The course provides for individually-tailored reading, negotiated between the student and program convenor and/or supervisor(s) within the broad area of Archaeological Science. Fortnightly mentoring on-line/via Skype supports the reading goals set by the student. Reading content is flexible. Reading may be matched to very specific goals, for example, ahead of designing a research topic or project or it may be completed as background research for a thesis in the Archaeological Science Master (Advanced) program. The course is particularly designed to assist off-campus students who are undertaking periods of distance learning.

 

 

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. Understand the basic theoretical and technical concepts of a particular sub-discipline of archaeological science;
2. Critically discuss the scientific applications of the particular sub-discipline of archaeological science studied; and
3. Combine independent research and bibliographic construction to produce a detailed archaeological background, literature review and critical evaluation of the specific aspects of archaeological science being studied.