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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Archaeological Science Extended Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 180KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1
Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Compulsory
ARCA1000 Discovering Archaeology1 Prerequisite for major
ERTH1000 Planet Earth: The Big Picture1 Recommended
BIOL1020 Genes, Cells & Evolution Recommended
  1. Course is available in both semester 1 and 2.

Year 1 - Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data Compulsory
ARCS1001 Doing Archaeology Prerequisite for major
GEOS1100 Environment & Society1 Recommended
BIOL1040 Cells to Organisms Recommended
  1. Course is available in both semester 1 and 2.

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCA2020 Australasian Archaeology
ARCS2000 Science in Archaeology

Choose at least 4 units from:

[ ARCS2003 Forensics: The Archaeology of Death & Crime Scenes
ARCS2070 Bioarchaeology: Human Remains and Ancient Disease
ARCS2080 Plans and Archaeology: Food Fuel, foraging and farming in the human past1
ERTH2003 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments
ERTH2005 Mineralogy
GEOM2001 Geographical Information Systems
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

 Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

ARCS2010 Ancient Technologies1
ARCS2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands
ARCS2050 Historical Archaeology
ARCS2060 Archaeology Field School1, 2
BIOL2201 Evolution
ERTH2002 Palaeobiology
GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ]


ARCS2011 Lithic Analysis: Current and Future Directions for Research and Heritage Management		 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)4
Choose courses from the BSc course list

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS3118 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice
Choose at least 6 units from:

[ ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology5
ARCS3168 Human Evolution
BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics
CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
ERTH3103 Sedimentary Environments1
ERTH3205 Geochemistry and Geochronology1
PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour

 Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

ARCA3000 Predicting the Past5 ]


ARCS3010 Field Archaeology
ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management		 Choose courses from the BSc course list
  1. This course is offered every second year.
  2. Students enrol for semester 2 and field trip is taken during the mid-year break.
  3. Semester offering subject to change.
  4. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.
  5. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.