<p>does anyone know who has a good archaeology program? i'm not looking for dinosaurs, more along the lines of classical archaeology. thanks!</p>
<p>I'm not sure, but I know Brown has an Egyptology major, so that might say something</p>
<p>I have a similar question - what are good colleges for ancient studies? Not necessarily Greek/Rome, but Egypt, Hittites, etc?</p>
<p>i know that emory has an awesome museum for it!</p>
<p>Ha ha -- I've seen a number of t-shirts to the effect of "I'm an archaeologist and no, I don't look for dinosaurs." It seems to be a sore point! (For the unenlightened, that's paleontology ...) </p>
<p>Anyway, go to petersons.com and search for places with archaeology majors (actually most places lump it in with anthropology). Then start checking web sites and see the course offerings -- some places don't have many courses or look at specific types of archaeology mostly. You also might search on CC -- this specific subject has come up more than once.</p>
<p>My daughter is an Egyptology concentrator at Brown. Good for this, but general archaeology offerings aren't as great as other places. It does have an old world & classical archaeology concentration, though. I guess it comes down to whether you want a place with lots of technical archaeology courses (analyzing pottery, etc.) or an exploration of a particular culture. Some colleges we ran across in our college search that I remember as good:</p>
<p>Yale
Penn
Chicago
WUSTL
UNC-CH
Bryn Mawr</p>
<p>Wisconsin-La Crosse is good, but you don't have any assurance of getting into the program even if you attend the school.</p>
<p>I never searched for classical archaeology specifically, so I don't have a comprehensive list. I know that Bryn Mawr's major is classical and near eastern archaeology (you can attend Haverford or Swarthmore and major in something at Bryn Mawr if male :) ) Yale, Penn, and Chicago have near eastern studies majors that deal with the ancient civilizations (you have to be careful with department names -- most places with a major by this name look at more modern times) and also have lots of general archaeology courses. But my daughter, in deciding between Chicago and Brown at the end, realized that with distribution requirements at the former, she wouldn't have time to do both.</p>
<p>Her safety was U Missouri-Columbia, a nice arch program in a school that is easy to get into.</p>
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<p>Anyway, there are many places strong in classical archaeology. To DianeR's list, I would add </p>
<p>Beloit
Boston University
Bowdoin
College of Wooster
Dartmouth
Davidson
Duke
George Washington
Haverford (with Bryn Mawr)
Johns Hopkins
Michigan
NYU
Penn State
Tufts
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of Pennsylvania
UT Austin
Washington
Wesleyan</p>
<p>Niomi, I would suggest Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Brown, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell, and U Toronto. Possibly Emory or NYU for ancient art.</p>
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<p>Indeed, it does. Do you happen to subscribe to KMT? We love it.</p>
<p>Are you in college now or heading there? If so, where? </p>
<p>It is good that you offered a more extensive list. I just remembered the places we winnowed down to; a number of places got eliminated from consideration for assorted non-major-related reasons -- but my daughter's college search was so many years ago, it was hard to remember any of them for sure!</p>
<p>Yes, I'm at college (sophomore in the fall). Since there aren't many archaeology majors at most colleges, I'd rather not say where, but it's in the US News top 5 and in my list above. I don't suscribe to KMT (although I did in high school) because the university library suscribes to it. :D</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I need some help. I am very interested in ARchaeology and at the moment am stuck deciding between two schools. I can either go to UPenn (with no financial aid) or USC with a full scholarship. I know UPenns program is excellent, however, it does not have a very good cinema program which is my second passion (and its realllly expensive). USC (which has the number one cinema school) has its own archaeology major, but its very small, so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it? I am trying to find the best balance, a school where I can have good archaeology and cinema.
But AHHHHHH tuesday is coming up so fast :(
If anyone could tell me ANYTHING about USC's archaeology program, that would be great</p>
<p>RightyHo - the USC undergrad archaeology program is the anthro/art history type (as opposed to the "Classics" department kind which has more emphasis on languages). Now, while archaeology is a great major, you must go to grad school if you plan to use it as a profession.</p>
<p>So... given that you have a free ride to USC, it seems pretty clear - go there and spend a couple years deciding which major (if either) you want to go ahead in. If it's archaeology, start getting the languages under control and work with your advisors to prepare for grad. school!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>(Also, it gets pretty cold and miserable in Philly for most of the school year.)</p>
<p>Just realized I assumed you were interested in Classical Archaeology - other kinds have other requirements...</p>