Archaeology
Please check the current students website (Find a unit of study) for up-to-date information on units of study including availability.
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Major |
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| A major in Archaeology requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Archaeology requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level units | |||
1000 level core units of study |
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| ARCO1000 Ancient People: Hunters and Farmers This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | N ARCA1000 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO1001 Civilisations of the Ancient World |
6 | N ARCA1001 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO1002 Ancient Worlds, Modern Lives |
6 | N ARCA1000 or ARCO1000 |
Semester 1 |
2000 level units of study |
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| ARCO2001 Ancient Australia: Diverse adaptations This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO2007 Ancient Greece |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology OR 6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History N ARCA2612 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO2008 Ancient Italy: Etruscans and Romans |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History) N ARCA2615 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO2009 Village to City in Ancient Western Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Archaeology major or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History) |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO2101 Fundamentals of Archaeological Practice |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Archaeology major N ARCA2601 or ARCA2639 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO2103 Archaeology: Time and Materiality This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO2106 Archaeology of Modern Australasia |
6 | P 12 credit points of 1000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points of 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points from History or Ancient History or Anthropology) |
Semester 1 |
| ANHS2606 The City of Rome: History and Landscape This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 6 Junior credit points in ANHS and 6 credit points in any of Ancient History, History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Greek (Ancient) or Latin or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology |
Intensive January |
3000 level units of study |
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| ARCO3002 Australian Forager Economies This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 6 Junior credit points of ARCA and (ANHS1600 or ANHS1601 or ANTH1001 or ARTH1001 or HSTY1089) N ARCA2640 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3003 War and Peace in early West Asia This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the archaeology major |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3004 Ancient West Asia: Art and Architecture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History) N ARCA2623 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3005 Exploring the Silk Road |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Art History or History) N ARCA2633 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO3006 Ancient China Unearthed This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the archaeology major N ARCA2619 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO3007 Minoans and Mycenaeans This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the archaeology major N ARCA2610 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3011 Pompeii and Herculaneum |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Art History or History) N ARCA2627 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO3012 The Archaeology of South Italy This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the archaeology major N ARCA2614 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO3101 Archaeology: History, Theory, Research |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or [6 Junior credit points of ARCA or ACRO and (ANHS1600 or ANHS1601 or ANTH1001 or ARTH1001 or HSTY1089)] N ARCA2635 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCO3401 Australian Lithic Technology (Project 1) This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3402 Archaeozoology (Project 2) This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology N ARCA2641 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCO3404 Archaeological Fieldwork (Project 4) |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology |
Intensive July |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | |||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | |||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | |||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARCO3999 Interdisciplinary Impact This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARCO3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |