Master of Archaeological and Evolutionary Science (Advanced)

The Master of Archaeological and Evolutionary Science (Advanced) requires completion of 96 units, of which:

A minimum of 48 units must come from completion of 8000-level courses

The 96 units must consist of:

24 units from completion of introductory courses from the following list:

ANTH6064 Anthropology of Environmental Disasters
ARCH6004 Australian Archaeology
ARCH6005 Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders
ARCH6006 The History of Archaeology: Discovering the Past
ARCH6022 Study Tour: Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change
ARCH6030 Archaeology of Ritual and Religion
ARCH6037 Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and the Anglo Saxons
ARCH6041 Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
ARCH6050 The Archaeology of South East Asia
ARCH6056 Britons and Romans: The Archaeology of the Western Roman Empire
ARCH6058 European Prehistory from Cultivation to the Celts
ASIA6151 Study Tour: Archaeology in Asia
BIAN6120 Culture, Biology & Population Dynamics
BIAN6518 Analysis of Mammalian Remains
BIAN6519 Ancient Medicine
BIOL6001 Human Physiology
BIOL6004 Ecology
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: an introduction to Earth system science
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis

24 units from completion of any disciplinary courses from any of the following specialisations and courses:

Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
Environmental Archaeology and Climate change
Human Evolution
Primate and Human Behaviour
ARCH8038 Graduate Reading Course in Archaeological Science
ARCH8103 Frameworks for Archaeological Science
ARCH8104 An Introduction to Cultural and Environmental Heritage
ASIA8046 Maps and Mapping for the Social Sciences and Humanities
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
HUMN8006 Best Practice in Managing Heritage Places
HUMN8010 Material Culture Studies
HUMN8019 World Heritage: conserving cultural heritage values
HUMN8022 Physical Conservation of Historic Heritage Places

12 units from completion of ARCH8032 Introduction to Archaeological Sciences

6 units from completion of research project courses from the following list:

ARCH8002 Advanced Field Training in Archaeological Science
ARCH8029 Supervised Field School Project in Archaeological Science ARCH8030 Archaeological Science Research Project 1
ARCH8031 Archaeological Science Research Project 2
BIAN6013 Human Evolution
BIAN6124 Evolution and Human Behaviour
BIAN8005 Theory Seminar in Biological Anthropology
BIAN8009 Stable Isotopes in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World

6 units from completion of research methods courses from the following list

ARCH8040 Microanalysis in Archaeological Science
ARCH8042 Archaeological Science Internship
ARCH8043 Archaeological Science Extended Internship
BIAN6019 Research Design and Analysis in Archaeological and Evolutionary Science
BIAN6510 Scientific Dating in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironmental Studies
BIAN8010 Ancient Behaviour: Advanced Topics in Bioarchaeology
SOCR8001 Statistics for Social Scientists
SOCR8002 Survey Data Analysis
SOCR8009 Quantitative Social Research

24 units from completion of THES8103 Thesis

Students must have the written agreement of an identified supervisor in order to enrol in THES8103 Thesis in a specified semester one calendar year in advance of the start date of that semester.
Students who do not have the written agreement of an identified supervisor one calendar year in advance, or whose agreed supervisor either subsequently leaves the university or is on leave from the university, will be transferred to the Master of Archaeological and Evolutionary Science.

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.