Professional Development Program in Archaeology
In addition to the many 'standard' topics available to students enrolled in our Graduate Programs, the Department of Archaeology regularly offers a range of extra-curricular professional development classes aimed at both students and professionals working in archaeology and heritage management. Sometimes such classes are delivered by staff within the Department of Archaeology, though we often bring in specialists and professionals from outside the university to deliver them (e.g. staff from TAFE assist in delivering specialist surveying and photography workshops, visiting researchers from other institutions might offer a master class during their visit or heritage professionals from consulting firms and government agencies might provide a master class). These professional development classes typically fall into three categories, depending on duration and content:
Field schools / short courses are usually worth 6 units of credit and typically run in an intensive mode for between 5-14 days in length. These usually have a cost associated with them, typically to cover the costs of transport, accommodation and meals, and are often run at locations beyond Adelaide. An example of a short course is the Rock Art Field School run in Arnhem Land each year.
Workshops are usually of much shorter duration than field topics, field schools and short courses, typically lasting for 1-2 days. An example of a workshop would be a 2 day archaeological photography training course such as was run in December 2007. These sometimes have a small cost associated with them, usually to cover the costs of bringing in outside expertise to deliver the workshop and associated course materials.
Master classes are shorter again, and usually run for 2-8 hours. An example of a workshop would be a 3 hour training session on geochronology, such as will be offered in April 2008 by visiting research Dr Alistair Pike from Bristol University. These sometimes have a small cost associated with them, usually to cover the costs of bringing in outside expertise to deliver the master class session and associated course materials.
Auditing (or attending a topic out of general interest) is a great, low cost way for students or the general public to expand their knowledge base without undertaking assessment. As part of the Graduate Programs in Archaeology, CHM and Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University auditors may attend lectures, tutorials and lab classes and will be asked to have the class teacher sign off on their attendance (please note that field schools and field topics can not be audited). At the completion of the degree the department will provide a letter confirming the student's attendance in audited topics. For more information on the University auditing system, including costs, please click here.
Anyone may apply to participate in the Professional Development Program, with all elements of the program available to both Archaeology graduate students and the general public. Students enrolled in our Graduate Programs are regularly emailed about upcoming professional development classes, and a calendar of events is maintained on our Graduate FLO site, 'The Sandbox'. Persons external to Flinders University can keep up to date with offerings in our Professional Development Program by subscribing to the FUAD list-server.
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