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Requirements for the Archaeology Major (48 semester hours)

Common Core (20 semester hours)

  • ARCH137 Introduction to Global Archaeology (4)

  • ARCH337 Archaeological Theories and Methods (4)

  • ENVS121 Earth System Sciences (4)

  • ENVS250 Geographic Information Systems (4)

  • ENVS391W Archaeological Geology (4)

Statistics Requirement (4 semester hours from the following)

  • IDS138 Introduction to Applied Statistics (4)

  • MATH138 Statistics (4)

Field Experience (4 semester hours from the following)

  • ARCH355 Archaeology Field School (4)

  • ARCH394 Internship in Archaeological Studies (4)

Senior Year Experience (4 semester hours)

  • ARCH499W Archaeology Senior Thesis Seminar (4)

Electives (16 semester hours)

Students are encouraged to develop a chronological, regional or methodological focus among their electives. Listed below are approved electives, divided into three emphases designed to offer students depth as well as breadth in their archaeological studies. Students are free to design an individual course of study with the assistance of the student’s major advisor. The student’s major advisor can also approve additional electives not listed below. Such electives may be relevant transfer courses, relevant courses from approved study abroad programs, or other Willamette courses related to the student’s regional or methodological focus.

Archaeology of the Americas Emphasis

  • ANTH235 Cultures of Mexico and Ecuador

Eastern Mediterranean Emphasis

  • ARTH105 Introduction to the Art History of the Stone and Bronze Ages

  • ARTH106 Introduction to the Art History from Ancient Greece to the Roman Republic

  • ARTH107 Introduction to Art History from the roman Republic to the Byzantine Empire

  • ARTH108 Introduction to Art History of the Western Middle Ages and Islam

  • ARTH259 Medieval Art and Architecture

  • ARTH270 Roman Art and Architecture

  • ARTH271 Greek Art and Architecture

  • CLAS231W Myth and Cult in the Ancient East Mediterranean

  • CLAS250W Greeks, Romans and Barbarians

  • HIST231 Greek History From Homer to Alexander

  • HIST233 Asian Empires on the Silk Road

  • HIST251 Rome: From Republic to Empire

Environmental Archaeology Emphasis

Open Electives

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