Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science), Bachelor of Archaeology

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science), 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 Science (Forensic and Analytical Science) 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 Science (Forensic and Analytical Science) 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 Science (Forensic and Analytical Science), Bachelor of Archaeology a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• a Forensic and Analytical Science component of at least 81 units for the Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science), as detailed below

• an Archaeology component of at least 63 units for the Bachelor of Archaeology, as detailed below.

Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science) Component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science) a student must complete 81 units, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Students choose from one of two streams in the Forensic and Analytical Science Specialisation:

• Forensic Biology
• Forensic and Analytical Chemistry

Stream - Forensic Biology

18 units comprising:

Core - Year 1 topics

 BIOL1101  Evolution of Biological Diversity  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1102  Molecular Basis of Life  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1101  Chemical Structure and Bonding  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1102  Modern Chemistry  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

22.5 units comprising:

 BIOL2771  Biochemistry  (4.5 units)
 BIOL2772  Molecular Biology  (4.5 units)
 FACH1701  Introduction to Forensic Science  (4.5 units)
 STEM1001  Nature of STEM (4.5 units)
 STAT1122  Biostatistics  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

22.5 units comprising:

 BIOL2702  Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity  (4.5 units)
 BIOL3762  Protein to Proteome  (4.5 units)
 BIOL3792  Forensic Biology  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

Plus 9 units selected from:

 BIOL2701 Experimental Design and Statistics for Biology (4.5 units)
 BIOL2706 Vertebrate Anatomy and Evolution (4.5 units)
 BIOL2722 Disease and Immunology (4.5 units)
 BIOL2761 Virology (4.5 units)
 CHEM2711  Spectroscopy and Data Analysis  (4.5 units)
 CHEM2712  Analytical Separations  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 4 topics

9 units comprising:

 BIOL3771  DNA to Genome  (4.5 units)
 BIOL3793  Biological Criminalistics  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 4 topics

Select 9 units selected from:

 BIOL3772  Integrating Molecular Biosciences  (4.5 units)
 CHEM3701  Applied Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry  (4.5 units)
 FACH3702  Drug Action, Metabolism, Toxicology and Analysis *  (4.5 units)
 MMED3935  Human Molecular Genetics  (4.5 units)
 BIOL3761 Foundations in Microbiology (4.5 units)

* This topic can be taken if pre-requisites are met. The pre-requisite topic of CHEM2702  Organic Reactions may be taken in lieu of an Archaeology Option - Year 4 topic.

Stream - Forensic and Analytical Chemistry

Core - Year 1 topics

18 units comprising:

 BIOL1102  Molecular Basis of Life  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1101  Chemical Structure and Bonding  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1102  Modern Chemistry  (4.5 units)
 FACH1701  Introduction to Forensic Science#  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

18 units comprising:

 BIOL2772  Molecular Biology  (4.5 units)
 CHEM2701  Chemical Reactivity  (4.5 units)
 CHEM2702  Organic Reactions  (4.5 units)
 STEM1001  Nature of STEM (4.5 units)

Option - Year 2 topics

Select 4.5 units from:

 STAT1121  Data Science  (4.5 units)
 STAT1122  Biostatistics  (4.5 units)#

#If STAT1122 Biostatistics is chosen then it must be taken in Semester 2 of Year 1 and FACH1701 Introduction to Forensic Science must be taken in Semester 1 of Year 2.

Core - Year 3 topics

22.5 units comprising:

 CHEM2711  Spectroscopy and Data Analysis  (4.5 units)
 CHEM2712  Separation Science  (4.5 units)
 CHEM3711  Organic Synthesis and Mechanism  (4.5 units)
 CHEM3712  Introduction to Polymer Science  (4.5 units)
 NANO2701  Structure and Characterisation  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 4 topics

18 units comprising:

 CHEM3701  Applied Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry  (4.5 units)
 CHEM3702  Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry  (4.5 units)
 FACH3701  Chemical Criminalistics  (4.5 units)
 FACH3702  Drug Action, Metabolism, Toxicology and Analysis  (4.5 units)

Bachelor of Archaeology Component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Archaeology a student must complete 63 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

13.5 units comprising:

 ARCH2106  Archaeological Field Methods  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2109  Cultural Anthropology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2213  Human Evolution and the Fossil Record  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

13.5 units comprising:

 ARCH2202  Archaeology of the First Australians  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2212  The Archaeology of Modern Society  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3109  Environmental Archaeology  (4.5 units)

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 topics from the list below.

 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)