Single degrees
Bachelor of Archaeology (ABAR) – Melbourne (Bundoora)
The pass degree will require 360 credit points (120 at each year level). Students must complete 225 credit points of archaeology subjects, made up of 45 credit points at first year level, 80 credit points at second year level and 100 credit points at third year level including the core subjects ARC3AAR Approaches to Archaeological Research and ARC3HAA Historical Archaeology in Australia.
Elective subjects (75 credit points at first year, 40 credit points at second year and 20 credit points at third year) should be selected on advice, from appropriate subjects in (for example) history, art history, anthropology, Greek studies or geology.
Students will be encouraged to plan their enrolment around a particular area of interest. Students are recommended to select subjects within one of the following three streams:
- Australian stream
- Civilisations stream
- Palaeolithic or hunter-gatherer stream
Details regarding subjects specific to each of these streams is available from the Archaeology Program.
First year (120 credit points)
Students complete the three first year core subjects listed below, and five first year Elective subjects, which can be from anywhere in the faculty or from elsewhere in the university.
| Teaching period | First year core subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Discovering Archaeology | ARC1DAR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Dawn of Humanity | ARC1DOH |
| TE-SEM-2 | The Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations | ARC1AAC |
Second year (120 credit points)
Students complete a minimum of four archaeology subjects (80 credit points) from List A below.
The remaining 40 credit points can be additional archaeology subjects or can be from elsewhere in the faculty or the university, subject to students having gained any prerequisites for those subjects.
Third year (120 credit points)
Students complete the core subjects ARC3AAR (20 credit points) and ARC3HAA (20 credit points) and a minimum of three subjects (60 credit points) from List A below. Again, students are recommended to continue to choose subjects within the stream in which they specialised during their second year. The remaining 20 credit points can be additional archaeology subjects or can be from elsewhere in the faculty or the university, subject to students having gained any prerequisites for those subjects. Please note that subject availability will vary from year to year. Please see Archaeology section for 2010 availability.
| Third year core subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Approaches to Archaeological Research | ARC3AAR |
| Historical Archaeology in Australia | ARC3HAA |
List A (all subjects 20 credit points)
| Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|
| African Archaeology | ARC2AFR/ARC3AFR |
| Ancient Maya Civilisation of Mexico and Guatemala | ARC2ANM/ARC3ANM |
| Ancient Technologies | ARC2ANT/ARC3ANT |
| Applied Cultural Heritage Management | ARC2ACH/ARC3ACH |
| Archaeology Fieldwork | ARC3FWK |
| The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | ARC2EGY/ARC3EGY |
| The Archaeology of Ancient Mexico, Culminating with the Aztec Empire | ARC2AZT/ARC3AZT |
| Archaeology of East Asia | ARC2AEA/ARC3AEA |
| Archaeology of Indigenous Victoria | ARC2AIV/ARC3AIV |
| Archaeology of the Middle East | ARC2AME/ARC3AME |
| Archaeology of the Modern World | ARC2AMW/ARC3AMW |
| Ice Age Australia | ARC2ICE/ARC3ICE |
| Managing Archaeology | ARC2MAN/ARC3MAN |
| Maya Hieroglyphic Writing | ARC2MHW/ARC3MHW |
| Palaeolithic Archaeology | ARC2PAL/ARC3PAL |
| Reading Course A | ARC3RCA |
| Reading Course B | ARC3RCB |
| Rise and Fall of Civilisations | ARC2RFC/ARC3RFC |
| World Writing Systems: Survey and Analysis | ARC2WRS/ARC3WRS |
Compatible subjects from other schools
The following subjects are particularly suitable for study in conjunction with archaeology. They are not normally credited towards an archaeology major. Please check discipline lists for subject availability.
| Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|
| First year subjects (15 credit points) | |
| Animal Diversity, Ecology and Behaviour | BIO1AD |
| Culture and Globalisation: introduction to anthropology | ANT1CAG |
| Our Global Village: introduction to anthropology | ANT1FET |
| Processes that Shape the Earth | GEO1PRO |
| The Nature of Language and Communication A | LIN1NLA |
| Second and third year subjects (20 credit points) | |
| Environmental Geoscience: landscape and climate change | GEO2EGL |
| Environmental Geoscience: remote sensing and GIS | GEO2EGR |
| Doing Anthropology | ANT2MQA/ANT3MQA |
| Migration to Australia in the 19th and 20th Centuries | HIS2MTA/HIS3MTA |
Honours degree
Students who have completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Archaeology degree with a high level of performance in all archaeology subjects will be eligible to be considered for admission to the honours year. The honours year will consist of two fourth year subjects dealing with method, theory and practice, and a research thesis.