Major and Minor Requirements
Major Requirements
Special Programs in Liberal Studies Major-Concentration
in Archaeology (Bachelor of Arts)
Required: 122 Semester Hours
Minimum 30 semester hours distributed as follows
- Core Requirements (12 hours)
- ATY 258 World Prehistory
- ATY 360 Methods in Archaeology (Analysis and evaluation of methods, theories, and concepts necessary for recovery and interpretation of cultural information about past societies relevant for anthropological goals.)
- CCI 211 Introduction to Classical Archaeology (Greece)
- CCI 212 Introduction to Classical Archaeology (Rome)
- Area Requirements (6 hours with 3 from each category)
- Old World Archaeology:
- CCI 312 The Art and Archaeology of Egypt
- CCI 313 Archaeology of the Aegean
- CCI 314 Ancient Cities
- New World Archaeology:
- ATY 340 North American Archaeology (A survey of the archaeological evidence of North American Indian culture, from earliest time to first European contact.)
- ATY 462 Archaeology of the Southeastern United States
- ATY 510 Archaeology of South America
- Analytical Methods and Techniques (6 hours including 3
from ATY 378/578, ATY 478, CCI 401)
- ATY 378/578 Historical Archaeology Field Techniques
- ATY 478 Field Methods in Archaeology
- ATY 479 Analysis of Archaeological Data
- ATY 501 Selected Topics in Anthropology (if Archaeology)
- ATY 553 Human Identification
- CCI 401 Archaeological Practicum
- GEO 314, 314L Physical Geography: Landscape Processes
- GEO 359 Remote Sensing
- GEO 421 Geographic Information Science (Principles and use of geographic information; emphases are on data acquisition and techniques of spatial analysis and display.)
- Electives (6 hours from any of the above courses or the following
related courses)
- ART 201 Ancient Art
- ART 281 Ceramics I
- ART 285 Photography
- ATY 213 Cultural Anthropology
- ATY 370 Introduction to Historical Archaeology
- ATY 440 Archaeology of Migration and Diaspora (Exploration of the effects of voluntary and forced migration in North America and portions of the Caribbean using archaeological evidence and interpretation.)
- ATY 449 Gender Archaeology
- ATY 523 Applied Archaeology: Shovel Bums to Managers
- CCI 450 Internship in Classical Studies
- CCI 475 Archaeology of Death
- GEO 357 Principles of Cartography
- HIS 220 The Ancient World
- HIS 381 - Topics in the Near and Middle East: Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
- PHI 325 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Under special circumstances and with the permission of the Committee, some required courses may be substituted for others.
Archaeology Minor
A minimum of 15 hours with 9 hours chosen from the Core Requirements and 3 hours chosen from each category of the Area Requirements.
