Educational Organization: Bournemouth University

Date Posted: 2011-07-08

Program Description: This exciting one-year Full-time (2 years PT) MSc course combines our staff's international reputation in anthropology, primatology, archaeology and biology. Offering all the exciting aspects of biological anthropology at the lovely Dorset Coast with its rich archaeological heritage. The programme includes primatology, evolutionary anthropology, human osteology (at a level suitable for a forensic anthropologist), zooarchaeology, and human variation. This degree gives you the chance to work with established experts in the field of forensic osteology/anthropology, (zoo)archaeology, primatology and behavioural ecology of humans and animals. As a student on this course, you will have access to our extensive collection of archaeological skeletal material of humans and animals, helping you to develop osteological skills at a level suitable for human identification in forensic and archaeological settings. This is a unique opportunity to engage in a study that will leave students well equipped to continue a career in the study of human evolution, modern human variation, or the analysis of archaeological (or forensic) human skeletal remains.

Entrance Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject (biology, anthropology, archaeology) completed to a high standard (upper 2;2 or 2:1 in English institutions, international applicants please contact: akorstjens@bournmeouth.ac.uk).

Tuition / Fees: September 2011 fees Full-time students year 2011/12: UK/EU students: £4,750 International students: £11,500

Support (scholarships, travel): One-off payment discount of 5%. Several scholarships will again be available for a 2012 start.

Start + End Dates: End September 2011-End September 2012 every year.

Application Deadline: September 2011

Comments: There are many other exciting MSc courses at our university related to this one and there are PhD and MPhil opportunities with individual members of staff.

Contact Information: Applied Sciences Talbot Campus, Christchurch House Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB United Kingdom

Telephone Number: ++ 44.1202 9 65167 or

Website: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/MSBAF

E-Mail Address: akorstjens@bournemouth.ac.uk