Archaeology
| Faculty (Fort Steilacoom): | Mike Avey |
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| Degree: | Associate in Arts & Sciences, Archaeology Major |
Pierce College's Archaeology program provides a broad-based education for college transfer or personal enrichment. Archaeology is the study of past cultures, accomplished by excavating artifacts and ecofacts from archaeological sites, studying them to determining the age of the site and lifeways of the people who were there and formulating hypotheses to explain why people lived as they did.
Students planning to transfer as archaeology majors should complete AAS degree requirements and must check with the transfer institution regarding specific requirements and transferable credits. Archaeology majors should work closely with a faculty advisor to plan an overall program of study.
List of all Archaeology courses.
Archaeology Major
The following courses are recommended, in addition to those required for the AAS degree:
- ANTHR 104 American Mosaic (5)
- ANTHR 105 World Prehistory (5)
- ANTHR 110 Survey of Anthropology (5)
- ANTHR 210 Physical Anthropology (5)
- ANTHR 220 Social Anthropology (5)
- ANTHR 230 Introduction to Archaeology (5)
- ANTHR 234-36 Field Methods in Archaeology 3 ea
- ANTHR 240 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (5)
- ANTHR 250 Indians of North America (5)
- ANTHR 260 Northwest Coast Indians (5)
- GEOL 101 Physical Geology (5)