Masters Degrees (Human Osteology)

Access to collections in the Novium Collections at Fishbourne and the holdings of the Hampshire Cultural Trust. Wide range of research options.

This course emphasises the study of archaeological human remains within their funerary context. It builds upon the School's extensive research in human osteology and palaeopathology and related research expertise in field archaeology, archaeozoology, molecular archaeology and archaeological biogeochemistry.

Through imaginative teaching and world-leading research, we inspire our students to explore. Working in labs, you’ll get advanced training in the analysis of human remains.

Bioarchaeology is an exciting and fast-advancing field which combines archaeology with branches of the natural sciences to study key topics such as past health and well-being, diet, ecology, subsistence strategies and environmental impacts.

Benefit from specialised forensic science labs and facilities. Study a course developed and delivered by leading researchers. Gain hands-on experience in the field by getting involved with excavation and bioarchaeological analysis of real human remains at a medieval cemetery - the Poulton Project.

This programme places a strong emphasis on critical thinking and understanding of both the broad field of Biological Anthropology and the specialisms within.

Forensic archaeology is the application of archaeological skills to the location and recovery of human remains and forensic evidence. Forensic anthropology is the analysis of human remains for the medico-legal purpose of establishing identity. .

Through imaginative teaching and world-leading research, we inspire our students to explore. Using a combination of established and cutting-edge methods, this course focuses on the study of bones from archaeological sites.

The MSc Professional Human Osteoarchaeology course provides advanced instruction on the osteological methods, theories and techniques needed to identify and analyse human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts.  .

Palaeopathology is the study of past disease in human remains; it is a sub-discipline of bioarchaeology (study of human remains from archaeological sites).

This course provides postgraduate education in the discipline of Forensic Anthropology. This course provides intensive training in human osteology and the techniques used by Forensic Anthropologists to build osteological profiles of unknown skeletonised human remains.

Human skeletal remains are the most direct evidence of past lifeways and their scientific investigation gives unique insights into human history.

Taught by expert researchers, this innovative MSc combines evolutionary anthropology, focusing on the behaviour of human and non-human primates, with evolutionary, developmental and cognitive psychology.

This new MSc programme equips you with the ability to excavate and analyse human remains. Learn the practical skills needed to recover human remains in the field.

Through imaginative teaching and world-leading research, we inspire our students to explore. Palaeoanthropology traces the evolution of humanity.