Archaeology Requirements

The Archaeology Minor

Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7)

Six units, including:

  • Two courses, chosen from:

  • Four additional courses, chosen from:

    • ANTH101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    • ANTH279 Selected Topics in Anthropology (may be counted depending on the topic)

    • ANTH290 Cultural Theory

    • ARCH220 Introduction to Archaeology

    • ARCH310 Archaeology of Death

    • ARTH121 Survey I: Prehistory through the Middle Ages

    • ARTH209 Medieval African Art

    • ARTH210 Late Antique and Byzantine Art

    • ARTH212 Medieval Art in Western Europe, 8th-15th Centuries

    • ARTH309 Image and Icon in Medieval Art

    • ARTH322 Seminar in Museum Studies

    • BIOL199 Mesoamerican Ethnobotany

    • CLSC212 Dining and Drinking in Classical Antiquity

    • CLSC232 Daily Life in Roman Pompei 

    • CLSC301 Greek Art and Archaeology

    • CLSC302 Roman Art and Archaeology

    • CLSC320 Cultural Property: Archaeology, Ethics, and Law

    • CLSC321 Archaeology of the Middle East

    • CLSC398 Special Topics, depending on the subject and approval of the minor program coordinator

    • GEOG260 Foundations of Geospatial Analysis

    • GEOG365 Advanced Spatial Analysis

    • LING252 Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics

Up to three units of archaeological field school transfer credit and/or study-abroad archaeology courses, with approval of the minor program coordinator, may apply to the archaeology minor. Up to two units of archaeologically-focused independent study (CLSC499), with approval of the minor program coordinator may apply to the archaeology minor. Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted.