Archaeology Track Plan of Study
Archaeology uses the material evidence of human activities to understand past human lives. Archaeology at UCSC focuses on past people’s interactions with one another at the local level and within their wider social and ecological contexts. Faculty research areas include the pre-colonial and early post-colonial history of Africa, Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and western North America.
Each track within the Anthropology P.h.D program at UCSC requires students to take certain coursework for the first three years of study, prior to advancing to candidacy. In order to advance to candidacy in archaeology, students must complete:
Two Core Theory Courses
Must be completed during first year in the program.
270A Archaeology Graduate Core Course: History of Archaeological Theory
270B Archaeology Graduate Core Course: Current Directions in Archaeological Theory
Two Research Methods/Laboratory Courses
Student may substitute courses in another department with adviser approval.
202A Skeletal Biology
203B Forensics and Bioarchaeology
207A Methods and Research in Molecular Anthropology
207B Methods and Research in Isotopic Analysis
280/280L Ceramic Analysis/Ceramic Analysis Laboratory
285 Osteology of Mammals, Birds, Fish
Two Courses on the Archaeology of a Geographical, Temporal, or Topical Area
Student may substitute courses in another department with adviser approval.
275A Seminar on Early African Archaeology
275B Tutorial in Archaeology of African American Complex Societies
276A Advanced Topics in North American Archaeology
276B Mesoamerican Archaeology
287 Advanced Topics in Archaeology
273 Advanced Topics in Origins of Farming
274 Advanced Topics in Archaeology of Complex Societies
Two Additional Graduate Seminars
Students may substitute a graduate seminar in cultural or biological anthropology or in another department with adviser approval. Tutorials that are taught in conjunction with undergraduate courses do not count toward this requirement.
225 The Anthropology of Things: Sign, Gift, Commodity, Tool
279 Feminism and Gender in Archaeology
282 Household Archaeology
One Course in Grant Writing or Research Design
228 Grant Writing (Cultural Anthropology)
272 Advanced Archaeological Research Design
Quantitative Methods Requirement
Students in the Archaeology PhD track must demonstrate competency in statistical or computational analysis techniques appropriate to their specific dissertation research projects and professional goals. Plans for gaining and demonstrating this competency should be developed as part of the first year review for each student, in consultation with their adviser and first year committee and with the approval of the department. This competency must be demonstrated and approved by the department prior to taking the qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy.
Two Laboratory Apprenticeships
298 Advanced Lab Apprenticeship
Complete Language Requirement
Pass the Qualifying Examination
