<p>Hello
Im a Junior in High school…
and I have a question…</p>
<p>I am really interested in being an archaeologist… and majoring archaeology…
Does anyone know any good schools for archaeology?</p>
<p>Just for information, I have pretty good standing at my school (top 3~6%)…</p>
<p>I would perfer if the school offers great science majors (especially biology) too… (I love biology)</p>
<p>By the way, is it possible to major archaeology and biology at the same time? I heard about “double-major” things…
But I am not sure if I can do that since they are completely opposite branches</p>
<p>And… if anybody here is an archaeologist… or knows what the job is like…
I’d love to hear anything(ex. earning, work-condition, etc…) about the job too!</p>
<p>Anyway thanks for helping me out!
Thank You!!!</p>
<p>Archaeology usually falls under Anthropology. So any university with an extensive and solid Anthropology program is probably going to have good offerings in the field of Archaeology. That would include the following schools:</p>
<p>As for double majoring in Biology and Archaeology, that sounds like a great combination. In fact, there is an entire field devoted to combining the two; Biological Anthropology.</p>
<p>According to Rugg’s Rceommendations on the Colleges:
for archaeology
Baylor
Boston U
Brown
Bryn Mawr
Cornell
Dartmouth
Evansville
Haverford
Hunter CUNY
U Kansas
U Michigan
U Missouri
UNC Greensboro
NYU
Oberlin
U Penn
U Texas
Washington and Lee
Washington U Missouri
Wheaton</p>
<p>One more suggestion: Beloit College in Wisconsin. They have an excellent undergraduate archeology program, and actually offer a biology-archeology major option. They have one of the finest archeological museums at an undergraduate institution and many opportunities for field work as well. Here’s the link:
<a href=“http://www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/majors/anthropology_overview.php[/url]”>Academics • Beloit College;
<p>I’m a biology and archaeology double major. Rather, I will be once I declare my majors. </p>
<p>You do realize that archaeology is a rather broad field? Classical archaeology is offered in many classics departments, as is North American archaeology in anthropology departments. Areas like Chinese archaeology, underwater archaeology, or Near Eastern/Egyptian archaeology are much harder to find. A specific interest would be nice…</p>
<p>However, the archaeology programs that immediately come to mind:
University of Chicago
New York University
University of Michigan
Columbia
Cornell
Brown
Yale
Harvard
U Penn
UNC Chapel Hill
U Toronto (in Canada)
Bryn Mawr/Haverford
UT Austin
Texas A&M (underwater arch.)
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Boston U
Tufts
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>In the UK: Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Liverpool</p>
<p>Archaeology is not a very booming field. Typically positions are teaching or in museums. You’ll definitely need a PhD, and you’ll need to know French and German. You may also have to know Greek, Latin, Egyptian, etc., depending on your field of interest. Depending on your specialization, you may have to take advanced courses in art history, archaeology, history, or languages. </p>
<p>As far as job outlooks, here’s some responses I got from professors a while back:
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<p>Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.</p>