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• Certificate in CRM
• Archaeology Major
• Archaeology Honours
• Archaeology Minor and Extended Minor
• Joint Major: Archaeology and Anthropology
• Joint Major: Archaeology and First Nations Studies
• Co-operative Education
• Undergraduate Awards and Bursaries

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

• Students graduating in FASS: 120 credit hours, 65 of those in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences subjects and with at least 45 (of the 120) in upper division courses*
• Students graduating in FEnv: 120 credit hours, with at least 45 (of the 120) in upper division courses.*
• No more than 15 upper division credit hours transferred from another institution may be used toward the requirements for a major.
• Completion of WQB requirements if admitted for or after Fall 2006 term.
  Details at: http://www.sfu.ca/ugcr/For_Students/WQB_Requirements/
• Completion of Breadth requirements if admitted prior to Fall 2006 term (at least 30 semester hours from five prescribed departments outside the major department with no more than nine semester hours from any one department counting toward the 30; up to six semester hours may be from General Studies courses).
• Minimum GPA requirements: minimum cumulative and upper division GPA of 2.0, minimum plan and upper division plan of 2.0.

* Students in the ARCH/ANTH joint major program can choose to graduate in either the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Environment.

 

 

Links for current undergraduate students: http://students.sfu.ca/

Links for prospective undergraduate students: http://students.sfu.ca/prospectiveundergrads/

 

Advisors

Chris Papaianni

Department of Archaeology

9633 Education Building

Phone: 778.782.4687

Email: papaiann@sfu.ca

 

Lesley Butler

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

5056 Academic Quadrangle

Phone: 778.782.3726

Email: samgr@sfu.ca

 

Archaeology/Anthropology Joint Major Requirements (admission to program before January 2012)

This program explores inter-relationships between anthropology and archaeology. Students should plan their program in consultation with advisors from both departments.

 

Lower Division Anthropology Requirements

Students must complete the following courses:

 

SA 101-4 Introduction to Anthropology (A)

SA 201W-4 Anthropology of Contemporary Life (A)

SA 255-4 Introduction to Social Research (S or A)

plus one additional 200 division course chosen in anthropology and/or sociology/anthropology.

 

Strongly Recommended

SA 286-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction (A)

 

Lower Division Archaeology Requirements

Students must complete the following courses:

 

ARCH 131-3 Human Origins

ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World

ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

 

Upper Division Anthropology Requirements

At least 20 credit hours of upper division anthropology are required including the following.

 

SA 301-4 Contemporary Ethnography (A)

SA 356W-4 Ethnography and Qualitative Methods (S or A)

SA 402-4 The Practice of Anthropology (A)

plus eight additional upper division units chosen from the Calendar list of anthropology (A) courses.

 

Highly Recommended

SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar (A)

 

Upper Division Archaeology Requirements

Students are required to complete at least 23 credit hours of upper division archaeology including

one of:

ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management

 

and all of:

ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America

ARCH 372-5 Material Culture Analysis

ARCH 471W-5 Archaeological Theory

 

plus one group II archaeology course.

 

ARCH 378 and 385 are strongly recommended.

 

 

 

Archaeology/Anthropology Joint Major Requirements (admission to program January 2012 and after)

Lower Division Anthropology Requirements

Students must complete the following courses:

• SA 101-4 Introduction to Anthropology (A)
• SA 201W-4 Anthropology of Contemporary Life (A)
• SA 255-4 Introduction to Social Research (S or A)
• plus one additional 200 division course chosen in anthropology and/or sociology/anthropology.

Lower Division Archaeology Requirements

Students must complete the following courses:

• ARCH 131-3 Human Origins
• ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology
• ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World
• ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

Upper Division Anthropology Requirements

Students complete a total of at least 20 units of anthropolog, including all of:

• SA 301-4 Contemporary Ethnography (A)
• SA 356W-4 Ethnography and Qualitative Methods (S or A)
• SA 402-4 The Practice of Anthropology (A)
• and eight additional upper division units chosen from the Calendar list of anthropology (A) courses. SA 486 is highly recommended.

Upper Division Archaeology Requirements

Students complete at least 24 upper division archaeology units including Group I, II, III, and IV course requirements for the major.

• Group I: Both Group I courses
• Group II: At least one Group II course
• Group III: At least one Group III course
• Group IV: At least two Group IV courses (of which one must be ARCH 321, 331, or 378)