Degree Requirements

The B.A. in Archaeology requires ten courses (2 lower and 8 upper division) totaling forty units. The Interdisciplinary Archaeology major draws courses from 5 departments including Anthropology, Art History, Classics, Linguistics, and Religion.

Lower Division (8 units)

• ANTH 202 Introduction to Archaeology or
• CLAS 212 Archaeology: Interpreting the Past

• LING 295g The Ancient Near East Culture or
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past: Material Culture of the Ancient Mediterranean

Upper Division (32 units)

Theory and Methods

Choose two courses from the following three:

• AHIS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art
• REL 494 Advanced Near Eastern and Mediterranean Archaeology
• REL 495 Theory and Field Methods in Archaeology

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Choose one course from each discipline:

• ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas or
• ANTH 311 Old World Archaeology

• AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology or
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology or
• AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art or
• AHIS 420 Studies in Ancient Art

• CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology

• REL 394 Near Eastern and Mediterranean Archaeology or
• REL 493 The Art and ARchaeology of Religion: Beginnings

Elective

Choose any 300 or 400 level course offered by the Anthropology, Art History, Classics, Linguistics, or Religion Departments

Capstone

• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society