Honours

University of Sydney Honours Scholarships

The University of Sydney offers Honours scholarships valued at $6000.

These scholarships will be awarded in degrees that require an extra year of study and all local students are eligible, including those students who completed their undergraduate degree at a university other than Sydney.

Further information about these scholarships is made available on the Scholarships website from late August. The closing date for applications in 2010 is 4:30pm Thursday 17 December, 2009.

From 2010 the Department offers a single Honours program in Archaeology while letting students specialise in the subject area of their choice, including Heritage Studies.

Honours entry requires 48 senior credit points (to a maximum of 60 credit points) in Archaeology (including cross-listed units for students doing Honours in Heritage Studies).

2010 Honours entry prerequisites

The minimum requirements for entry to Honours in Archaeology in 2010 are listed below. For full details and a comprehensive list of requirements for each area of specialisation, you will need to download the Departmental unit guide.

• For 2010 Honours entry all students should normally have completed ARCA3600 with credit results or better.
• For Classical Archaeology Honours, students should also have obtained credit results or better in ARCA3602 or ARCA3604 and HSC 2-unit or equivalent knowledge of at least one of the following languages: French, German, Italian or Modern Greek.
• For Near Eastern Archaeology Honours, students should also have obtained credit results or better in ARNE2691 and ARNE3691.

2011 Honours entry prerequisites

The minimum requirements for entry to Honours in Archaeology in 2011 are listed below. For full details and a comprehensive list of requirements for each area of specialisation, you will need to download the Departmental unit guide.

ARCA3600 will not be offered in 2010. For 2011 Honours entry, students should complete at least one subject specific pre-Honours unit of study to gain credit results or better:

For Classical Archaeology

• ARCA3602 Greece and the East
• ARCA3603 Ionia and the East Greek World or
• ARCA3604 Death and Burial in the Classical World;

For Near Easter and/or West Asian Archaeology

• ARNE3691 Special Topics in West Asian Archaeology (or equivalent);

For all other Honours topics

(eg Australian, Asian, Pacific, Heritage Studies or other thematic research):

• ARCA3601 Research in Australasian Archaeology (or equivalent).

Exact prerequisites may be waived where a student is unable to meet exact requirements due to curriculum changes. All students with results of credit and above are encouraged to apply for Honours.

Honours Assessment

Archaeology Honours consists of:

• A thesis written under the supervision of one or more members of academic staff. The thesis should be of 18,000-20,000 words in length
• Two seminars that meet weekly for two hours (or equivalent) each for Semester 1. Each seminar requires 6,000 words of written work or its equivalent.

The thesis is worth 60% of the final Honours mark and each of the seminars is worth 20%.

Honours units of study for students commencing in 2010

The minimum requirements for continuing Honours in Archaeology students are listed below. For full details and a comprehensive list of requirements for each area of specialisation, you will need to download the Departmental unit guide.

Honours consists of a number of seminars, coursework and the completion of a substantial research thesis. For details please contact the Chair of Department or the Honours Co-ordinator, or obtain a copy of the Departmental unit guide (downloadable or you can collect a copy from the SOPHI Office). For students enrolling in 2010 or later, you will need to enrol in the following units, and attend two Honours seminars.

• ARCA4011 Archaeology Honours A
• ARCA4012 Archaeology Honours B
• ARCA4013 Archaeology Honours C
• ARCA4014 Archaeology Honours D

2010 seminars

• History and Philosophy of Archaeology
  Dr Sarah Colley
  An overview of the historical development of archaeology with focus on changes in archaeological thought over time. Examines key theoretical perspectives in archaeology and discusses why these are important to the diversity of contemporary archaeological practice and to ways archaeologists explain past societies.
• Approaches to Archaeological Research
  Dr Javier Alvarez-Mon
  The seminar examines explanatory links between a variety of regional archaeological data, research methods and theoretical approaches through in-depth examination of archaeological evidence from different parts of the world.

Students enrolled in Honours prior to 2010

Separate Fourth Year Honours programs will continue to be offered for continuing Honours students in Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology and Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology. Students enrolled in Heritage Studies Honours prior to 2010 will continue to do their Honours in combination with Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology.

For full details and a comprehensive list of requirements for each area of specialisation, you will need to download the Departmental unit guide.

The following units of study are available only for students who commenced Honours prior to 2010.

• ARCL4011 Archaeology (Classical) Honours A
• ARCL4012 Archaeology (Classical) Honours B
• ARCL4013 Archaeology (Classical) Honours C
• ARCL4014 Archaeology (Classical) Honours D

• ARNE4011 Archaeology (Near Eastern) Honours A
• ARNE4012 Archaeology (Near Eastern) Honours B
• ARNE4013 Archaeology (Near Eastern) Honours C
• ARNE4014 Archaeology (Near Eastern) Honours D

• ARPH4011 Archaeology (Prehist/Historical) Hons A
• ARPH4012 Archaeology (Prehist/Historical) Hons B
• ARPH4013 Archaeology (Prehist/Historical) Hons C
• ARPH4014 Archaeology (Prehist/Historical) Hons D