The MA/MS in Archaeology is a flexible 33 hour program culminating in a master’s thesis. All students take a common core of four courses. In consultation with the graduate advisor and thesis chair, each student chooses a concentration in prehistoric, historical, or biological archaeology, electives, and a thesis topic based on his or her individual interests.
Common Core 15 hours
386 3 hrs Archaeological Theory
460 3 hrs Research Design in Archaeology
481 6 hrs Advanced Archaeological Field
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488 3 hrs Archaeology Ethics and Law
Master’s Thesis 499 6 hours
Concentration core course 3 hours One of the following courses:
301 Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Materials
388 Historical Archaeology
371 Human Osteology OR 372 Human Paleopathology and Skeletal Analysis
Concentration electives 9 hours
At least 9 hours chosen from the list below, based on the student’s concentration and individual interests. No more than 9 hours of credit toward the degree may come from courses numbered 400 and 498; of those 9, no more than 6 may come from 400. 
Anthropology: 301 Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Materials, 306 Regional and Area Studies, 342 Sociolinguistics, 370 Zooarchaeology, 371 Human Osteology, 372 Human Paleopathology and Skeletal Analysis, 373 Archaeology of Political Economy, 374 Introduction to Museum Studies, 375 Landscape Archaeology, 376 The Archaeology of Gender, 380 Key Concepts in Anthropology, 383 Studies in Selected Cultures, 387 Advanced Topics in Physical Anthropology, 388 Historical Archaeology, 392 Archaeological Analysis of Historical Materials, 400 Independent Study; 498 Professional Practice in Archaeology,
Sociology: 320 Global Development and Economic Change, 330 Society and the Environment, 333 Political Sociology: Power, Culture and Change, 341The Sociology of Gender, 366 Contemporary Social Movements, 375 Economic Sociology, 466 Sociological Theory, 471 Quantitative Research Design and Analysis
History: 306 Regional and Area Studies, 307 Selected Topics in Non-Western History,
309 Selected Topics in United States History, 310 Native American History,
315 Slavery and the Old South, 322 American Urban History, 327 American
Labor History, 330 The Family in History, 351 Ancient Near East, 357 Late Medieval and Early Modern History, 373 History of Modern China, 375 History of Modern Japan, 394 Oral History, 395 Archives and Manuscripts, 402 Seminar in European History, 411 Seminar: Topics in Early American History, 421Seminar: Topics in American Racial and Ethnic History, 424 Seminar: Topics in American Cultural and Social History, 497 Research in History
Geography-Geology: 300 Cartography, 303 Geographic Information Systems, 304 Geographic Information Systems Applications, 305 Remote Sensing, 306 Regional and Area Studies, 310 Field Geography, 331 Cultural Geography, 332Historical Geography, 364 Exploring Geophysics, 380 Geomorphology, 382 Glacial and Quaternary Geology
Biological Sciences: 329 Human Genetics, 350 Molecular Biology, 404 Population Ecology, 405 Community Ecology, 470 Evolution, 471 Evolutionary and Population Genetics
Chemistry: 315 Analytical Chemistry, 444 Lipids
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