Bachelor of Archaeology

The Bachelor of Archaeology requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law.

Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

The degree is a joint initiative of South Australia&##39;s three universities. Some topics are provided by the University of Adelaide or the University of South Australia and require students to attend lectures at those institutions.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study
• Honours
  
  

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. 

Course aims

The Bachelor of Archaeology aims to:

• provide students with a substantial grounding in all aspects of archaeology as part of a preparation for a professional career
• provide a particular focus on the archaeology of Australia and how the study of archaeology interrelates with Australian society- past and present
• achieve a balance in the methodological, theoretical and practical aspects of archaeology
• provide students with a sound background in relation to general and specific issues of cultural heritage management within an Australian context.
  

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course students will:

• be able to demonstrate a substantial understanding of archaeology as it is practiced in Australia
• possess a detailed knowledge of the development of archaeology in Australia including how theoretical and methodological aspects of the Australian discipline relate to the historical establishment of archaeology worldwide
• possess the ability to assess how material culture can provide an additional source of data to improve knowledge about human behavioural variability in past and contemporary societies
• have developed a sound knowledge of cultural heritage management and consultancy-based archaeology.

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of Archaeology, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:

• 31.5 units of Core topics;
• 36 units of designated Archaeology elective topics; and
• 40.5 units of designated non-Archaeology elective topics, comprising 22.5 units at First Level and 18 units at Upper Level.

Students will be provided with a list of elective topics related to the following specialist areas:

• Archaeological Science
• Classical Archaeology
• Forensic Archaeology
• Historical Archaeology
• Indigenous Archaeology
• Maritime Archaeology

There is no restriction to choice of elective topics from any one of these specialist areas.

Core - Year 1 topics

 ENGL1001  Professional English  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 1 - Archaeology topics

plus 9 units from the following:

 ARCH1001  Introduction to Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH1002  World Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH1005  Cultural Anthropology  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 1 - Non-Archaeology topics

plus 22.5 units of first level designated elective topics listed below:

 ANTH1104 Culture and Society: Foundations of Anthropology (4.5 units)*
 ANTH1105 Anthropology of Everyday Life (4.5 units)*
 AUST1001  Australian Studies: Identities  (4.5 units)
 AUST1004  An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1101  Evolution of Biological Diversity  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1102  Molecular Basis of Life  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1112  Biology and Society  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1101  Chemistry 1A  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1102  Chemistry 1B  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1201  Introduction to Chemistry A  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1202  Introduction to Chemistry B  (4.5 units)
 CLAS1003 Games, Festivals and Leisure in Greece and Rome (4.5 units)*
 CLAS1004 The Ancient World in Film (4.5 units)*
 CRIM1101  Crime and Criminology  (4.5 units)
 CRIM1102  Criminal Justice System  (4.5 units)
 EASC1101  Earth and Environmental Sciences  (4.5 units)
 EASC1102  Marine Sciences  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1701  Environmental Studies  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1702  Environment, Economy and Culture  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1001  Water Resources and Society  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1002  Cities as Human Environments  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1003  Introduction to Geographical Information Systems  (4.5 units)
 HIST1201  Convicts, Race and Gender in Australia, 1788-1840  (4.5 units)
 HIST1203  A Brief History of Australia  (4.5 units)
 HIST1703  Turning Points in World History  (4.5 units)
 HIST1704  History&##39;s Killing Fields  (4.5 units)
 HIST1801  Modern Europe, 1900-1945  (4.5 units)
 HIST1802  Europe, 1945 to the Present  (4.5 units)
 HUMS1034 Contemporary Aboriginal Issues (4.5 units) ##
 HUMS1035 Aboriginal Cultures (4.5 units)##
 LEGL1101  Australian Justice System  (4.5 units)
 LEGL1102  Contentious Justice Issues  (4.5 units)
 PHYS1701  Physics for the Life Sciences A  (4.5 units)
 PHYS1702  Physics for the Life Sciences B  (4.5 units)
 WMST1001  Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia  (4.5 units)
 WMST1002  Gender, Power and Change: Introducing Feminist Debates  (4.5 units)

OR any first year FREN, ITAL, or SPAN topics

Core - Year 2 topics

 ARCH2106  Archaeological Field Methods A  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2107  Laboratory Methods and Data Analysis  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2108  Cultural Heritage Management A  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 2 - Archaeology topics

 plus 13.5 units of topics from the following:

 ARCH2202  Australian Indigenous Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2203  Australian Historical Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2204  Australian Maritime Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2205  Human Evolution: Bio-Cultural Perspectives  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2206  Archaeological Science  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2207  The Archaeological Imagination: Fact, fantasy and fiction in archaeological interpretation  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2208  The Museum  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2209  The Archaeology of Art  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2210  Paleoanthropology  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 2 - Non-Archaeology topics

 plus 9 units of topics selected from the following:

 AUST2610  Australian Studies: Indigenous Australian Art  (4.5 units)
 AUST2612  Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges  (4.5 units)
 HUMS2012 Archaeology and Aboriginal Studies 1 (4.5 units)##
 WMST2016  Indigenous Women&##39;s Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism  (4.5 units)
 WMST2017  Gender, Globalisation and International Development  (4.5 units)

Any second year BIOL topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year CLAS* topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year CPES topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year CRIM topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year ENVS topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year GEOG topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any second year HIST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

 ARCH3106  Archaeological Field Methods B  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3107  Archaeological Theory and Method  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3108  Cultural Heritage Management B  (4.5 units) 

Elective - Year 3 - Archaeology topics

 plus 13.5 units of topics selected from the following:

 ARCH3204  Archaeology of Native North America  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3205  Indigenous Heritage Management  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3206  Australian Rock Art  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3207  Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3208  Underwater and Coastal Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3209  Modern Material Culture  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3210  The Politics of Archaeological Practice  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3212  Archaeological Research Methods  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3308  Historical Archaeology Field School  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3309  Maritime Archaeological Field School  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3310  Indigenous Archaeology Field School  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3311  Ethnoarchaeology Field School  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3312  Rock Art Field School  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3313  Archaeology in the Field  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 3 - Non-Archaeology topics

 plus 9 units of topics selected from the following:

 ANATSC3101 Anthropological and Forensic Anatomy 3 (4.5 units)*
 INTR2012  Food, Frontiers and International Relations  (4.5 units)

Any third year BIOL topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year CLAS* topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year CPES topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year CRIM topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year ENVS topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year GEOG topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)
Any third year HIST topics where pre-requisites are met (4.5 units)

* University of Adelaide topics
## University of South Australia topics           

Honours

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Archaeology, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

Refer to Bachelor of Archeology (Honours)