Career Opportunities with a Degree in… Archaeology

SKILLS AND EMPLOYER ATTITUDES:

Among the skills you will have gained while studying for your degree in Archaeology:

• Team building
• Appreciation of the historical, social, cultural and political
  context of archaeological interpretation.
• The use of diverse sources of evidence e.g., excavated,
  documentary, representational, observational, artefactual,
  environmental and scientific material.
• Use of methodologies to quantify, analyse, interpret data.
• Understanding scientific methods used in collecting,
  analysing and interpreting archaeological data.
• Fieldwork and laboratory techniques.
• Selecting and using appropriate statistical techniques.
• Produce logical arguments supported by evidence.
• Communication skills – oral and written.
• IT, information retrieval and presentation skills.
• Research skills and Teamwork skills.
• Sensitive to different cultures and can deal with new situations.

POSTGRADUATE COURSES TAKEN BY archaeology GRADUATES:

Recent graduates:

• MA Landscape Archaeology, NUI Galway
• Structured PhD, NUI Galway
• Archaeology, Edinburgh University
• MA Coastal Management & GIS, UCC
• MSc Forensic & Biological Anthropology, Bournemouth
  
• MA Public Health, UCC
  

Previous graduates:

• Master of Arts (Léann Eireannach) (Irish Studies), NUI Galway
• Master of Arts (Landscape Archaeology), NUI Galway
• Higher Diploma In Business Studies, NUI Galway
• Master of Arts (Medieval Studies), NUI Galway
• Crime scene investigation, Bournemouth University
  
• Masters in Urban and Building Conservation, UCD

OTHER RESOURCES:

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