Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems, Bachelor of Archaeology

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems, Bachelor of Archaeology requires the completion of a minimum of 144 units of study.

• Admission requirements
• Program of study

Admission requirements

For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems combined degrees through SATAC.

Eligible students who decide to take up the combined degrees program in a subsequent year will be required to apply via university internal transfer, for admission to the award in which they are not enrolled.

Students enrolled in a combined degree program must complete the full program specified within the combined program for each degree before they can graduate with either award.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Archaeology or Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

Program of study

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems, Bachelor of Archaeology a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• an Applied Geographical Information Systems component of at least 72 units for the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems, as detailed below

• an Archaeology component of at least 72 units for the Bachelor of Archaeology, as detailed below.

Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems Component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems a student must complete 72 units, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Core - Year 1 topics

18 units comprising:

 INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognizing Opportunities (4.5 units)
 STEM1002  Introduction to Geographical Information Systems  (4.5 units)
 STEM1003  GIS Airborne and Ground Data Capture for all Disciplines  (4.5 units)

plus one of

 INNO1003 Collaboration, Co-Creation and the Crowd: Leveraging your Ecosystem for Innovation (4.5 units)
 STAT1121  Data Science  (4.5 units)
 STAT1122  Biostatistics  (4.5 units)
 MATH1121  Mathematics 1A  (4.5 units)
or
4.5 units from a Bachelor of Science major

Core - Year 2 topics

18 units comprising:

 STEM2001  Remote Sensing for all Disciplines  (4.5 units)
 STEM2003  Airborne Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry  (4.5 units)
 STEM2004  Advanced Geographical Information Systems  (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units of Elective topics

Core - Year 3 topics

18 units comprising:

 ENVS3760  Environment Agency Placement  (4.5 units)
 STEM2002  Applied Problem Solving with Computers  (4.5 units)
 STEM3003  Modelling in Space and Time, Geostatistics and GIS  (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units of Elective topics

Core - Year 4 topics

18 units comprising:

 STEM3100  Research Project in Science  (4.5 units)

plus 13.5 units of Elective topics

Bachelor of Archaeology Component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Archaeology a student must complete 72 units, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Core - Year 1 topics

18 units comprising:

 ARCH1001  Discovering Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH1002  From the Palaeolithic to Pompeii: An Exploration of World Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH1006  Sex, Death and Ritual in the Ancient World  (4.5 units)
 COMS1001  Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

18 units comprising:

 ARCH2106  Archaeological Field Methods  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2109  Cultural Anthropology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2212  The Archaeology of Modern Society  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2213  Human Evolution and the Fossil Record  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

9 units comprising:

 ARCH2202  Archaeology of the First Australians  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3109  Environmental Archaeology  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 3 topics

Select 9 units of Option - Year 3 & 4 topics from the list below.

Core - Year 4 topics

4.5 units comprising:

 ARCH3107  History of Archaeological Thought  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 4 topics

Select 13.5 units of Option - Year 3 & 4 topics from the list below.

Option - Year 3 & 4 topics

 ARCH2110  Lands Beneath the Winds: Archaeology of Southeast Asia  (4.5 units) 
 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)
 ARCH2208  The Museum  (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  Forensic Anthropology of the Human Skeleton  (4.5 units)