This degree follows the four field approach to Anthropology, whereby anthropology comprises archaeology, social anthropology, biological anthropology and anthropological linguistics. It explores how humans, and our ancestors, engaged with their world, both physical and social, and combines aspects of both the humanities and the sciences. By taking the BA Archaeology and Anthropology degree, you will gain insights into human lives, both contemporary and from the past, and explore the differences between them and our own 21st-century Western world. The varied assessment types of knowledge and understanding include examinations, essays, shorter pieces of assessed coursework, practical assignments in both the laboratory and the field, individual and group presentations, online discussions, portfolios and the dissertation. The progression is recognised in the assessment scheme, which tests the breadth and complexity of knowledge and understanding through to consolidation and application. An Archaeology and Anthropology degree is excellent preparation for future employment, offering a balance of sciences and arts and providing a range of both practical and intellectual components. These allow graduates to demonstrate many of the abilities that employers are known to look for such as working as part of a team, presentation skills, evidence-based reasoning, problem solving, project management, report writing and independent critical thinking. A high proportion of our graduates find full-time employment within six months of completing their degree (94% in 2012 compared with the national average for all graduates of 91%) and they follow a very wide range of career paths. After the completion of the course, recently, our graduates have found jobs in such diverse areas as accountancy, administration, civil service, cartography and aerial photography, computer engineering and animation, geographic information systems, graphic design, life-guarding, nursing, the police, the armed services, environmental health, countryside management, engineering management, marketing, business, retailing and entertainment management. It is also an ideal preparation for further study (for a Masters or research degree) or for a subject-related career in professional Archaeology, heritage management, digital heritage, museums, archaeological research , teaching (in subjects such as geography, history or archaeology), geophysical survey or heritage tourism.