This programme aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of a wide range of human history and prehistory. It encourages you to take an analytical approach to the past, so that you can understand and contribute to historical and archaeological controversies, and can understand ways in which the past is at least partly constructed in the present. It therefore hopes to train you intellectually so you can explain the relevance of the past in the present, understand the problems of interpreting written, material and other evidence, and gain skills of research, data collection, analysis, problem-solving, construction of argument and communication. By including archaeological alongside historical study, the scheme enables you to appreciate the differing and related contributions that material culture, landscape and documentary evidence offer to our understanding of past societies and social change. There is a focus on the archaeology of Britain, Ireland and Europe during the module; whilst an increasing practical element enables you to gain skills in data collection and analysis. Many of the modules on offer take advantage of the proximity to Bangor of numerous important archaeological sites and landscapes. Graduates of this scheme enter a wide range of employment: especially fields which require skills of communication, analysing large quantities of information, and understanding human nature and material culture. These include teaching, the heritage industry, management and administration, librarianship, accountancy, law, and retail. Many graduates enter higher education schemes - especially masters degrees in archaeology.