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Archaeology Minor Program

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

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of nine units, including both of

  • ARCH 131-3 Human Origins
  • ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

and one of

  • ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World
  • ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of at least 16 units of archaeology,which must include one course from each of groups I, II, III and IV listed below.

Group I – Core Program

  • ARCH 372-5 Material Culture Analysis
  • ARCH 373-5 Human Osteology
  • ARCH 376-5 Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
  • ARCH 471W-5 Archaeological Theory

Group II – Laboratory Courses

  • ARCH 335-5 Special Laboratory Topics in Archaeology
  • ARCH 340-5 Zooarchaeology
  • ARCH 348-5 Archaeological Conservation
  • ARCH 349-5 Management of Archaeological Collections
  • ARCH 377-5 Historical Archaeology
  • ARCH 385-5 Paleoanthropology
  • ARCH 390-5 Archaeobotany
  • ARCH 432-5 Advanced Physical Anthropology
  • ARCH 442-5 Forensic Anthropology
  • ARCH 452-5 Introduction to Paleopathology
  • ARCH 485-5 Lithic Technology

Group III – Regional Courses

  • ARCH 330W-3 Prehistory of Latin America
  • ARCH 338-3 Archaeology of China
  • ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America
  • ARCH 370-3 Western Pacific Prehistory
  • ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest North America
  • ARCH 379-3 Archaeology of the American Southwest

Group IV – Topical Courses

  • ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art
  • ARCH 302-3 Art of Ancient Civilizations
  • ARCH 311-5 Archaeological Dating
  • ARCH 336-3 Special Topics in Prehistoric and Indigenous Art
  • ARCH 344-3 Primate Behavior
  • ARCH 365-3 Ecological Archaeology
  • ARCH 383-3 Molecular Bioarchaeology
  • ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management
  • ARCH 438-5 Geoarchaeology

Special topics and/or directed studies courses may substitute for group II, III or IV courses, provided the content suggests a suitable substitution, and written department consent is obtained prior to enrolment.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV within the student’s major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honors, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

 

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