12th December 2005, 11:22 AM
I disagree.
I think that the majority of people choose the course the way I did: I looked through the UCAS website and thought archaeology sounded better than accounting! But seriously, a lot of the people I know studying archaeology were quite interested in history but didn't want to do a straight history degree so did something a bit different. I'll be honest, the only experience I had of archaeology before my degree was watching Time Team while the sunday roast cooked[:I] Thats why its so important to have things like the placement year that Bradford offer. I've learnt more on placement about the way things work than I ever will at uni. I think the main problem lies in the fact that universities are designed to produce academics, not a bad thing but there are no vocational courses really until you get to masters level.
My question is that if I do a masters in archaeology (or 'professional archaeology') will I lose out on jobs because I have too much qualification? (bad English I know) Bearing in mind I don't have a huge amount of experience (yet!)
PS. choosing archaeology over accounting was the best decision I made!!
I think that the majority of people choose the course the way I did: I looked through the UCAS website and thought archaeology sounded better than accounting! But seriously, a lot of the people I know studying archaeology were quite interested in history but didn't want to do a straight history degree so did something a bit different. I'll be honest, the only experience I had of archaeology before my degree was watching Time Team while the sunday roast cooked[:I] Thats why its so important to have things like the placement year that Bradford offer. I've learnt more on placement about the way things work than I ever will at uni. I think the main problem lies in the fact that universities are designed to produce academics, not a bad thing but there are no vocational courses really until you get to masters level.
My question is that if I do a masters in archaeology (or 'professional archaeology') will I lose out on jobs because I have too much qualification? (bad English I know) Bearing in mind I don't have a huge amount of experience (yet!)
PS. choosing archaeology over accounting was the best decision I made!!