Learning Outcomes

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

1. idnetify patterns and regional variation in the human past as revealed by the archaeological evidence.
2. explain the nature of prehistoric and historic life and cultural transformations.
3. critically evaluate archaeological evidence for the reconstruction of cultural systems and cultural change in specific regions.
4. describe the long-term cultural changes in different parts of the world.
5. explain the basics of human physical and cultural evolution.

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

A maximum of 12 units of courses at 1000 level

A minimum of 6 units of courses at 3000 level

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

Code	Title	Units
ARCH1111	Archaeology Uncovered	6
ARCH1112	From Origins to Civilizations	6

A maximum of 30 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ARCH2004	Australian Archaeology	6
ARCH2005	Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders	6
ARCH2007	Archaeological Laboratory Methods	6
ARCH2037	Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: From Arthur to the Black Death	6
ARCH2041	Introduction to Environmental Archaeology	6
ARCH2050	Archaeology of Southeast Asia	6
ARCH2052	Archaeology in Film and Fiction	6
ARCH2056	Britons and Romans: Archaeology of the Western Roman Empire	6
ARCH2058	European prehistory from cultivation to the Celts	6
ARCH2060	International Archaeological Field School Extension	6
ARCH2061	Archaeological Field Methods	6
ASIA2203	Archaeology of China	6
BIAN2015	Human Skeletal Analysis	6
BIAN2128	Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology	6
BIAN2130	Ancient Medicine	6
HIST2022	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History	6
HIST2234	The Reach of History: Presenting the past in the public domain	6
HUMN2051	Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management	6

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ARCH2055	Archaeological Fieldschools & Fieldwork Practice	6
ARCH2059	International Archaeological Field School	6

A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ARCH3000	Research Design and Analysis in Archaeology	6
ARCH3023	Thinking through the past: archaeological theory from 1950	6
ARCH3024	In the footprints of Siddhartha: The Archaeology of Buddhism	6
ARCH3026	History of Archaeology: Discovering the Past	6
ARCH3028	Archaeology of Death and Mortuary Practices	6
ARCH3029	Making-Taking-Using-Breaking: Material Culture Studies and Technology in Archaeology	6
ARCH3030	Archaeology of Ritual and Religion	6
ARCH3108	Animals, Plants and People	6
ASIA3051	Study Tour: Archaeology in Asia	6
BIAN3010	Scientific Dating in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironmental Studies	6
BIAN3016	Analysis of Vertebrate Remains	6
BIAN3113	Human Evolution	6
BIAN3125	Ancient Health & Disease	6

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