Anthropology, Public Archaeology Concentration, BS

The public archaeology concentration provides the basic knowledge and training necessary for careers in culture resource management, contract archaeology, museums, and to the study of federal, state and local legislation protecting archaeological resources. The concentration relies heavily on cognate courses in geology and geography.

Learning Outcomes

Course Requirements

Required courses (21 credits)

Field or laboratory courses (9 credits)

Complete nine credits of field or laboratory work in archaeology, selected from the following:

Electives (6 credits)

Complete six additional credits in anthropology (ANTH) at the 300-level or above, at least one of which must be in cultural anthropology.

Cognate courses (16 credits)

ANTH 401 - Research Methods in Anthropology
or GEOG 315 - Environmental Applications in Spatial Analytics
GEOG 213 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOL 100 - Physical Geology
Plus two courses, selected from the following:
GEOG 130 - Environmental Geography
or GEOL 194 - Environmental Geology
GEOG 214 - Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEOG 332 - Land Protection
GEOG 413 - Applications in Geographic Information Systems
GEOL 101 - Historical Geology
GEOL 180 - Forensic Geology
GEOL 370 - Sedimentary Geology
GEOL 480 - Remote Sensing
Or other cognates deemed appropriate by the department

Total minimum credits: 52

Core Curriculum Requirements

A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the Core Curriculum section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website, www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the Undergraduate Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog.