AR4102 - Archaeology Honours Thesis Part 1 of 2

Credit points:	06
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Subject chain:	AR4102 AR4103
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Admission to Honours is available on a full-time or part-time basis to students who have satisfied the requirements of the School regarding the standard of academic achievement necessary to proceed to the Honours degree. This component of Honours involves the first stage of the supervised writing of a 12,000 to 15,000 word thesis on a specific anthropological research project. Students who complete Part 1 of the thesis project then proceed with Part 2.

Learning Outcomes

• become familiar with advanced theory and methods in archaeology;
• design and undertake a research project;
• develop the writing and presentation skills required to complete a thesis;
• identify and discuss current trends, issues and debates in archaeology;
• understand the ethical, disciplinary and practical implications of archaeological research.

Graduate Qualities

• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

AR4001 AR4002 AR4003 AR4004 AR4005 AR4101 AY4000 AY4001 AY4004 AY4005

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Coord/Lect:	Dr Shelley Greer.
Contact hours:	13 hours - Supervision sessions
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Coord/Lect:	Dr Shelley Greer.
Contact hours:	13 hours - Supervision sessions
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.