Archaeology Minor
For information, contact the Department of Anthropology, 120 Upham Hall, 513-529-8399.
Archaeology combines humanistic thinking, scientific methods, and experiential activities, making it a fitting and unique complement to a variety of student majors. The Archaeology Minor allows students to develop transferable career skills with interdisciplinary approaches to the human past, including field and laboratory techniques, material culture analysis, and collections and cultural heritage management. This transdisciplinary minor is ideal for students with a variety of career paths and interests including Cultural Resource Management, museums, UX, the arts, gaming, storytelling, or education.
Minor may be completed with an Anthropology Major; please see notes section below on restrictions.
Program Requirements
(15 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Select one introductory course: | 3 | |
| Lost Cities & Ancient Civilizations | ||
| Greek Civilization in its Mediterranean Context | ||
| Roman Civilization: From City to Empire | ||
| Take both of the following: | ||
| ATH 212 | Introduction to Archaeological Theory and Methods | 4 |
| ATH 416 | Applying Archaeology | 3 |
| Elective Courses 1 | 5 | |
| Greek and Roman Painting | ||
| Old World Archaeology | ||
| North American Archaeology | ||
| Latin American Archaeology | ||
| Paleoanthropology | ||
| Culture, Art, and Artifacts | ||
| Museums and Collections: Beyond the Curio Cabinet | ||
| Museums Today: Content, Practices and Audiences | ||
| Greek and Roman Cities | ||
| Discoveries of Archaeology | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Techniques and Applications of Remote Sensing | ||
| The Dynamic Earth | ||
| Geoarchaeology | ||
| Geomorphology | ||
| Paleoclimatology | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
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Students may apply 6 hours of Independent Study or relevant Study Abroad towards the Archaeology Minor in consultation with the Anthropology Department Lead Departmental Advisor.
Note: All minors require nine unique hours that are not used toward completion of other program requirements.