Archaeology Minor

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest Archaeology
Minor code ARCH-MIN

Academic career Undergraduate

The minor in archaeology provides students with the opportunity to explore archaeological techniques and evidence for human societies in different locations, for both prehistoric and historical periods.

Learning outcomes

Development of an understanding of patterns and regional variation in the human past as revealed by the archaeological evidence.
Understanding of how archaeologists reconstruct past cultures and lifeways.
Understanding the long-term cultural changes in different parts of the world.
Enhancing knowledge of human physical and cultural evolution.

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Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ARCH1111	Archaeology: Finding treasure and history	6
ARCH1112	From Origins to Civilizations	6

A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANCH2009	Artefacts and Society in the Greco-Roman World	6
ANCH2014	Homer and the Trojan War	6
ARCH2002	Britain before the Romans - from Stonehenge to the Celts	6
ARCH2004	Australian Archaeology	6
ARCH2005	The Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders	6
ARCH2006	History of Archaeology: Discovering the Past	6
ARCH2037	Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and the Anglo Saxons	6
ARCH2041	Introduction to Environmental Archaeology	6
ARCH2050	Archaeology of Southeast Asia	6
ARCH2052	Archaeology in Film and Fiction	6
ARCH2054	Archaeology of Death and Mortuary Practices	6
ARCH2055	Supervised Research in Archaeology	6
ARCH2056	Britons and Romans: Archaeology of the Western Roman Empire	6
ARCH2057	Thinking through the past: archaeological theory from 1950	6
ARCH2058	European prehistory from cultivation to the Celts	6
ARCH2108	Animals, Plants and People	6
ARCH2130	World Rock Art	6
ARCH2600	In the footprints of Siddartha: The Archaeology of Buddhism	6
ARCH3019	Topics in Pacific Archaeology	6
ARCH3021	Archaeological Field Methods	6
ASIA2203	Chinese Foundations of Civilizations: Prehistory through to Early History	6
BIAN3113	Human Evolution	6
BIAN3125	Ancient Health & Disease	6
BIAN2128	Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology	6
BIAN2130	Ancient Medicine	6
BIAN3010	Scientific Dating and Isotope analysis for Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology	6
BIAN3016	Analysis of Mammalian Remains	6
HUMN2000	Introduction to Heritage and Museum Studies	6
HUMN2051	Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management	6

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