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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| AY100 | ANTH | 1008 | Introduction to Anthropology | 2 | Focus on evolution of humankind & sociocultural anthropology. Topics include human evolution, world prehistory & comparative institutions. |
| AY162 | ANTH | 1010 | Aboriginal & Islander Australia | 2 | Position of Aborigines pre-contact & today. Investigation of such topics as white Aboriginal attitudes, traditional life, history of contact, government agencies, typology of Aboriginal social systems, social issues & modernisation. |
| AY180 | ANTH | 1020 | Gender, Sexuality & Culture | 2 | Cross-cultural perspectives on gendered roles, examination of the ‘brain sex’ debate & evolution & development of gender inflection in division of labour, ideologies & conceptual distinctions between ‘domestic’ & ‘public’ domains. |
| AY201 | ARCA | 2000 | World Prehistory | 2 | Examination & consideration of archaeological method & theory as illustrated by selected themes in world & Australian prehistory. Topics include Pleistocene hunter-gatherers, agricultural origins & state formation. |
| AY202 | ANTH | 2018 | Material Culture Studies Core | 2 | Examination & consideration of theory & method of material culture studies as illustrated by specific problems & case materials from world & Australian ethnography & prehistory. |
| AY204 | ANTH | 2020 | Sociocultural Anthropology Core | 2 | Ethnography & associated theoretical paradigms & problems. Cross-cultural perspective developed by examination of economic, political, religious & social systems in wide range of ethnographic contexts. |
| AY205 | ARCA | 2010 | Science in Archaeology | 2 | Introduction to application of scientific methods to archaeological research. Topics include dating, remote sensing, inorganic materials analysis & organic residue analysis. |
| AY206 | ANTH | 2030 | Language, Culture & Society Core | 2 | Examination of language as social action in cross-cultural perspective & formal & informal settings. Topics include ordinary conversation, speech codes, speech acts, language & gender, courtroom interaction. |
| AY207 | ANTH | 2040 | Music in Human Life: Anthropological Perspectives | 2 | Musical patterns are exhibited in cultural systems including economic, political, religious & social structures: music & its place in society, music as associated with ownership rights & aspects of authority, & the relationship between music & landscape a |
| AY211 | ANTH | 2050 | Play & Pretence | 2 | Cross-cultural & cross-disciplinary approach to topic of child play & pretence. Examines issues of what fantasy play is, how is it collaboratively constituted, how does it vary across cultures & what sort of mind is needed to pretend play. |
| AY212 | ANTH | 2060 | Reading the Country: Studies in Indigenous Ethnoecology | 2 | Ethnoecology seeks to explain the relation of people to land & ways in which knowledge about the land are encoded. Of issue to this subject are indigenous Australian views of environments they call home. |
| AY213 | ANTH | 2070 | Virtual Cultures | 2 | Critical approach to philosophical & social contexts of information technology. Students introduced to participation in, analysis & understanding of culture as it is created & maintained by electronic means. |
| AY219 | ARCA | 3000 | Predicting the Past | 2 | Cultural ecology, facet/set & purposive systems theory are explored to arrive at a model integrating scientific archaeology with more traditional approaches. Explanatory & analytical theoretical models applied to problems inherent to reconstruction of pre |
| AY220 | ANTH | 2080 | Ethnographic Methods | 2 | Basic paradigms of anthropological field work: participant observation; issues of value neutrality & relevance; ethical codes; types of epistemological approaches: empirical, interpretive, critical & post-modernism & problem of "truth'' in anthropology. |
| AY222 | ARCA | 2020 | Australasian Prehistory | 2 | Cultural & biological origins & evolution of Australasian Aboriginal peoples focusing on archaeological & ethnographic evidence within evolutionary-ecological framework. Consideration is also given to Pacific prehistory. |
| AY226 | ANTH | 2098 | Aboriginal Heritage: Anthropological & Archaeological Perspectives | 2 | Want to work in anthropology and/or archaeology? This course introduces cultural and political issues in Aboriginal heritage, provides training in the practicalities of Aboriginal heritage management, speakers supply indigenous perspectives, and a field t |
| AY228 | ARCA | 2030 | Practising Archaeology: Introduction to Contemporary Archaeological Methods. | 2 | Contemporary archaeological method & theory with a practical application. Considers Australian and international case studies. Emphasises group problem solving in the lab. |
| AY229 | ANTH | 2108 | Hunters & Gatherers | 2 | World coverage of hunter-gatherer societies from cross-cultural perspective. Examination of traditional societies, their prehistory & contact with modern world. |
| AY230 | ARCA | 2040 | The Rise & Fall of Maya Civilisation | 2 | Maya civilisation reviewed from its Olmec roots (2000 B.C.) to its classic zenith & sudden collapse after AD900. Major sites, architecture, ceramics, calendar, hieroglyphic writing introduced. |
| AY231 | ARCA | 2050 | Historical Archaeology & the Built Heritage | 2 | An introduction to historical archaeological theory and practice, factors involved in managing built heritage, review of planning for built heritage management/conservation, role of artefacts in interpreting historical archaeological places. Case studies |
| AY251 | ANTH | 2110 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 2 | Cultural mechanisms through which gender is constructed are examined. Gender consideration changes our understanding of topics such as human evolution, kinship & concept of gender itself. |
| AY254 | ANTH | 2120 | Women’s Music & Dance in Indigenous Australia | 2 | Social, educational & gender roles of music/dance in indigenous Australia; role of women in performance practice; political, ethical & legal issues such as documentation, ownership & cultural appropriation: experiential learning as taught by the indigenous |
| AY260 | ANTH | 2130 | Human Ecology: Issues of Development | 2 | Ecological & economic anthropological study of culture & resources of indigenous peoples. Focus on how culture shapes a people's conception of natural world & how it provides means to solve resource management problems. |
| AY261 | ANTH | 2140 | Topics in Aboriginal & Islander Studies | 2 | Selected topics in analysis of Aboriginal & Islander society & culture, such as kinship organisation, modes of government & relation to land. |
| AY267 | ANTH | 2150 | Australia's Indigenous Languages: Understanding Identity & Culture | 2 | This subject considers major themes in Anthropology and Archaeology by studying an Indigenous Australian language. Issues such as religion, material culture, kinship land, language loss and maintenance will be explored. A basic knowledge of English gram |
| AY270 | ANTH | 2168 | Physical Anthropology | 2 | Physical anthropology; human evolution & variation from an anthropological perspective; critical consideration of the application of evolutionary models to anthropological phenomena. |
| AY273 | ANTH | 2170 | Indigenous Peoples in the Modern World System | 2 | Modern world system development & encapsulation of Fourth World indigenous peoples in states of the other three worlds. Modes of production, culture & nationalism as key concepts to analyse global movement for autonomy & self-determination. |
| AY275 | ANTH | 2189 | Medical Anthropology | 2 | Three major areas of interest: (i) anthropology of illness, health and medical practices of indigenous peoples, (ii) health & health systems in developing societies, (iii) medical anthropology in industrial societies. |
| AY277 | ANTH | 2190 | Development & Change in Papua New Guinea | 2 | Culture & modernity in postcolonial Melanesia e.g. land & sea resources & rights, economic systems & commodity production, belief systems, political systems, urbanisation & identity construction. |
| AY280 | ARCA | 2060 | Methods in Prehistoric Residue Analysis & Molecular Archaeology | 2 | For BASc students only: Advanced course presenting biochemical & microscopic screening techniques & methods for species identification using both proteins & DNA. |
| AY281 | ANTH | 2208 | Problems in Museum Anthropology | 4 | Critical consideration of selected issues, methods & theories relevant to museum anthropology; integration of theory & practice in a major practical project. |
| AY282 | ARCA | 2070 | Molecular Archaeology | 4 | Advanced course presenting biochemical & microscopic screening techniques & methods for species identification using both proteins & DNA. |
| AY406 | ANTH | 6010 | Advanced Theory & Methodology for Honours Students | 4 | Advanced survey & critical consideration of anthropological & archaeological theory & methodology for Anthropology & Archaeology Honours IV students; history of ideas in anthropology & archaeology; development of practical skills in data generation, analy |
| AY407 | ANTH | 6001 | Thesis for Anthropology & Archaeology (full-time) | 12 | Independent research & thesis preparation under the guidance of a supervisor. Full-time students enrol in ANTH6001; part-time students enrol in ANTH6002. |
| AY408 | ANTH | 6002 | Thesis for Anthropology & Archaeology (part-time) | 12 | Independent research & thesis preparation under the guidance of a supervisor. Full-time students enrol in ANTH6001; part-time students enrol in ANTH6002. |
| AY875 | ANTH | 7010 | Medical Anthropology | 2 | Three major areas of interest: (i) anthropology of illness, health and medical practices of indigenous peoples, (ii) health & health systems in developing societies, (iii) medical anthropology in industrial societies. |