UNSW Handbook Plan - Archaeology Palaeoenvironments

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Archaeology Palaeoenvironments - ARCYA13972


	Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
	School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
	Contact: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 3972 - Advanced Science
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Major)

Plan Outline

Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments focuses on the physical and cultural evolution of human cultures and the environments that they inhabited. This major provides you with the tools and knowledge to explore two unifying themes - evolution (physical and cultural) and the interaction between humans and their natural environment.

Plan Structure

A major in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments is comprised of 84 units of credit of courses as follows:

Stage 1

BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)
BIOS1101 Evolutionary & Functional Biol (6 UOC)
GEOS1211 Environmental Earth Science (6 UOC)
MATH1041 Stats for Life & Soc Sciences (6 UOC)

Recommended electives (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):

ARTS1270 The Big Picture: Intro to Hist (6 UOC)
BIOS1301 Ecology and sustainability (6 UOC)
GEOS1701 Environ Systems. & Processes (6 UOC)

CHEM1011 Chemistry A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)

Stage 2

BIOS2621 Genetics (Advanced Level) (6 UOC)
GEOS2071 Life through Time (6 UOC)

Recommended electives (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):

ARTS2307 Darwin and History (6 UOC)
GEOS2821 GIS (6 UOC)

Stage 3

BABS3151 Human Genetics and Variation (6 UOC)
BIOS3111 Population & Community Ecology (6 UOC)
BIOS3701 Biological Anthropology A (6 UOC)
BIOS3721 Hunters and Gatherers (6 UOC)
GEOS3761 Environmental Change (6 UOC)

Recommended elective (this course is not required but is recommended as a good complementary course for this major):

ARTS3301 Clinic and Microscope (6 UOC)

Honours

Students who have studied Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments and wish to continue on to Honours, may be interested in Honours in Earth Science, or Geography.

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