<p>I have noticed that many schools have specific strengths when it comes to their archaeology program. Are any specifically strong in bioarchaeology?</p>
<p>I think I’ve figured out what unsettles me a little about high schoolers asking about specialties like bioarchaeology or accounting information systems or recording engineering. I presume that you’ve read something about the specialty somewhere and it sounds exciting/intriguing/etc. That’s a great thing to be excited about something. But, if you choose a college based on a hyper narrow interest, you’re closing off an entire world you don’t know about yet. If you go to a liberal arts college or a university with a liberal curriculum, you’ll learn first hand about all kinds of disciplines and you’ll start to see connections among them. You can learn about biology and anthropology in addition to economics and languages and mathematics and music. And if you do, you might discover your own specialty that you’ll really be able to dive into. Take music theory and calc II in the same semester and you’ll see what i mean.</p>
<p>So keep being excited about specialties, but please don’t choose a school based on one. Choose a school that offers a solid foundation in the disciplines that make up that specialty and other disciplines. Then you’ll really be able to find what you’re passionate about and what to commit yourself to.</p>
<p>lynxinsider -</p>
<p>I had one of those nice liberating liberal arts educations, but guess what? Happykid developed an unwavering, specific career direction early on. No college is even remotely considered for her list that can’t offer her exactly what she needs for success in that profession. Some kids just come that way. HQZJ98 may be one of them. </p>
<p>HQZJ98 - </p>
<p>Since you are interested in a very uncommon, and very specific field, you need to approach your college search as though you were looking for a graduate school program. Post this question in the grad school forum with a new title along the lines of “Good schools for bioarchaeology?” Run some searches on sub-topics of bioarchaeology that are of interest to you using [Google</a> Scholar](<a href=“http://scholar.google.com/]Google”>http://scholar.google.com/) to find links to articles written by experts in that field. Then research those authors and find out where they are currently working and where they have studied. Get in touch with the ones who are most interesting to you, and ask them about the kind of background you need to work in that area. There may well be no undergrad programs in bioarchaeology anywhere in the country, but a college or university that offers some work in that area at the graduate level in addition to a decent general undergrad program in archaeology could be a good match for you.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>