Archaeological Science Major

Year 2 to 3 Study Planner

Program Rules Course List

What do the different columns mean?

• Required for Major – a course required for this major
• Recommended – a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective

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: [ AGRC2080 Plants and Archaeology: Food, fuel, foraging and farming in the human past	BIOL2010 Ecology
  2	ARCS2168 Human Evolution 1 ] Choose at least 2 units from: [ ERTH2002 Palaeobiology ARCA2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands ]	BIOL2203 Plant Biology BIOL2204 Zoology

  Year 3

  Semester	Required for Major	Recommended
  1	ARCA3100 Critical Studies in World Prehistory Choose at least 4 units from: [ ARCS3020 Animals and Archaeology 2 ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology3	CONS3017 Landscape Ecology BIOL3209 Organism Diversity and Evolution
  2	GEOS3107 Plants, People and the Environment ] ARCS3010 Field Archaeology	ARCA3000 Predicting the Past3 BIOL3227 Plant Identification and Vegetation Classification

  1. Semester offering subject to change
  2. This course is offered every second year.
  3. 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 courses from the BSc course list
  2	Choose at least 2 units from: [ ARCS2010 Ancient Technologies 1 ARCS2011 Lithic Analysis 1 ]	ARCS2050 Historical Archaeology

  Year 3

  Semester	Required for Major	Recommended
  1	ARCA3100 Critical Studies in World Prehistory Choose at least 4 units from: [ ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology2 ARCS3020 Animals & Archaeology: Analytical Approaches to Understanding Past Human-Ani BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics ERTH3205 Geochemistry and Geochronology	Choose courses from the BSc course list
  2	GEOS3107 Plants, People & the Environment ] ARCS3010 Field Archaeology	ARCA3000 Predicting the Past2

  1. This course is offered every second year.
  2. 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 Sedimentary Petrology & Stratigraphy	GEOM2001 Geographical Information Systems GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing of Environment
  2	ARCA2025 Archaeology of the Pacific Islands GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ] Choose at least 2 units from: [ ARCS2011 Lithic Analysis 1 ARCS2060 Archaeology Field School 2 ]	Choose courses from the BSc course list

  Year 3

  Semester	Required for Major	Recommended
  1	ARCA3100 Critical Studies in World Prehistory ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology3 ERTH3103 Sedimentary Environments	CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
  2	ARCS3010 Field Archaeology	ARCS3000 Predicting the Past3

  1. This course is offered every second year.
  2. Semester offering subject to change
  3. 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 ARCS2168 Human Evolution 1	BIOL2202 Genetics

  Year 3

  Semester	Required for Major	Recommended
  1	ARCA3100 Critical Studies in World Prehistory Choose at least 4 units from: [ BIOL3209 Organism Diversity and Evolution PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour	BIOM3002 Human Biomedical Anatomy
  2	ARCS3020 Animals and Archaeology 2 ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology3 ] ARCS3010 Field Archaeology	BIOC3003 Human Molecular Genetics & Disease ARCA3000 Predicting the Past3

  1. Semester offering subject to change
  2. This course is offered every second year.
  3. 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 ] ARCS2168 Human Evolution 1	BIOL2202 Genetics

  Year 3

  Semester	Required for Major	Recommended
  1	ARCA3100 Critical Studies in World Prehistory Choose at least 4 units: [ ARCS3001 Advanced Research in Archaeology2 ARCS3020 Animals & Archaeology: Analytical Approaches to understanding Human-Ani BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics ERTH3205 Geochemistry & Geochronology	BIOM3002 Human Biomedical Anatomy
  2	GEOS3107 Plants, People & The Environment PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour ] ARCS3010 Field Archaeology	BIOC3003 Human Molecular Genetics & Disease ARCA3000 Predicting the Past2

  1. Semester offering subject to change
  2. Students wanting to pursue honours in Archaeological Science must complete ARCS3001 and ARCA3000. Entry requirements for honours can be found here