Minor in Archaeology

The Minor in Archaeology is an interdepartmental minor that includes courses from both the Department of Classics, Archaeology, and Religion (CAR) and the Department of Anthropology. This minor focuses on the study of past societies through the analysis of material culture and remains. Students will be exposed to a strong interdisciplinary curriculum that will prepare them to apply archaeological methods and analytic techniques, and to develop the skills that are central to archaeological research in professional contexts across the world. Students will also develop strong critical thinking skills and will be able to form and evaluate scholarly arguments developed by synthesizing various forms of historical and material data. The minor complements many programs of study including anthropology, ancient Mediterranean studies, history, geography, geology, biology, psychology, sociology, foreign languages, and fine arts. Undergraduates will have the ability to engage in study abroad programs, excavations, and research opportunities, which help prepare students for potential careers in cultural and natural resource management, field archaeology, art conservation and historical preservation, museum collections, heritage management, archivism, tourism, and academia. A student wishing to minor in archaeology should contact the Archaeology minor advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Ancient Mediterranean Studies or Anthropology for an appointment.

Requirements

The Archaeology minor consists of 15 hours of coursework, 9 of which must be at the 2000+ level, with a minimum of 3 hours at the 3000+ level. Students must take a minimum of 6 credit hours in Ancient Mediterranean Studies and 6 credit hours in Anthropology. Students majoring in Ancient Mediterranean Studies or Anthropology may apply no more than nine hours of coursework also approved in their major towards the Archaeology minor.

A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.

To earn the minor, students must take coursework across three categories as follows:

Minimum one course in Archaelogical Method and Theory
AMS 1150	The Archaeology of Ancient Lives	3
ANTHRO 2020	Fundamentals of Archaeology with Laboratory	4
Minimum two courses in Archaelogical Methods *
AMS 2410	Ancient Technology	3
AMS 2950	Archaeological Methods	2-6
ANTHRO 2800	Introduction to Field Methods in Archaeology	1-6
ANTHRO 2825	Analyzing Artifacts	3
ANTHRO 3820	Introduction to Archaeological Chemistry	3
or CHEM 3820	Introduction to Archaeological Chemistry
ANTHRO 4520	Functional Morphology of the Human Skeleton	3
ANTHRO 4820	Zooarchaeology	3
ANTHRO 4826	Stone Artifact Analysis	3
ANTHRO 4890	Human Skeletal Identification and Analysis	5
ANTHRO 4800	Field Methods in Archaeology	1-8
Minimum of one Topics Course
AMS 1140	Ancient Cities	3
AMS 2450	The World of Pompeii	3
AMS 2550	Farm to Table in Ancient Greece and Rome: Small Farms and Big Business	3
AMS 3120	Art and Gender in Antiquity	3
AMS 3210	Near Eastern and Egyptian Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 3310	Greek Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 3410	Roman Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 3510	Byzantine and Islamic Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 3625	Ancient Medicine	3
AMS 4100	Greece: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Empire	3
AMS 4320	Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age	3
AMS 4340	Greek Cities and Sanctuaries	3
AMS 4350	Greek Pottery	3
AMS 4360	Greek Sculpture	3
AMS 4420	Minor Arts of Antiquity	3
AMS 4460	Roman Sculpture	3
AMS 4440	Roman Architecture	3
AMS 4490	Late Antique Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 4500	Greek and Roman Religion	3
AMS 4510	Byzantine Art and Archaeology	3
AMS 4520	Art and Archaeology of Early Medieval Europe	3
ANTHRO 1200	Significant Discoveries of Archaeology	3
ANTHRO 2215	World Archaeology	3
ANTHRO 4200	Environment and Archaeology	3
ANTHRO 4240	History of Archaeology	3
ANTHRO 4280	Archaeology of Magic and Ritual	3
ANTHRO 4500	Human Origins	5
ANTHRO 4620	North American Archaeology	3
ANTHRO 4640	Prehistory of the Greater Southwest	3
ANTHRO 4650	Prehistory of Mesoamerica	3
ANTHRO 4670	Archaeology of South America	3

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Note: a field methods course (AMS 2950 Archaeological Methods or ANTHRO 2800/ANTHRO 4800) is strongly recommended but not required.