ARC3003 - Professional Placement
This module description relates to the current academic year (2009/0).
Module Code
ARC3003
Academic year
2009/0
Module level
3
Module Title
Professional Placement
Lecturer(s)
Credit Value
30.00
ECTS Value
15.00
Pre-requisites
90 Archaeology credits at level 2
Co-requisites
Duration of Module
2 terms
Total Student Study
300 hours 6 weeks full-time work or equivalent
Time
hours part-time (240 hours) and production of
assignments (60 hours).
Aims
This module will give experience of professional archaeological practice,
requiring the deployment, in the work-place, of skills and knowledge
acquired at stages 1 and 2.
Intended Learning Outcomes
? know the methodological framework of the project in hand.
? learn the appropriate professional procedures and etiquette of the
professional organisation.
? know and deploy terms and conventions in their correct contexts
? understand the ethical issues involved
Module-specific skills: ? interact with professional archaeologists and
others
? apply appropriate archaeological skills within the contemporary
professional workplace
Discipline-specific skills: ? accept responsibility for a project, clarifying the
task and implementing it under guidance
? produce a project report using appropriate illustrations and diagrams
Personal and key skills: ? time management in a workplace environment
? team work
Learning/Teaching Methods
seminars (3); tutorials (2); work experience (6 weeks)
Assignments
Will vary in form according to the work undertaken
A project report, tailored to the demands of the individual project, with
parameters set by the employing body. Given the variability of the employerled projects, no word limit is set.
A work diary
A critical evaluation of the project and its outcomes.
Formative feedback will be given in tutorials during the course of the module.
Assessment
Written assignment of 3000 words (worth 80%): to comprise the project
report, work diary and critical evaluation, designed to illustrate the nature
and range of skills deployed, the degree of success achieved and the ability
to analyse own performance. Given the variability of the employer-led
projects, no word limit is set.
An employer?s reference (worth 20%) designed to indicate levels of
competence and ability to undertake professional archaeological work. (A
pro-forma and grading scheme are provided for the guidance of the referee).
Syllabus Plan
Not applicable but students must apply to the convenor to be initially
accepted onto the module and allocation of placements will be made by the
convenor.
Indicative Basic Reading List
Hunter, J. and Ralston, I. (eds) 1993: Archaeological Resource Management
in the UK. An Introduction.
DOE 1990: Planning Policy Guidance: Archaeology and Planning (PPG 16).
London.
English Heritage 1999: Developing Frameworks: Policies for our
Archaeological Past 1979-1999. London.
Grenville, J. (ed.) 1999: Managing the Historic Rural Landscape. London.
Griffiths, D. 1994: ?A field to the spoiler?: a review of archaeological
conservation on Dartmoor, in D. Griffiths (ed.), The Archaeology of
Dartmoor: Perspectives from the 1990s, Proc. Devon Archaeol. Soc. 52,
271-286.
Rountree, F. 1998: Taking Stock of our Ecclesiastical Heritage.
Pratt, L.V. & O'Keefe, P.J. 1984: Law and the Cultural Heritage