Graduate Diploma in Maritime Archaeology

Course Details

The Graduate Diploma in Maritime Archaeology requires 1 year of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. The course articulates with the 72 unit Master of of Maritime Archaeology - 2 years, and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the awards.

Qualification: Graduate Diploma

Course structure: 36 units. Students complete one core (compulsory) topic and up to seven option topics chosen from a range of option topics available. These topics aim to provide students with a theoretical and methodological grounding in maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage management, an understanding and appreciation of the place and role of maritime archaeology in the interpretation of maritime sub-cultures as well as cultures in the wider context, and to allow students to understand the history of the practice of maritime and underwater archaeology.