This programme is based on the study of three major areas of evolutionary anthropology (archaeology of human evolution, evolutionary psychology and hominid palaeontology) and allows students to follow a pathway comprising all three elements or, if they wish, to focus on two areas and add courses in other relevant areas such as geology or chronological studies; the first year involves introductory courses in the archaeology of human origins, archaeological techniques and methodology, human anatomy, evolutionary psychology and human and animal behaviour; these topics are taken to an advanced level in the second year via core and optional courses; the third year has a choice of pathways which allows a degree of specialisation, plus a compulsory dissertation on a topic chosen by the student based on personal research; the degree includes four weeks of vacation fieldwork or museum-based work normally in Europe, the Mediterranean, South Africa or the Middle East and a final-year dissertation.