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General Description / Special Programs
The Department offers two tracks within the concentration: cultural anthropology and archaeology. Departmental honors program; interdisciplinary concentration in geoarchaeology. The Department also contributes courses to the interdisciplinary linguistics program.
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Degrees
Degrees Offered Anthropology and Archaeology BA concentration
BA/BS Field Areas
Archaeology
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
BA/BS Requirements
Cultural Anthropology Track. Ten Courses: Intro level sociocultural; intro level archaeology; theory; senior project; plus five electives, one of which should be a linguistic anthropology course. Archaeology Track. Ten courses: Intro level sociocultural; intro level archaeology; analytic methods; theory; senior project; plus five electives, one of which should be a prehistory course. Geoarchaeology. Ten courses: Intro level archaeology; intro level geoscience; analytic methods; sedimentology and stratigraphy; senior project; plus two archaeology electives and two geoscience electives.
Other Degree Field Areas
Our two BA concentrations within the department are cultural anthropology and archaeology; geoarchaeology is interdisciplinary. In addition, our coverage of linguistic anthropology is substantial, and some cultural anthropology degrees have been in effect, if not in name, linguistic anthropology.
Internship / Grants / Funding
Internships Available 0
Internship Required 0
Support Opportunities Financial support available for senior project work
Program Details
Research Facilities Archaeology facilities include a teaching laboratory (housing ethnographic, archaeological and skeletal collections) and two archaeology research laboratories. Analytical equipment includes a high performance computer for advanced statistical analysis and GIS applications, a microscope with digital projection system, a portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer, and a Trimble GPS with accessories.
Certs Offered 0
Contacts
Online Courses
Online Courses: 0
Club / Honor Society
Anthropology Club: 0
Lambda Alpha Chapter: 0