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The Human Journey

Undergraduate | LTU-ARC1THJ | 2022

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
12 weeks

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The Human Journey

About this subject

    1. Appreciate how our understanding of human evolution has changed through time by understanding the history of fossil and archaeological discoveries.
    2. Be able to evaluate alternative accounts of human origins and assess the significance of new archaeological and fossil discoveries as they are announced.
    3. Identify the primary scientific methods that influence our understanding of key events in human evolution with a focus upon archaeological and fossil case studies.
    4. Discuss what it means to be human through an understanding the behavioural and cognitive evolution of our ancestors.
    5. Appreciate the sensitivities surrounding discussions of our human origins and the importance of understanding our shared ancestry in the modern world.

Entry requirements

Others

Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed HUS1THJ The Human Journey are ineligible to enrol in this subject

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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