General Information about the Graduate Program in Archaeology Course

The course has been designed so that it can be tailored to a particular specialisation, such as rock art studies, or Indigenous archaeology, or can simply function as a generic program that is made up of a varied range of topics.  For example, within a Graduate Certificate, a rock art specialisation might look like:

ARCH8505 Australian Rock Art
ARCH8502 Australian Rock Art Field School
ARCH8501 Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia Field School

This specialisation could then be extended and complemented through completion of a Graduate Diploma and Graduate Masters, for example:

Graduate Certificate:

ARCH8505 Australian Rock Art
ARCH8502 Australian Rock Art Field School
ARCH8501 Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia Field School

Graduate Diploma:

Graduate Certificate plus
ARCH8503 Advanced Field School
ARCH8509 Archaeology of Indigenous Australia
ARCH8014 Issues in Indigenous Heritage Management

Graduate Masters:

Graduate Diploma plus
ARCH8506 Archaeology Thesis

Whether you choose a specialist program or a generic one, upon graduating successfully from the Graduate Certificate in Archaeology you will be better equipped to:

• Enter the workforce as a skilled and knowledgeable professional archaeologist;
• Understand the requirements of undertaking archaeological fieldwork and employ a range of fieldwork methods and techniques in archaeological research;
• Undertake your work in an ethical manner.

Upon graduating successfully from the Graduate Diploma in Archaeology you will be better equipped to:

• Enter the workforce as a skilled and knowledgeable professional archaeologist;
• Understand the requirements of undertaking archaeological fieldwork and employ a wide range of fieldwork methods and techniques in archaeological research;
• Understand major issues in Australian archaeology, heritage conservation and archaeological field methods and practice, and be able to apply this knowledge to practical situations;
• Undertake your work as professional archaeologists in an ethical manner.

Upon graduating successfully from the Master of Archaeology you will be equipped to:

• Enter the workforce as a skilled and knowledgeable professional archaeologist;
• Understand the requirements of undertaking archaeological fieldwork and be able to employ a wide range of advanced fieldwork methods and techniques on any archaeological research project;
• Understand major issues in Australian archaeology, heritage conservation and archaeological field methods and practice and be able to apply this knowledge to a wide range of practical situations;
• Undertake research or consultancy based projects in the field of archaeology;
• Undertake your work as professional archaeologists in an ethical manner.

The normal minimum entry requirement for all three post-graduate Archaeology courses is a three-year undergraduate degree majoring in archaeology from an approved tertiary institution or an equivalent qualification.  However, applicants with other qualifications may be accepted under certain circumstances, at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.