{"id":139,"date":"2022-11-21T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/arch\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:50:31","slug":"archaeology-degree-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/arch\/home\/archaeology-degree-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Degree Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The B.A. in Archaeology and Heritage Studies requires 9 courses (2 lower and 7 upper division) totaling 36 units. This interdisciplinary major draws courses from many departments including Anthropology, Art History, Classics, Environmental Studies, History, Human Biology, Jewish Studies, Linguistics, Material Sciences, Middle Eastern Studies, Religion, and Spatial Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-JwPmgsSeD3\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-JwPmgsSeD3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Lower Division Requirements (8 units)<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-JwPmgsSeD3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-JwPmgsSeD3\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>One Required Course (4 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>ANTH 202g<\/strong> Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>Select Either One 4-Unit Course or two 2-Unit Courses from the Following Lower-Division Course List (4 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p><strong>AHIS 120gp<\/strong> Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to Renaissance Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 125gp<\/strong> Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 126g<\/strong> Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 127g<\/strong> Arts of the Ancient Americas\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 128g<\/strong> Arts of Latin America\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 201g<\/strong> Digging into the Past\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 220g<\/strong> Medieval Visual Culture Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 140g<\/strong> Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 207<\/strong> Introduction to Heritage Studies Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 298aL<\/strong> Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 298bL<\/strong> Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 102<\/strong> The Molecular World Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 103Lgx<\/strong> General Chemistry for the Environment &amp; Life Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 105bL<\/strong> General Chemistry\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 107Lg<\/strong> General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 205Lgx<\/strong> Chemical Forensics: The Science &amp; Its Impact Units:4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 150gp<\/strong> The Greeks and their Legacies\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 151gp<\/strong> The Legacy of Rome Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 190g<\/strong> History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 212<\/strong> Archaeology: Interpreting the Past\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 280gp<\/strong> Classical Mythology in Art and Literature Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CORE 101*<\/strong> Symbols and Conceptual Systems Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CORE 103*<\/strong> The Process of Change in Science Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ENST 100g<\/strong> Introduction to Environmental Studies\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ENST 150gx<\/strong> Environmental Issues in Society Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GESM<\/strong> <strong>110<\/strong> &amp; <strong>111*<\/strong> Seminar in the Arts Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GESM 120<\/strong> &amp; <strong>121*<\/strong> Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GESM<\/strong> <strong>130<\/strong> &amp; <strong>131*<\/strong> Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>HBIO 200Lg<\/strong> The Human Animal\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>HIST 101gp<\/strong> State and Society in the Ancient World\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>LING 295g<\/strong> The Ancient Near East: Culture, Archaeology, Texts\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>MASC 110L<\/strong> Materials Science\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 111g<\/strong> The World of the Hebrew Bible\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 112g<\/strong> Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 114g<\/strong> The Mediterranean: A Religious History\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 115g<\/strong> Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 121g<\/strong> The World of the New Testament\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 125gp<\/strong> Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500 Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 132g<\/strong> Origins of Western Religions\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 135g<\/strong> Chinese Religions and Culture\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 136g <\/strong>Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions &amp; Culture\u00a0 Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 137g<\/strong> Introduction to Islam\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>SSCI 165Lgw<\/strong> Sustainability Science in the City\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>SSCI 265Lg<\/strong> The Water Planet\u00a0Units: 4<\/p>\n<p>*Petition class to apply towards Major\/Minor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-JwPmgsSeD3\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-JwPmgsSeD3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Upper Division Requirements (28 Units)<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-JwPmgsSeD3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-JwPmgsSeD3\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>One course required from Ethics &amp; Heritage (4 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>AHIS 301<\/strong> Guardians of the Past? Art Preservation, Ethics, and the Law\u00a0 Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 304<\/strong> Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>Two courses from this list: (8 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Theories and Methods<\/strong><\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p><strong>AHIS 325<\/strong> Roman Archaeological Excavation: Methods and Practice\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 415<\/strong> Object-Worlds: Histories and Theories of Things\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 425<\/strong> Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and Archaeology: Research and Methodology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 427<\/strong> Archaeological Theories, Methods, and Practice\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 307<\/strong> Trojan Archaeology Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 343<\/strong> Heritage Archaeology Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 400<\/strong> Maya Resilience: Constructing Past and Present Identities\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 410<\/strong> Ethnographic Research Methods\u00a0 Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 440<\/strong> History of Anthropological Theory\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 450<\/strong> Field Research in Maya Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 481L**<\/strong> GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 305Lg**<\/strong> Virtual, Digital Culture, Heritage &amp; Archaeology Units: 2 or 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 306L<\/strong> Maritime Archaeology Survey and Technology Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 308<\/strong> Techniques and Issues in 3D Imaging and Modeling Units: 2<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 323p<\/strong> Roman Archaeology, History, Methods and Field Work Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 490<\/strong> Directed Research Units: 1-8 units<br \/>\n<strong>ARCH 550<\/strong> Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning\u00a0 Units: 3<br \/>\n<strong>ARCH 559<\/strong> Cultural Resource Management Units: 3<br \/>\n<strong>REL 303g<\/strong> Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 494<\/strong> Lab Methods and Theories in Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 495<\/strong> Field Methods and Theories in Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>Three Courses from the Following Two Areas (12 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"acalog-core\"><strong>Cultural\/Historical<\/strong><\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p><strong>AHIS 321<\/strong> Greek Art and Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 322<\/strong> Roman Art and Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 330<\/strong> Medieval Art\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 381g<\/strong> Visual Culture of Asia\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 384<\/strong> Early Chinese Art Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AHIS 420<\/strong> Studies in Ancient Art Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>AMST 343<\/strong> Food, Health and Culture in Los Angeles Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 310<\/strong> Archaeology of the Americas\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 312<\/strong> Documenting Latinx Los Angeles Food Cultures\u00a0 Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 314g<\/strong> The Nature of Maya Civilization\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 321<\/strong> Space, Place, Perception and Power Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 327<\/strong> Media Ethnography and Living Archives Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 329<\/strong> Archaeology and Global Cultural Heritage\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 333<\/strong> Forms of Folklore Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 337<\/strong> Anthropology of Warfare\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 338g<\/strong> Food in Culture and Society Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 340<\/strong> Anthropology In and Of the Museum Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 344<\/strong> Social Memory Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 360<\/strong> Symbolic Anthropology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 372<\/strong> Interpretation of Myth and Narrative\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 377<\/strong> Archaeological Interpretation of Complex Societies Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 323<\/strong> Aegean Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 324<\/strong> Late Antique Art and Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 328<\/strong> Archaeology of Religion in the Greco- Roman World<a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=2&amp;poid=1310\">\u00a0<\/a>Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 338<\/strong> Warfare, State, and Society in the Ancient World\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 339<\/strong> Ancient Science\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 349g<\/strong> Ancient Empires\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>CLAS 371<\/strong> From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean in the Age of Expansion Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>EALC 382<\/strong> Art and Cultural Heritage in East Asia Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>JS 370gp<\/strong> Digs and Disputes: Religion and Archaeology in Israel Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>JS 378<\/strong> Jewish Magic in the Ancient World\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>MDES 316p<\/strong> The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and India Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 302<\/strong> Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 317g<\/strong> The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 325g<\/strong> Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 326gp<\/strong> Historical Jesus\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 350<\/strong> Drugs, Alcohol, Visions and Altered States in Religion Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 394<\/strong> Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 402<\/strong> Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the Middle East\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 475<\/strong> Religion, Material Culture and the Senses\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 485<\/strong> Transnational Religion Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>REL 493<\/strong> Art and Archaeology of Religion\u00a0Units: 4<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h5><strong>Applied\/Analytical<\/strong><\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p><strong>ANTH 376<\/strong> Scientific Analysis in Archaeology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ANTH 481L**<\/strong> GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 305Lg**<\/strong> Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and Archaeology Units: 2 &amp; 4<br \/>\n<strong>ARCG 490x<\/strong> Directed Research Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8<br \/>\n<strong>CHEM 300L<\/strong> Analytical Chemistry\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ENST 320a<\/strong> Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>ENST 320b<\/strong> Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GEOL 305L<\/strong> Introduction to Engineering Geology\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GEOL 320L<\/strong> Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>GEOL 412<\/strong> Oceans, Climate, and the Environment\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>HBIO 300<\/strong> Evolution, Ecology, and Culture\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>HBIO 308<\/strong> Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>SSCI 301L<\/strong> Maps and Spatial Reasoning\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>SSCI 382L<\/strong> Principles of Geographic Information Science\u00a0Units: 4<br \/>\n<strong>SSCI 383L<\/strong> Geospatial Modeling and Customization Units: 4<\/p>\n<p>**ANTH 481L and ARCG 305Lg may not be double-counted toward the degree or minor in Archaeology.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>One Required Capstone (4 units):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p><strong>CLAS 465<\/strong> Archaeology and Society\u00a0Units: 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h4><strong>Total Archaeology and Heritage Studies Major units requirement is 9 courses (36 units)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p>Questions? \u00a0Email\u00a0<strong><a title=\"we're glad to answer your questions!\" href=\"mailto:archaeology@usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archaeology@usc.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact Us\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= \/arch\/people\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Department Faculty &#038; 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