Program Overview

Graduate Certificate Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture

The Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture at the UCD School of Archaeology is a Distance Learning programme that exploits and builds upon the growing international reputation of UCD's Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture. Experimental archaeology can be defined as the reconstruction of past buildings, technologies, things and environmental contexts, based on archaeological evidence, and their use, experience, investigation and recording so as to enable a better understanding of people's lives in the past, in the present.

Programme Overview

The UCD School of Archaeology's Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (Online/Distance Learning) will build on the strengths of the existing taught programmes in our Undergraduate, MSc and Graduate Diploma courses in experimental archaeology and material culture, and the international reputation of UCD School of Archaeology's Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC).

Programme Details

• The Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (Distance Learning) is a part-time, online, distance learning course designed to equip students with current thinking and professional understanding of experimental archaeological investigations of past societies.
• The programme will provide students with the knowledge base, skills and confidence to further develop their career in this field, and to build potential for further graduate studies, research and teaching.

Admission Criteria

No specific admission criteria are mentioned in the provided context.

Tuition Fees

No specific tuition fees are mentioned in the provided context.

Research Areas

The programme focuses on experimental archaeology research, teaching and public outreach activities, with a particular emphasis on the reconstruction of past buildings, technologies, things and environmental contexts.

Graduate Taught Programmes

Other graduate taught programmes offered by the UCD School of Archaeology include:

• MSc/Graduate Diploma in Archaeology
• MSc in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture
• MSc/Graduate Diploma Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology
• MSc World Heritage Management & Conservation
• MSc World Heritage Conservation
• Graduate Diploma in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture
• Graduate Certificate Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology
• Higher Diploma in Archaeology

Scholarships and Funding

Various scholarships and funding opportunities are available, including:

• The Kay Mahon Bursaries
• Vin Davis Bursary
• School of Archaeology Graduate Scholarship
• National Monuments Service World Heritage Scholarship Programme
• Taught Graduate Scholarships and Funding
• North American Loans
• UCD Cothrom na Féinne Scholarships/Widening Participation Scholarships
• UCD School of Archaeology CSSL Global Scholarship