Archaeology
Shaping Our Future by Understanding Our Past

"Next to God's world, history is...the richest foundation of wisdom, and the surest guide." These words by the noted historian Philip Schaff capture the sensibility that the Calvin College History Department tries to cultivate in the classroom.

The Archaeology minor may be taken in conjunction with any major, and is designed to give students enough familiarity, theory, and practice of archaeology around the world either to qualify for specialized graduate school programs or the be ready for a life of amateur enjoyment of the field.

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Alumni

• Calvin graduates can be found in classrooms around the world, from elementary schools to research universities. Recent graduates are currently doing doctoral work at universities across the country, from Yale and Vanderbilt to Chicago and UC-Davis.

Profoundly Academic

• Six Ph.D. faculty members teach interdisciplinary courses from a Christian perspective.

• Dr. Bert de Vries, archaeology program advisor, serves as director of the field program at the Umm el-Jimal Project, Amman, Jordan.

• Calvin ranks in the top 5% of private colleges whose graduates go on to earn a Ph.D.

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• Course Requirements
• Umm el-Jimal Project field study in Amman, Jordan
• Petra: Lost City of Stone exhibit at Calvin
• History

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