Course list for the Archaeological Science Extended Major
Information valid for students commencing 2020
Archaeological Science (Extended Major)
Prerequisites required for progression in this major:
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ARCA1000 | 2 | Discovering Archaeology |
ARCS1001 | 2 | Doing Archaeology |
Major Requirements (22 units)
12 units for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ARCA2020 | 2 | Australasian Archaeology |
ARCS2000 | 2 | Science in Archaeology |
ARCS2011 | 2 | Lithic Analysis: Current and Future Directions for Research and Heritage Management [1] |
ARCS3010 | 2 | Field Archaeology |
ARCS3118 | 2 | Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice |
ENVM3215 | 2 | People, Fire and Environment |
4 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ARCS2003 | 2 | Forensics: The Archaeology of Death & Crime Scenes |
ARCS2010 | 2 | Ancient Technologies: Experimental and Analytical Approaches to Understanding Past Technologies |
ARCS2025 | 2 | Archaeology of the Pacific Islands |
ARCS2050 | 2 | Historical Archaeology |
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 |
BIOL2201 | 2 | Evolution |
ERTH2002 | 2 | Paleobiology |
ERTH2003 | 2 | Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments |
ERTH2005 | 2 | Mineralogy |
GEOM2001 | 2 | Geographical Information Systems |
GEOS2100 | 2 | Environmental Systems |
GEOS2103 | 2 | Biogeography & Geomorphology |
6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ARCA3000 | 2 | Predicting the Past |
ARCS3001 | 2 | Advanced Research in Archaeology |
ARCS3168 | 2 | Human Evolution |
BIOL3209 | 2 | Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery and Systematics |
CONS3017 | 2 | Landscape Ecology |
ERTH3103 | 2 | Sedimentary Environments |
ERTH3205 | 2 | Geochemistry and Geochronology |
PSYC3262 | 2 | Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour |
End notes
- [1] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.