Archaeology Minor

https://www.shu.edu/academics/minor-archaeology.cfm

The Archaeology program is co-sponsored by the Departments of Religion, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

Participating faculty bring a broad range of academic experience from disciplines in the arts, humanities and social and behavioral sciences that systematically query past human endeavor.

The Minor in Archaeology is a program designed to familiarize the student not only in ancient foundations of human intellectual, social and material achievement but lead them towards an active engagement with the past through guided applications from relevant academic disciplines.

A liberal arts education is intended to provide students with knowledge and learning experiences drawn from a variety of academic areas and disciplines. Archaeologists today may be trained not only in discourse by and about ancient peoples but are also knowledgeable about how we may interpret, analyze and engage with material culture or the built environment in innovative ways. 

Students who minor in archaeology can achieve more than knowledge of the deepest foundations of human civilizations. Because of its practical and experimental nature, archaeology facilitates the integration of academic disciplines into a more coherent vision of what a broad liberal arts education is all about. Students may pursue an Archaeology minor as integral to their degree coursework in certain disciplines, or as bridging content towards interdisciplinary inquiry.

Students are encouraged to integrate their majors and/or minors with the study of archaeology where possible. Projects chosen range from studies in art, artifacts or architecture of antiquity to chemistry, bioarchaeology of burials, computer applications, archival research and photography. Independent study courses in partnership with the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology (SHUMAA) are available and encouraged. Archaeological field school offerings at other institutions may be taken as independent study credit(s) with permission from the participating faculty.

For advisement in the archaeology minor program, please contact Dr. Cherubim Quizon (cherubim.quizon@shu.edu) in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

Requirements

Each course is offered for 3 credits and may be taken either under ARCH or under the cross-listed department designation.

See Index to locate course descriptions under their cross-listed codes as indicated above.