Archaeology

Phone: 843.953.0864
Scott Harris, Director

About the Program

The major in Archaeology is interdisciplinary, involving faculty from ten departments within four different schools at the College. Archaeology is a “cognate major” (not a stand-alone major), and must be combined with a major in Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Geology, Historic Preservation, or History. As a cognate major, this major allows courses to be counted in both the stand-alone major and the Archaeology major. The Archaeology major trains students in the background literature, conservation philosophy, preservation legislation, modern field methods, and increasingly sophisticated analytical laboratory methods required in archaeology. Successful completion of the Archaeology major will:

1. enhance students’ understanding of the long trajectory of humanity’s presence on this planet,
2. train students for careers in: museums; artifact curation and restoration facilities; historic sites; local, state, and federal government; engineering, environmental, and cultural resource management firms; historical societies; historic preservation; and private foundations, and
3. prepare students to be successful in archaeologically related graduate programs.

The minor program recognizes the completion of a course of study designed to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of a field that routinely integrates elements of the social sciences, humanities, arts, and natural sciences. This program serves as a means to unify and coordinate archaeological study at the College of Charleston and to provide a forum for intellectual contact between faculty and students.

Majors

• Archaeology, B.A.  

Minors

• Archaeology Minor