Archaeological Methods Undergraduate Certificate
Introduction
The Department of Anthropology’s Archaeological Methods Undergraduate Certificate will provide you the archaeological skills to gain a job in a field of your choice, from government to cultural resource management to academia to museums. Whether you decide to specialize in material culture analysis, human or animal osteological analysis, field survey, statistical research, museum, or GIS research, the Certificate in Archaeological Methods will allow you to demonstrate a sub-focus in archaeological methods within your Anthropology degree, or to demonstrate your preparedness for archaeological field schools or archaeologically-focused employment alongside your degree. This Certificate also allows non-degree seeking students already employed in the private or public sector to update their methodological knowledge.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus or online program.
Declaring This Certificate
Students interested in completing this certificate should complete this form: CLAS Undergraduate Certificate Intent to Declare Form, which requests that the certificate be added to your student record. Once added, you will be able to run a certificate degree audit. The certificate degree audit should be used in collaboration with the Certificate Advisor to ensure successful completion of the requirements.
Students should then work with Tiffany Terneny (Tiffany.Terneny@ucdenver.edu) – the certificate advisor, to ensure completion of all certificate requirements.
Completing This Certificate
Students must also complete the CLAS Undergraduate Certificate Completion Verification Form, before graduation, in order to confirm completion of their certificate. The certificate advisor will confirm that your certificate has been successfully completed, and will work with campus partners to apply the certificate to your transcript.
Students must fill out the Certificate Completion Form before the deadlines below, to ensure the certificate is applied to your transcript correctly. If you are a non-degree seeking student, please fill out this form in the term in which you intend to complete your certificate.
Spring semester – April 1
Summer semester – July 1
Fall semester – November 1
These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their certificate advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
Certificate Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 13 credit hours with at least 9 being ANTH credits.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in all course applied to the certificate and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 3.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- All prerequisites for program courses must be met.
- All requirements must be met within a five-year period.
- Students must complete 9 credit hours of coursework with CU Denver faculty.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following required course: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Archaeology | ||
| Complete a minimum of nine credit hours from the list below (Note at least six of the credits must be ANTH credits) : | 9 | |
| Human Osteology | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Anthropology | ||
| Zooarchaeology | ||
| Lithic Analysis | ||
| Archaeology of Hunters-Gatherers | ||
| Landscape Archaeology | ||
| Field Experience in Archaeology | ||
| Museum Studies | ||
| The Power of Maps: Introduction to Geospatial Sciences | ||
| Remote Sensing I: Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing | ||
| Introduction to GIS | ||
| Cartography | ||
| Management of Material Culture and Museum Collections | ||
| Total Hours | 13 | |
To learn more about the Student Learning Outcomes for this program, please visit our website.