Course list for the Archaeology Extended Major

Information valid for students commencing 2020

Archaeology

Extended Major

24 units consisting of:

6 units for compulsory gateway courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ANTH1008 2 Being Human: Cultural Diversity and Experience
ARCA1000 2 Discovering Archaeology
ARCS1001 2 Doing Archaeology

and 6 units for compulsory cornerstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ARCA2020 2 Australasian Archaeology
ARCS2011 2 Lithic Analysis: Current and Future Directions for Research and Heritage Management
ARCS2050 2 Historical Archaeology

and 6 units from the following, which must include at least 2 units from ARCS2070, ARCS2080 or ARCS2090 -

Course Code Units Course Title
ANTH2260 2 Applied Anthropology and Indigenous Territories
ARCA2150 2 Ancient Civilisations: Archaeology of Mesopotamia, Turkey and The Levant before Alexander the Great
ARCS2000 2 Science in Archaeology
ARCS2010 2 Ancient Technologies: Experimental and Analytical Approaches to Understanding Past Technologies
ARCS2025 2 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands
ARCS2060 2 Archaeology Field School
ARCS2070 2 Bioarchaeology: Human remains and ancient disease
ARCS2080 2 Plants and Archaeology: Food, fuel, foraging and farming in the human past
ARCS2090 2 Animals and Archaeology: Analytical approaches to understanding past human-animal relationships
ARCS3001 2 Advanced Research in Archaeology
ARCS3168 2 Human Evolution

and 6 units for compulsory capstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ARCA3000 2 Predicting the Past
ARCS3010 2 Field Archaeology
ARCS3118 2 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice

Note: Students wishing to undertake Honours in Archaeology are required to complete both ARCS3001 - Advanced Research in Archaeology and the extended major.