• Offered by School of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Anthropology
  • Areas of interest Anthropology
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Simone Dennis
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2020
    Second Semester 2020
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Students may pursue a project stemming from their own interests in consultation with the convener.

Learning Outcomes

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

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Pursue guided investigation of a topic relevant to anthropology;
  2. Synthesise relevant knowledge and articulate gaps, puzzles or extensions of that knowledge that can be the focus of their own research agenda;
  3. Carry out research on particular readily available resources and materials relevant to the problem; and
  4. Communicate learning in written format.

Other Information

This course may be counted towards an Anthropology major.

Indicative Assessment

Research proposal, 6000 words (100%) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]
OR
Research report, 6000 words (100%) [Learning outcome 1, 2, 3, 4]
 

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 12 hours of contact over 12 weeks of meetings with the supervisor; and
b) 118 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

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

Assumed Knowledge

To enrol in this course you should have completed 12 units of 2000-level or 3000-level Anthropology (ANTH) courses.

Majors

Minors

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. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
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
2020 $3120
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $4800
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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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
2045 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 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
7064 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A

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