BA in Archaeology

Course Requirements

Additional curriculum requirements:

Prerequisite courses:

• Sociocultural Anthropology
• Archaeology

Required courses in other areas:

Completion of a two-year language proficiency through the intermediate level in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, or Greek, or placement above the intermediate level.

Requirements for the major:

• Theory and Practice in Archaeology
• Theory and Practice in Archaeology

3-6 credits of archaeological field or laboratory courses selected from:

• Paleoanthropological Field Program
• Field Research: New World
• Field Research: Old World
• Historical Archaeology Field Program
• Lab Research Methods in Archaeology
• Undergraduate Research
• can be counted with advisor's approval.
• Technology

12-15 credits from anthropological archaeology and archaeology of ancient civilizations (section 4 below). At least one course must be taken from both and no course can count in more than one category. Either ANTH 3821 or ANTH 3822 can count for the major, but not both.

Anthropological archaeology

• African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe
• African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe
• Human Cultural Beginnings
• Human Cultural Beginnings
• Old World Prehistory: First Farmers to First Cities
• Old World Prehistory: First Farmers to First Cities
• Historical Archaeology
• Archaeology of Ritual and Religion
• Special Topics in Archaeology

15 credits of ancient civilizations, including at least one in each category below.

Art history

• Ancient Art of the Bronze Age and Greece
• Ancient Art of the Roman Empire
• Art and Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East
• Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
• Topics in Ancient Art and Archaeology
• Art and Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands
• Ancient Mexican Civilizations
• Special Topics in Precolumbian Art and Archaeology

Classical civilization

• Special Topics
• Mythology of the Classical World
• Greek and Roman Drama
• Topics in Ancient Literatures and Cultures
• Topics in Ancient Art and Archaeology

History

• History of Ancient Greece
• The Roman World to 337 A.D.
• The Ancient Near East and Egypt to 322 B.C.
• History of Ancient Israel
• History of Ancient Greece
• The Roman World to 337 A.D.
• The Ancient Near East and Egypt to 322 B.C.
• History of Ancient Israel
• Topics in Ancient History

Archaeology of ancient civilizations

• Origins of the State and Urban Society
• Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands
• Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
• Archaeology and the Celts
• The Aztec Empire
• Archaeology of North America
• Ancient Mexican Civilizations