The Bachelor of Archaeology requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the College being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.
Some option topics are provided by the University of Adelaide and require students to attend lectures at that institution.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
The Bachelor of Archaeology aims to provide students with:
On completion of this course students will:
To qualify for The Bachelor of Archaeology, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:
Students will be provided with a list of option topics related to the following specialist areas:
There is no restriction of choice of option topics from any one of these specialist areas.
ARCH1001 Discovering Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH1002 From the Palaeolithic to Pompeii: An Exploration of World Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH1005 Cultural Anthropology: Human Diversity through Film (4.5 units)
ARCH1006 Sex, Death and Ritual in the Ancient World (4.5 units)
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)
plus 13.5 units of First Level designated option topics listed below:
Any first year AUST topics
Any first year BIOL topics
Any first year CHEM topics
Any first year EASC topics
Any first year ENVS topics
Any first year GEOG topics
Any first year HIST topics
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognizing Opportunities (4.5 units)
NMCY1001 Academic and Professional Numeracy (4.5 units)
Up to 9 units of option topics may be taken from the following:
ANTH1104 Culture and Society: Foundations of Anthropology (4.5 units)*
ANTH1105 Anthropology of Everyday Life (4.5 units)*
CLAS1003 Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman History (4.5 units)*
CLAS1106 Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman Literature *
ARCH2106 Archaeological Field Methods (4.5 units)
ARCH2202 Archaeology of the First Australians (4.5 units)
ARCH2212 The Archaeology of Modern Society (4.5 units)
ARCH2213 Human Evolution and the Fossil Record (4.5 units)
plus 4.5 units of topics from the following:
ARCH2203 Australian Historical Artefacts (4.5 units)
ARCH2204 Australian Maritime Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH2207 The Archaeological Imagination: Fact, fantasy and fiction in archaeological interpretation (4.5 units)
ARCH2209 The Archaeology of Art (4.5 units)
ARCH2214 Europe before Europe, from Mesolithic to Medieval (4.5 units)
ARCH2216 Seafaring in the Ancient World (4.5 units)
plus 13.5 units of topics selected from the following:
Any second year AUST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year BIOL topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year CHEM topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year CLAS* topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year EASC topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year ENVS topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year GEOG topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year HIST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
ANTH2040 Ethnography: Engaged Social Research (4.5 units)*
ANTH2052 Australia: Communities, Connection, Contestation (4.5 units)*
ANTH2053 Life, Death and Culture (4.5 units)*
NMCY1001 Academic and Professional Numeracy (4.5 units)
ARCH3107 History of Archaeological Thought (4.5 units)
ARCH3109 Environmental Archaeology (4.5 units)
plus 13.5 units of topics selected from the following:
ARCH2203 Australian Historical Artefacts (4.5 units)
ARCH2204 Australian Maritime Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH2207 The Archaeological Imagination: Fact, fantasy and fiction in archaeological interpretation (4.5 units)
ARCH2209 The Archaeology of Art (4.5 units)
ARCH2214 Europe before Europe, from Mesolithic to Medieval (4.5 units)
ARCH2216 Seafaring in the Ancient World (4.5 units)
ARCH3204 Archaeology of Native North America (4.5 units)
ARCH3208 History and Issues in Maritime Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH3214 The Human Skeleton (4.5 units)
plus 13.5 units of topics selected from the following:
Any third year AUST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year BIOL topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year CHEM topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year CLAS* topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year EASC topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year ENVS topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year GEOG topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year HIST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
ANTH3100 Anthropology Today: Experience, Power, Practice (4.5 units)*
NMCY1001 Academic and Professional Numeracy (4.5 units)
* University of Adelaide topics
A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Archaeology, or another qualification which the Dean (Education) agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the Bachelor degree.
Refer to Bachelor of Archaeology (Honours)
The Bachelor of Archaeology may also be studied in a combined degrees program with:
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