Requirements for the Archaeology Major (48 semester hours)

The Willamette University Archaeology Field School at the Ness of Brodgar in the Orkney Islands of Scotland provides an amazing opportunity for intensive, on-site training in archaeological methods and technique.

Common Core (20 semester hours)

  • ARCH 137 Introduction to Global Archaeology (4)
  • ARCH 337 Archaeological Theories and Methods (4)
  • ENVS 121 Earth System Sciences (4)
  • ENVS 250 Geographic Information Systems (4)
  • ENVS 391W Archaeological Geology (4)

Statistics Requirement (4 semester hours from the following)

Field Experience (4 semester hours from the following)

  • ARCH 355 Archaeology Field School (4)
  • ARCH 394 Internship in Archaeological Studies (4)

Senior Year Experience (4 semester hours)

  • ARCH 499 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

  • ANTH 231 Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • ANTH 235 Cultures of Mexico and Ecuador

Eastern Mediterranean Emphasis

  • ARTH 105 Introduction to the Art History of the Stone and Bronze Ages
  • ARTH 106 Introduction to the Art History from Ancient Greece to the Roman Republic
  • ARTH 107 Introduction to Art History from the roman Republic to the Byzantine Empire
  • ARTH 108 Introduction to Art History of the Western Middle Ages and Islam
  • ARTH 259 Medieval Art and Architecture
  • ARTH 270 Roman Art and Architecture
  • ARTH 271 Greek Art and Architecture
  • CLAS 231W Myth and Cult in the Ancient East Mediterranean 
  • CLAS 250W Greeks, Romans and Barbarians
  • HIST 231 Greek History From Homer to Alexander
  • HIST 233 Asian Empires on the Silk Road
  • HIST 251 Rome: From Republic to Empire

Environmental Archaeology Emphasis

Open Electives

  • ANTH 150 Controversies and Issues in Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 351 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and the Environment
  • ARCH 390 Independent Study
  • ARTH 202W Introduction to Art Museum Studies

Requirements for the Archaeology Minor (24 semester hours)

Common Core (16 semester hours)

Electives (8 semester hours from the following)


  • ANTH 150 Controversies and Issues in Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 231 Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • ANTH 351 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and the Environment
  • ARCH 355 Archaeology Field School
  • ARCH 394 Internship in Archaeological Studies
  • ARCH 390 Independent Study
  • ARTH 105 Introduction to the Art History of the Stone and Bronze Ages
  • ARTH 106 Introduction to the Art History from Ancient Greece to the Roman Republic
  • ARTH 107 Introduction to Art History from the roman Republic to the Byzantine Empire 
  • ARTH 108 Introduction to Art History of the Western Middle Ages and Islam
  • ARTH 202W Introduction to Art Museum Studies
  • ARTH 259 Medieval Art and Architecture
  • ARTH 270 Roman Art and Architecture
  • ARTH 271 Greek Art and Architecture
  • BIOL 246 Human Anatomy
  • BIOL 345 Ecology
  • CHEM 230 Environmental Chemistry
  • CLAS 231W Myth and Cult in the Ancient East Mediterranean 
  • CLAS 250W Greeks, Romans and Barbarians
  • ENVS 250 Geographic Information Systems
  • ENVS 345 Aerial Methods in Field Research
  • HIST 231 Greek History From Homer to Alexander
  • HIST 233 Asian Empires on the Silk Road
  • HIST 251 Rome: From Republic to Empire
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