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Anthropology: Archaeology (BA)

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Anthropology Bachelors BA

Minimum Credit Hours

44.5

Maximum Credit Hours

44.5

Major Academic Plan

Title

Effective and Professional Communication

Learning Outcome

Graduates will be able to write well.

Title

Research Skills and Methods

Learning Outcome

Graduates will be able to appropriately use methods to gather process and interpret archaeological data.

Title

Human Cultural History and Diversity

Learning Outcome

Graduates will possess a solid knowledge of the diversity of past human cultures throughout the world as well as how the theories and methodologies of Archaeology have contributed to that knowledge.

Title

Theory

Learning Outcome

Program graduates will understand and be able apply appropriate theory in the analysis of archaeological problems.

Title

Original Mentored Research

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to apply their methodological and theoretical knowledge in original research projects culminating in a high quality theoretically informed senior thesis. This will come from research experiences that are closely mentored by faculty.

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 — Complete 6 Courses

course - Social/Cultural Anthropology 3.0

course - Intro to Archaeology 3.0

course - Introduction to the Major 0.5

course - Foundations of Social Theory 3.0

course - Foundations of Anthr Theory 3.0

course - Archaeol:Mthd,Thry 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 3 hours

Old world archaeology courses (Note: Anthr 390R and 590R must be an old world topic. Only 6 hours may be taken in 390R courses to count in the major. They may be taken as electives beyond this point):

course - Archaeology and the Bible 3.0

course - Archaeology of Egypt 3.0

course - Arch of Ancient Aegean&Greece 3.0

course - Arch of Roman Civilization 3.0

course - Near Eastern Archaeology 3.0

course - Archaeology of Islam 3.0

course - Archaeology of Europe 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Regional Anthro - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Near East Seminar 3.0

ANTHR 590R - Special Topics - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 3 hours

New world archaeology courses (Note: Anthr 390R and 590R must be a new world topic. Only 6 hours may be taken in 390R courses to count in the major. They may be taken as electives beyond this point):

course - Andean South America 3.0

course - Arch Cultures of N America 3.0

course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Regional Anthro - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Great Basin Archaeology 3.0

course - Southwest Seminar 3.0

course - Formative Mesoamerica 3.0

ANTHR 590R - Special Topics - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 3.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 3 hours

ANTHR 390R must be archaeology topics only.

course - Archaeology Field Trip 1.0

course - Ancient Technology 3.0

course - Human Osteology 3.0

course - Museums & Cultures 3.0

course - Museum Registration & Ethics 3.0

course - Arch Cultures of N America 3.0

course - Archaeology and the Bible 3.0

course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Archaeology of Egypt 3.0

course - Arch of Ancient Aegean&Greece 3.0

course - Arch of Roman Civilization 3.0

course - Near Eastern Archaeology 3.0

course - Archaeology of Islam 3.0

course - Archaeology of Europe 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Regional Anthro - You may take once 0.5v

course - Quantitative Methods 3.0

course - Historical Anthropology 3.0

course - Archaeological Science 3.0

course - Archaeoinformatics 3.0

course - Ethnoarchaeology 3.0

course - Museum Collections Management 3.0

course - Museum Projects 3.0

course - Special Topics in Archaeology - You may take once 0.5v

course - Heritage Resource Mgt 3.0

course - Great Basin Archaeology 3.0

course - Southwest Seminar 3.0

course - Formative Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Near East Seminar 3.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 6 hours

course - Archaeology Field Trip 1.0

ANTHR 108R - Anthro Films - You may take once - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 1.0

course - Ancient Technology 3.0

course - Biological Anthropology 3.0

course - Human Osteology 2.0

course - Language, Culture, & Society 3.0

course - Museums & Cultures 3.0

course - Intercultural Communication 3.0

course - Museum Registration & Ethics 3.0

course - Andean South America 3.0

course - Peoples of Africa 3.0

course - Peoples of India 3.0

course - Peoples of the Middle East 3.0

course - Ethnonationalism and SE Asia 3.0

course - Chinese Culture & Society 3.0

course - Korean Culture 3.0

course - American Culture 3.0

course - Anthropology of Mormonism 3.0

course - Contemporary Japan 3.0

course - Arch Cultures of N America 3.0

course - Archaeology and the Bible 3.0

course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Archaeology of Egypt 3.0

course - Arch of Ancient Aegean&Greece 3.0

course - Arch of Roman Civilization 3.0

course - Near Eastern Archaeology 3.0

course - Archaeology of Islam 3.0

course - Archaeology of Europe 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Regional Anthro - You may take once 0.5v

course - Quantitative Methods 3.0

course - Historical Anthropology 3.0

course - Archaeological Science 3.0

course - Archaeoinformatics 3.0

course - Ethnoarchaeology 3.0

course - Museum Collections Management 3.0

course - Museum Projects 3.0

course - Moral & Ritual Institutions 3.0

course - Kinship & Gender 3.0

course - Economic&Political Institutns 3.0

course - Medical Anthropology 3.0

course - Symbolic Anthropology 3.0

course - Psychological Anthropology 3.0

course - The End of the World 3.0

course - Ethnographic Research Design 3.0

course - Applied Anthropology 3.0

course - Anthropology Seminar 1.0

course - Special Topics in Theory & Sys - You may take once 0.5v

course - Adv Sem Psychological Anthro - You may take once 0.5v

course - Special Topics Sociocltrl Anth - You may take once 0.5v

course - Special Topics - You may take once 0.5v

course - Ethnographic Field Project - You may take once 3.0v

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 0.5v

course - Directed Readings 3.0

course - Contemporary Theory 3.0

course - Ethnographic Data Analysis 3.0

Requirement 6 —Complete 4 Courses

Complete the following in sequential order:

course - Field School Prep 2.0

course - Field School of Archaeology 6.0

course - Lab Skills for Anthropology 3.0

course - Senior Thesis 3.0