Archaeology

Overview

Discover the richness of human history by digging into the past.

• tailor your program with your advisor to match your interests and vocational goals
• participate in field work at local and international archaeological sites
• deepen your understanding by taking classes that span the disciplines

Careers in Archaeology

• Field archaeologist
• Teacher/professor of archaeology
• Museum curator or administrator
• Cultural resource management
• Conservator
• More

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Student involvement

Choose an archaeology-based interim class; assist a professor with archaeological research;gain experience in a museum internship; travel to the ruins at Umm el-Jimal, Jordan to do field work in archaeology.

Course Requirements 2012-13

Group Minor in Archaeology

(Minimum 18 semester hours; 6 courses)

The minor in archaeology may be taken in conjunction with any major. It is designed to serve both those students who wish to study archaeology out of extra-vocational interest and those who wish qualification for graduate programs in archaeology. Students interested should seek faculty advice as specified below (18 semester hours).

• Two required courses in Archaeology:
• IDIS-240 Introduction to Archaeology
• IDIS-340 Archaeological Field Study
• One course with archaeological content, including interims, chosen from:
• ARTH-393 / HIST-393 Museum Studies
• Interim in Geology (2013), “Cavemen, Troglodytes, and other Fossil Hominids”
• Interim to Greece (2013
• Interim to Israel (2014)
• Interim to Italy (2014)
• Other applicable approved interims
• One course in archaeological skills chosen from:
  
  • ARTS-250 Introduction to Drawing
  • ARTS-256 Introduction to Photography
  • ARTS-300 Intermediate Drawing
  • ARTS-356 Advanced Photography
  • BIOL-323 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
  • BIOL-346 Plant Taxonomy
  • CS-104 Applied C++
  • CS-108 Introduction to Computing
  • CS-112 Introduction to Data Structures
  • ENGR-101 Introduction to Engineering Design
  • ENGR-106 Engineering Chemistry & Materials Sci
  • ENST-210 Human Impacts on the Environment
  • ENST-302 Environment and Society
  • GEOG-261 Geographic Information Systems & Cartography
  • GEOG-320 Introduction to Cultural Geography
  • GEOL-151 Introductory Geology
  • GEOL-152 Historical Geology
  • GEOL-311 Geomorphology
  • GEOL-317 Sedimentation & Stratigraphy
  • SOC-153 Cultural Anthropology
  • SOC-253 Intercultural Communication
  • SOC-303 Anthropology of Religion
  • SOC-308 Demography & World Population Problems
• One course in cultural, historical, or linguistic contexts chosen from:
• ARCT-201 Architectural History I
• ARTH-101 Introduction to the History of Art I
• ARTH-241 Asian Art
• ARTH-243 Art of the Americas
• ARTH-245 African and Oceanic Art
• HIST-393 Museum Studies
• CLAS-221 Classical Art and Architecture
• BIOL-313 / GEOL-313 Paleontology
• HIST-231 Ancient Near East
• HIST-232 Hellenist and Late Antiquity Near East
• HIST-235 History of India and Its World
• HIST-238 Latin American History
• HIST-241 African From Antiquity to 1700
• HIST-245 East Asia to 1800
• HIST-261 Ancient Greece and Rome
• HIST-338 Mexico and the Americas
• REL-311 History & Archaeology of Israel
• REL-321 Intertestamental Judaism
• Two courses in an ancient language, Greek, Latin, and others as available
  
  
  
• One additional course chosen from any of the three above categories.

Scholarships

Dollar amounts reflect awards given for the 2012-13 academic year.

Sally and Bert deVries Archeology Scholarship

• award amount: $2,500
• any class level
• financial need required; planning on an archeology minor with preference given to field experiences in the Middle East
• apply through the history department

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