This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to the principles and processes by which research projects in biological anthropology are devised and executed.  It will deal with the issues of finding a topic to research, defining its scope and limitations, developing a research bibliography and elaborating a research design.  The main aim of this course is to form part of the preparation of students considering Honours in Biological Anthropology for the thesis component of the Honours program, though it does not require a commitment to Honours and is open to other students who fulfil the prerequisites.
It is anticipated that most intending Honours students will enrol in BIAN3014 (Research Design and Analysis in Biological Anthropology) rather than the present course.  However, some students may already have covered the data analysis component in ARCH2126 (Analytical Methods in Anthropology and Archaeology), and the present course is intended primarily to allow such  students to complete their Honours preparation by focusing on the research design component.  ARCH2126 (3u) and the present course (3u) together form an honours preparation equivalent to BIAN3014 (6u).

3000-word research proposal plus workshop participation.

Prerequisite: Permission of the Biological Anthropology Honours convener is required. Normally the convener will expect students to have 24 units of BIAN courses plus ARCH2126 (3u), and to be on track for qualification to enter Biological Anthropology Honours in the following year.  Students able to take BIAN3014 are normally expected to take that in preference.

Incompatible: ARCH3000, BIAN3014.