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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Archaeological Science 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.

Choose a study plan

Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology

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

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ARCS2080 Plants and Archaeology: Food, fuel, foraging and farming in the human past

 BIOL2010 Ecology
2


Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ERTH2002 Paleobiology
ARCS2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands ]

 BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 Zoology
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)2

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS3118 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice

Choose at least 4 units from:

[ ARCS3168 Human Evolution

 CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
BIOL3209 Organism Diversity and Evolution
2

ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology4
ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management ]


ARCS3010 Field Archaeology		 ARCA3000 Predicting the Past4
BIOL3227 Plant Identification and Vegetation Classification
  1. Semester offering subject to change.
  2. 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.
  3. This course is offered every second year.
  4. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.
     

Artifact Analysis

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1

ARCS2000 Science in Archaeology

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ARCA2020 Archaeology of Australasia
ARCS2070 Bioarchaeology: Human remains and ancient disease
ERTH2003 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments
ERTH2005 Mineralogy
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

 Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

ARCS2010 Ancient Technologies: Experimental and Analytical Approaches to Understanding Past Technologies
ARCS2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands
BIOL2201 Evolution
ERTH2002 Palaeobiology
GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ]

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ARCS2011 Lithic Analysis1 ]

 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)2

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS3118 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice

Choose at least 4 units from:

[ ARCS3168 Human Evolution
BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics
ERTH3205 Geochemistry and Geochronology

 Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology3
GEOS3107 Plants, People & the Environment ]


ARCS3010 Field Archaeology		 ARCA3000 Predicting the Past3
  1. This course is offered every second year.
  2. 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.
  3. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.
    Geoarchaeology

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

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ERTH2003 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments

 GEOM2001 Geographical Information Systems
GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing of Environment
2

ARCS2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands
GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ]


Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ARCS2011 Lithic Analysis1
ARCS2060 Archaeology Field School2 ]

 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)3
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 4 units from:

[ ARCS3168 Human Evolution
ERTH3103 Sedimentary Environments

 CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
2

ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology4 ]

ARCS3010 Field Archaeology

 ARCA3000 Predicting the Past4
  1. This course is offered every second year.
  2. Semester offering subject to change.
  3. 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.
  4. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.
     

Human Evolution

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS2000 Science in Archaeology BIOM2020 Human Anatomy
2 BIOL2201 Evolution BIOL2202 Genetics
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)2

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS3118 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice

Choose at least 4 units from:

[ BIOL3209 Organism Diversity and Evolution
PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour

 BIOM3002 Human Biomedical Anatomy
2

ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology4
ARCS3168 Human Evolution

ARCS3010 Field Archaeology

 BIOC3003 Human Molecular Genetics & Disease
ARCA3000 Predicting the Past4
  1. Semester offering subject to change.
  2. 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.
  3. This course is offered every second year.
  4. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.
     

Human Osteology and Palaeopathology

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

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ ARCS2070 Bioarchaeology: Human remains and ancient disease

 ARCS2003 Forensics: The Archaeology of Death & Crime Scenes
BIOM2020 Human Anatomy
2

BIOL2201 Evolution ]

 BIOL2202 Genetics
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)2

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ARCS3118 Managing Cultural Heritage: Ethics, History and Practice

Choose at least 4 units:

[ ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology3
ARCS3168 Human Evolution
BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics
ERTH3205 Geochemistry & Geochronology

 BIOM3002 Human Biomedical Anatomy
2

ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management
PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour ]


ARCS3010 Field Archaeology		 BIOC3003 Human Molecular Genetics & Disease
ARCA3000 Predicting the Past3
  1. Semester offering subject to change.
  2. 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.
  3. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here.