Minor & Requirements

Requirements for a Minor in Archaeology

A total of twenty-four credits as follows:

  1. Archaeology 210 or Anthropology 250: Learning from Things: Material Culture Studies
  2. Archaeology 220 or Art 220: Archaeological Methods
  3. Three courses selected from a list of courses that deal with archaeological issues offered in various departments. At least two departments must be represented to satisfy this requirement:
    1. Anthropology/Sociology 207: Becoming Human: Archaeology and the Origins of Culture
      Anthropology/Sociology 208: Pyramids and Palaces: Archaeology of Complex Societie
      Anthropology/Sociology 211: Women in Prehistory and Women as Prehistorians
    2. Art 318: Greek Art and Architecture
      Art 319: Roman Art and Architecture
      Art 320: Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
    3. Chemistry 105: Topics in chemistry (when offered as Archaeometry)
    4. Greek and Roman Studies 305: Travel-Study in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East
    5. Religious Studies 260: Archaeology and the Biblical World
      Religious Studies 265: Archaeology and the Biblical World: Field Work (with permission)
  4. A choice of one course from the following two options:
450. Aarchaeological Field Sschool.
Credits: 4.
Degree Requirement: F11
A supervised training course (ordinarily in the summer) in archeological methods at a controlled excavation. Students will live on the site and participate as crewmembers in the excavation, registration, restoration and publication of archaeological remains. Most students will participate in the Rhodes summer field school at the Ames Plantation, but alternative field schools in the USA or abroad are acceptable alternatives pending the approval of the chair of the Archaeology Program.

460. Internship.
Credits: 4.
A supervised learning experience involving archaeological and/or material culture studies out of state, abroad, or in the community outside of the college. This may include museums, laboratories, cultural resource management firms, cultural conservation projects, historical landmarks, surveying firms, etc. The student and the faculty advisor will devise the program of field work and submit it for approval to the chair of the Archaeology Program.