Our students benefit from the School’s international reputation in archaeological, environmental and geographical research through access to research-led teaching, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and a generally vibrant intellectual atmosphere.
If you join our team for your postgraduate studies you can be assured of an inclusive, stimulating and supportive learning environment, and a range of opportunities aimed at helping you to successfully develop your future research and career profile.
We offer the following postgraduate taught courses:
Click on the relevant course below for more detail about entry requirements, the course structure and content and the relevant member of staff to contact if you have any queries.
- Archaeology & Environment MSc; PG Dip; PG Cert
- Dating and Chronology MSc; PG Dip; PG Cert
- Heritage Science MSc; PG Dip; PG Cert
- Professional Archaeology MSc; PG Dip; PG Cert
- Human Geography: Society, Space and Culture MA: PG Dip
Course duration and entry requirements:
An MSc / MA undertaken on a full-time basis takes one calendar year and two years as a part-time student. For acceptance onto an MSc / MA programme applicants will normally be expected to have achieved a first class or 2.1 Honours degree (UK) in a relevant subject or equivalent recognised qualification. Where a postgraduate PG Diploma or PG Certificate is offered, an applicant will normally be expected to have a high 2.2 Honours degree (57%) or above, or equivalent recognised qualification in a relevant subject.
Information for international students:
Applicants who are non-EEA nationals must satisfy the UK Border Agency (UKBA) immigration requirements for English language for visa purposes. Consequently, it is important that you check the specific course requirements.
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