Great Excavations: Key Discoveries in Archaeology
UndergraduateUNE-ARPA1002025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 June 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Start dates
- 23 June 2025,
- 20 Oct 2025
- Price from
- $2,396
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Great Excavations: Key Discoveries in Archaeology
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- identify major events in prehistory and how they were discovered and described using archaeological methods;
- demonstrate an applied, integrated understanding of foundational archaeological theories as they relate to key discoveries;
- apply knowledge of the ways that social contexts of researchers influence archaeological narratives;
- apply specialised knowledge and skills to gather appropriate resources to examine the literature pertaining to archaeological discoveries; and
- analyse and synthesise archaeological literature and its contributions to reconstructing past societies, and transmit information and skills to others.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
To learn about archaeological discoveries is to understand the human story and unravel the material history of our world. This subject shows how the past is reconstructed by taking you on a world-wide survey of important archaeological finds. It provides valuable insights into the connection between material traces and past human behaviour, as illustrated by famous excavations at sites in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australia.
You will examine diverse types of archaeological information - from the ordinary to the astonishing - including hominin and human remains, megaliths and middens, engraved and flaked stones, and painted caves and temples.
You will also explore each case study against larger themes in human history, such as human evolution, plant and animal domestication, the emergence of socio-economic complexity, trade, migration, industrialisation and colonialism.
Assessment 1 Quiz: 1000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3
Assessment 2 Quiz: 750 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3
Assessment 3 Quiz: 250 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3
Assessment 4 Quiz: 500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3
Assessment 5 Written Assessment: 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5- Online Assessment (20%)
- Online Assessment (15%)
- Online Assessment (5%)
- Online Assessment (10%)
- Written Assignment (50%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Others
Candidature in Diploma in Arts
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements - Textbook requirements: Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period. Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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