Undergraduate Major Archaeology

Cornell University

Master

In Ithaca (USA)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Ithaca (USA)

As an archaeology major, you’ll benefit from an interdisciplinary approach to a broad range of cultures, with courses in classical archaeology and art, Near Eastern studies, and the archaeology of Eurasia, the Americas and Africa. You’ll gain hands-on experience through lab-based courses in zooarchaeology, ceramics, dendrochronology and in the material cultures of Native Americans and Euro-Americans, and will have opportunities for fieldwork both in the U.S. and abroad. The Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS) is one of the leading archaeology groupings in the U.S. and offers one of the few majors in archaeology in the country.

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Ithaca (USA)
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Ithaca, Nueva York 14850, EE. UU., 14850

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Subjects

  • Archaeology
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Course programme

  • No prerequisite courses are necessary before joining the major.
  • Students can get major and advisor add forms from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
  • Regional Concentrations: Students must take a minimum of one course in at least two different regional concentrations.
  • Students select their courses in consultation with a major advisor of their choosing. In some areas of specialization, intensive language training should be coordinated with other studies as early as the freshman year.
  • To receive credit towards the major, students must receive a grade of C or better within a course.
  • A maximum of 4 of the 32 required credit hours can come from independent study courses (e.g., Arkeo 3000 Individual Study).
  • Every student should gain some practical experience in archaeological fieldwork on a project authorized by his or her advisor.
  • Scholarship opportunities for fieldwork: The Jacob and Hedwig Hirsch bequest provides support for a limited number of students to work at excavations sponsored by Cornell and other approved institutions: see further information at see Guidelines and Procedures for Undergraduate Honors in Archaeology

  • No prerequisite courses are necessary before joining the minor.
  • Students can get minor add forms from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
  • Regional Concentrations: Students must take a minimum of one course in at least two different regional concentrations.
  • Note: To receive credit towards the minor for a course, students must receive a grade of C or better.
  • Scholarship opportunities for fieldwork: Minors are eligible for Hirsch Scholarships in support of fieldwork on the same basis as majors. See further information at

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