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Archaeology

Unit of study table (Table A)

Major

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

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

1000 level core units of study

Core
ARCO1001
Civilisations of the Ancient World
6 N ARCA1001
ARCO1002
Ancient Worlds, Modern Lives
6 N ARCA1000 or ARCO1000

2000 level units of study

Core
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, Anthropology, Art History, History or Geoscience)
N ARCA2601 or ARCA2639
Selective
ARCO2106
Archaeology of Modern Australasia
6 P 12 credit points of 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points of 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points from History or Ancient History or Anthropology)
ARCO2007
Ancient Greece
6 N ARCA2612
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
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 Junior credit points of ARCO and (ANHS1600 or ANHS1601 or ANTH1001 or ARHT1001 or HSTY1089)

3000 level units of study

Core
ARCO3101
Revealing the Past: Theory and History
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology
N ARCA2635
Selective
ARCO3011
Pompeii and Herculaneum
6 N ARCA2627
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Art History or History)
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
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, ANHS, 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, Anthropology, Art History, History or Geoscience)
ARCO3016
Mapping the Past
6 P 6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

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.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points