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Department of Archaeology | Faculty of Environment
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calendar 2012 Fall

This program prepares archaeology students for part-time or full-time employment in the cultural resource management sector, which is the biggest employer of archaeologists in British Columbia. The program offers a package of courses, including the Archaeology Field School, to provide practical knowledge, skills, and experiences needed in the field of cultural resource management or other career directions.

The curriculum consists of archaeology courses, and others drawn from First Nations studies, geography, and sociology/anthropology. Earned units may be applied to the archaeology major or minor programs, and to a bachelor's degree. However, units earned in the certificate cannot be applied to another ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV certificate or diploma.

Program Requirements

Students complete at least 29 units, of which 23 units are required core courses and the remaining six units are selected from the electives list. Students must complete a minimum of 12 units at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV.

Students are responsible for meeting the prerequisite requirements for courses used toward the certificate.

Core Courses

Students complete a minimum of 23 units, including all of

• ARCH 372 Material Culture Analysis (5)
  
• ARCH 378 Pacific Northwest North America (3)*
• ARCH 386 Archaeological Resource Management (3)
  

and a minimum of 9 units of archaeology field school courses**

and one of

• FNST 301 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research (3)
  
• FNST 401 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations (3)
  
• FNST 403 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modem World (3)

*or comparable regional course subject to departmental approval
**field school courses must include essential skills in survey, mapping, testing, excavation, and other such standard activities. Credit from other archaeological field schools must be departmentally approved.

Optional Courses

Students complete at least two courses (six units) from the following

• ARCH 332 Special Topics in Archaeology (3)†
• ARCH 340 Zooarchaeology (5)
• ARCH 348 Archaeological Conservation (5)
• ARCH 373 Human Osteology (5)
• ARCH 377 Historical Archaeology I (5)†
• ARCH 340 Zooarchaeology (5)
• ARCH 348 Archaeological Conservation (5)
• ARCH 390 Archaeobotany (5)
• ARCH 438 Geoarchaeology (5)
• ARCH 480 Directed Laboratory/Library/Field Research (5)†
• ARCH 485 Lithic Technology (5)
• FNST 201 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples' Perspectives on History (3)
• FNST 301 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research (3)
• FNST 322 Special Topics in First Nations Studies (3)†
• FNST 332 Ethnobotany of BC First Nations (3)
• FNST 401 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations (3)
• FNST 403 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modern World (3)
• GEOG 253 Aerial Photographic Interpretation (3)
• GEOG 255 Geographical Information Science I (3)
• GEOG 313 River Geomorphology (4)
• GEOG 353 Remote Sensing (4)
• GEOG 355 Geographical Information Science II (4)
• GEOG 445 Resource Planning (4)
• SA 486 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar (A) (4)

†when topic is applicable (e.g., applied archaeology; archaeological legislation;
ethics in archaeology; first nations issues in archaeology)

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