{"id":14823,"date":"2025-07-10T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/?page_id=14823"},"modified":"2025-07-10T05:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:31:20","slug":"master-of-arts-in-archaeology-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/master-of-arts-in-archaeology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Arts in Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14823\" class=\"elementor elementor-14823\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6c722 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df6c722\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76462e6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76462e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Master of Arts degree programme in Archaeology aims at providing a wide range of learning prospects in the field of Archaeology. It provides knowledge and skills required for employment and research in Archaeology through core and optional courses and projects. On successful completion of the programme, students will be able to describe, analyze and assess ancient sources, including literary, non-literary and material evidence. They will also be able to analyze and find solutions to complex problems and effectively communicate them to stakeholders and society.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Courses offered:<\/p><table width=\"612\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"96\"><p><strong>Course Code\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p><strong>Course Title\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p><strong>Credits\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p><strong>Status <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 603<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Theory and Practice in Archaeology<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>C<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 604<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Archaeological Heritage Management<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 605<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Conservation of Archaeological Material<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 606<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Crafts and Technology of Pre-Industrial South Asia<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 609<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>The Built-Environment of South Asia<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 610<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Environmental Archaeology<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 611<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Ancient Cultural Ecology<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>O<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 612<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Archaeology of South Asia<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>3<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>C<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"96\"><p>ACL 696<\/p><\/td><td width=\"378\"><p>Guided Project\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"66\"><p>6<\/p><\/td><td width=\"72\"><p>C<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Students should earn 24 credits from courses and 6 credits from guided project to complete the degree.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0150b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0150b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d40bb4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d40bb4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3787da3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3787da3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Arts degree programme in Archaeology aims at providing a wide range of learning prospects in the field&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14832,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14823\/revisions\/14832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}