Introduction

Summary %globals_context%

Availability

Note

Please check that your computer meets the minimum System Requirements if you are attending via Distance/Off-Campus.

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units.

TNE Program units special approval requirements.

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).

About Census Dates

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand specialised archaeological evidence for the convict experience and systems of punishment and reformation within which the wider Australian convict system operated.
2. Apply advanced skills and the latest techniques for excavating convict heritage sites with specific references to demonstrate best practice for site-based fieldwork, illustration methods, digital recording, and artefact management.
3. Appreciate the sophisticated methods used to clean, catalogue, store and exhibit historic resources in accordance with international Museum and World Heritage standards.
4. Collectively design and host a local exhibition of annual project discoveries for the wider Tasmanian public, in addition to social, print, and broadcast media.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

25cp at Introductory level in any discipline.

Teaching

Textbooks

The University reserves the right to amend or remove courses and unit availabilities, as appropriate.