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: [ 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.