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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course is designed to prepare you for the HDR research program. Under the supervision of your Panel Chair you will learn critical skills in research design, proposal writing and preparation for research-intensive fieldwork.
Thesis proposal, including, as a minimum, an introduction, the aims and objectives of the project, a preliminary review of relevant literature, summary of the methods to be applied, intended outcomes and provisional time-line for the research project, 8000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Preliminary outline of at least two thesis chapters, 1500 words
Learning outcomes 2
Presentation of the research proposal, 30 minutes
Learning outcomes 4
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 12 hours of contact over 12 weeks of regular meetings and discussions with a supervisor; and b) 248 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Connah, G. 2010. Writing about archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.