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Archaeology

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Major

A major in Archaeology requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units
(iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Archaeology requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level units

1000 level units of study

ARCO1000
Ancient People: Hunters and Farmers
6    N ARCA1000
Semester 1
ARCO1001
Civilisations of the Ancient World
6    N ARCA1001
Semester 2

2000 level units of study

ARCO2001
Ancient Australia: Diverse adaptations
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Semester 1
ARCO2004
Ancient Levant: The Fertile Crescent
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2604
Semester 2
ARCO2006
Ancient Iran: Highlands and Lowlands
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Semester 1
ARCO2007
Ancient Greece
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
N ARCA2612
Semester 1
ARCO2008
Ancient Italy: Etruscans and Romans
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
N ARCA2615
Semester 2
ARCO2102
Archaeological Field Methods
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2602
Semester 2
ARCO2103
Archaeology: Time and Materiality
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Semester 2
ARCO2105
Ancient Mobility to Modern Megalopolis
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Semester 2
ARCO2201
Field School in Greece
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Intensive January
ANHS2606
The City of Rome: History and Landscape
6    P 6 Junior credit points in ANHS and 6 credit points in any of Ancient History, History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Greek (Ancient) or Latin or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
Intensive January
Semester 1

3000 level units of study

ARCO3002
Australian Forager Economies
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2640
Semester 2
ARCO3004
Art of ancient western Asia
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2623
Semester 2
ARCO3005
Exploring the Silk Road
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2633
Semester 1
ARCO3008
At Home in Ancient Greece
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2611
Semester 2
ARCO3011
Pompeii and Herculaneum
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History
N ARCA2627
Semester 1
ARCO3101
Archaeology: History, Theory, Research
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2635
Semester 1
ARCO3401
Australian Lithic Technology (Project 1)
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
Semester 1
ARCO3402
Archaeozoology (Project 2)
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2641
Semester 2
ARCO3403
Iconography in Archaeology (Project 3)
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA3620
Semester 1
ARCO3404
Archaeological Fieldwork (Project 4)
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
BDES3030
Roman Architecture: Creation-Reception
6    P 12 Junior credit points of ARCA, OR (6 junior credit points of ARCA and 6 junior credit points of (ANHS1600 or ANHS1601 or ANTH1001 or ARHT1001 or HSTY1089)), OR BDES2010
Semester 2

Interdisciplinary Project unit of study

FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6    P 18 credit points at 2000 level

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Honours

Honours in Archaeology requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours Seminar units
(ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours Thesis units

Honours Seminar

ARCO4101
Australian Archaeology Seminar
6      Semester 1
ARCO4102
Classical Archaeology Seminar
6      Semester 1
ARCO4103
West Asian Archaeology Seminar
6      Semester 1

Honours Thesis

ARCO4201
Archaeology Honours Thesis 1
12      Semester 1
Semester 2
ARCO4202
Archaeology Honours Thesis 2
24      Semester 2

Advanced Coursework

The requirements for advanced coursework in Archaeology are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.
24-36 credit points of advanced study will be included in the table for 2019.