Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Biological Anthropology specialisation, students will have developed the skills and knowledge to:

1. critically apply theoretical frameworks and research techniques to understanding national and international issues and problems;
2. relate a field of study in the arts, humanities or social sciences to its wider cultural and societal context;
3. critically evaluate ideas and develop creative solutions to complex problems; and
4. communicate and debate complex issues both orally and in writing, using a variety of media.

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Requirements

This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:

A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
BIAN6119	Nutrition, Disease and the Environment	6
BIAN6512	Ancient Health & Disease	6
BIAN6513	Primate Evolutionary Biology	6
BIAN6514	Primate Ecology and Behaviour	6
BIAN6517	Human Skeletal Analysis	6
BIAN6519	Ancient Medicine	6

A maximum of 18 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANTH6026	Medicine, Healing and the Body	6
ANTH6064	Anthropology of Environmental Disasters	6
ARCH6108	Animals, Plants & People	6
ARCH6521	Archaeology of Death and Mortuary Practices	6
BIAN6120	Culture, Biology & Population Dynamics	6
BIAN6124	Evolution and Human Behaviour	6
BIAN6132	Sexual Selection and Human Evolution	6
BIAN6510	Scientific Dating and Isotope analysis for Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology	6
BIAN6515	Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology	6
BIAN6518	Analysis of Mammalian Remains	6

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