Biological Anthropology Honours Specialisation

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Biological Anthropology
Specialisation code BIAN-HSPC

Academic career Undergraduate

The Biological Anthropology Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of biological anthropology, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

pose a significant research question relating to biological anthropology;
investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to biological anthropology, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.

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Admission Requirements

1. a major or equivalent in one of the following:

Ancient History

Australian Indigenous Studies

Archaeology

Biological Anthropology

Biology

Environmental Studies

Psychology

2. with the following courses or equivalent: BIAN3014

3. with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis

Requirements

This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

48 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
BIAN4009	Writing Seminar in Biological Anthropology	6
BIAN4010	Theory Seminar in Biological Anthropology	12
BIAN4011	Data Analysis and Methods in Biological Anthropology	6
THES4103	Thesis	6-24

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