• Offered by School of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Biological Anthropology
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Alison Behie
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2014
    Second Semester 2014
    See Future Offerings

A program of directed readings and regular discussions on a sub-field of Biological Anthropology concerned with primatology and/or palaeoanthropology, normally corresponding approximately to the syllabus of one of the core or compulsory courses in the Biological Anthropology Grad Dip or MA coursework. Students already well qualified in a given sub-field may be offered a more advanced or more specialized program in that sub-field, or a program in a different sub-field. The designated topic coverage will be specified by memorandum from the co-ordinator to the Arts Faculty office on an individual basis, and will be included on the student's transcript.  An individual student may take the course more than once, subject to non-overlapping topic coverage.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

The course aims as described above to bring a graduate in a cognate discipline to at least the same level of expertise in the relevant subfield as an honours student would have, and potentially to prepare him/her an MA thesis in it. 

Indicative Assessment

Assessment items to be negotiated, with a guide line of 5,000-6,000 words in total across all written assignments.

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You will need to contact the School of Archaeology and Anthropology to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1542
2014 $2478
2013 $2472
2012 $2472
2011 $2424
2010 $2358
2009 $2286
2008 $2286
2007 $2286
2006 $2286
2005 $2286
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $3618
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3618
2008 $3618
2007 $3618
2006 $3618
2005 $3618
2004 $3618
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2010 24 Feb 2014 07 Mar 2014 31 Mar 2014 06 Jun 2014 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
6018 28 Jul 2014 08 Aug 2014 31 Aug 2014 07 Nov 2014 In Person N/A

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