Archaeology
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Unit of study table (Table A)
Major |
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| A major in archaeology requires 48 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | ||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units | ||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | ||
| (v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| (vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | ||
Minor |
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| A minor in archaeology requires 36 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | ||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units | ||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | ||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000 level core units of study |
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Core |
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| ARCO1001 Civilisations of the Ancient World |
6 | N ARCA1001 |
| ARCO1002 Introduction to World Archaeology |
6 | N ARCA1000 or ARCO1000 |
2000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| ARCO2101 Archaeology: Down to Earth |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or Anthropology or Art History or History or Geoscience) N ARCA2601 or ARCA2639 |
Selective |
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| ARCO2007 Ancient Greece |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History) N ARCA2612 |
| ARCO2106 Historical Archaeology and Heritage |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points from History or Ancient History or Anthropology) |
| ARCO2107 Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level of Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level of Ancient History or 6 credit points at 1000 level of Archaeology and 6 credit points 1000 level of Ancient History or ARHT1001 plus 6 credit points at 1000 level of Archaeology or Ancient History |
| ARCO2108 Archaeology of Australia's First Peoples |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology, Geography, Ancient History or Geoscience) N ARCA2605 or ARCO2001 |
| ARCO2109 Asia: Ice Age to Empire |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and (6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or Anthropology or Art History or History)) |
| ARCO2111 Pompeii and Herculaneum: Past to Present |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History) N ARCO3011 |
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| ARCO3101 Revealing the Past: Theory and History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology N ARCA2635 |
Selective |
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| ARCO3014 Social Archaeology: Everyday Worlds |
6 | A Students should have a basic knowledge of archaeological method and theory P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology, or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in HSTY or ANHS or ANTH or ARHT) |
| ARCO3015 Humans and the Living World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Anthropology or Art History or History or Geoscience) |
| ARCO3016 Spatial Methods for the Humanities |
6 | P 6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology |
| ARCO3404 Archaeology in the Field |
6 | A Basic understanding of archaeological methods and materials. P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Ancient Greek or Latin or History or Anthropology or Education or Geoscience |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | ||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | ||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | ||
| FASS3333 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points |
