Archaeology

The Diploma of Letters (Archaeology) requires the equivalent of one year of full-time study.

It is only offered as an exit award for students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Letters (Archaeology).The specialisation undertaken by the student will be identified on the student’s transcript of academic record and on the parchment presented to the student on completion of the course.

To qualify for the Diploma of Letters (Archaeology), a student must complete 36 units according to the program of study set out below, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.

Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.

Specialisation – Archaeology

Core Topics

9 units comprising:

ARCH1001 Discovering Archaeology (4.5 units) ARCH2202 Archaeology of the First Australians (4.5 units)

Option – Year 1 topics

Select 9 units of topics from the following list:

ARCH1002 From the Paleolithic to Pompeii: An Investigation of World Archaeology (4.5 units) ARCH1006 Sex, Death and Ritual in the Ancient World (4.5 units) ARCH1007 Ancient Egypt to the Aztecs: Foundations of Urban Life (4.5 units) BIOL1103 Human Evolution (4.5 units)

Option – Year 2 topics

Select 9 units of topics from the following list:

ARCH2106 Archaeological Field Methods (4.5 units) ARCH2203 Australian Historical Artefacts (4.5 units) ARCH2204 Australian Maritime Archaeology (4.5 units) ARCH2207 The Archaeological Imagination: Fact, fantasy, fiction in archaeological interpretation (4.5 units) ARCH2208 The Museum (4.5 units) ARCH2209 The Archaeology of Art (4.5 units) ARCH2212 Archaeology of Modern Society (4.5 units) ARCH2213 Human Evolution and the Fossil Record (4.5 units) ARCH2214 Europe before Europe: From Mesolithic to Medieval (4.5 units) ARCH2216 Seafaring in the Ancient World (4.5 units) ARCH2109 Cultural Anthropology (4.5 units) ARCH2110 Lands Beneath the Winds: Archaeology of Southeast Asia (4.5 units)

Option – Year 3 topcs

Select 9 units of topics from the following list:

ARCH3107 History of Archaeological Thought (4.5 units) ARCH3109 Environmental Archaeology (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)

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. The College Dean of Education may, however, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.