The Anthropological Archaeology minor offers students an opportunity to contextualize the modern world through the recent and more distant past. The minor emphasizes both the methods by which archaeologists study the past and areas of geographic and topical interest. The minor is ideal for students interested in understanding the long-term processes underlying modern global phenomena such as urban development, increasing inequality, the adoption of agriculture, foodways, and human adaptation to climate change.
Minor Requirements
- Students must earn a "C" (2.0) or better in all Core Requirements and Restricted Electives. Students may make a request to the Undergraduate Coordinator to be granted the use of one C- toward the minor requirements.
- At least 15 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF within the Anthropology Department.
- Only two anthropology courses can overlap for students enrolled in multiple anthropology programs (minors or certificates). (Note: The myKnight Audit cannot capture overlapping courses between two or more programs; therefore, students should have their program reviewed by the department before filing for graduation.)
- Only three credit hours of archeological internship or field school can be used towards restricted electives.
- Students should consult with a department advisor.
Prerequisite Courses
- Most courses for this minor will have prerequisites completes as a part of a student’s GEP requirement, as general electives, or a student can enroll into courses with consent of instructor.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
6 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- ANT2140 - Introduction to Archaeology (3)
- ANT4115C - Archaeological Method and Theory (3)
Restricted Electives
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Students may substitute one upper level course in anthropology for those not listed here with prior permission.
- Complete at least 4 of the following:
- ANT3106 - Archaeology and Popular Culture (3)
- ANT3107 - Blood and Valor in the Viking World (3)
- ANT3142 - Old World Prehistory (3)
- ANT3145 - Archaeology of Complex Societies (3)
- ANT3148 - Life and Death in Ancient Egypt (3)
- ANT3152 - Archaeology of the Greater Southwest (3)
- ANT3154 - Historical Archaeology (3)
- ANT3158 - Florida Archaeology (3)
- ANT3160 - Americas Before Columbus (3)
- ANT3161 - Ancient Mexico: Aztec to Zapotec (3)
- ANT3163 - Mesoamerican Archaeology (3)
- ANT3164 - Ancient Incas (3)
- ANT4168 - Maya Archaeology (3)
- ANT3169 - Life and Death in the Ancient Andes (3)
- ANT3173 - Archaeology of Sex (3)
- ANT3174 - Battlefield Archaeology (3)
- ANT3177 - Archaeology of Caribbean Piracy (3)
- ANT3179 - Australian Archaeology and Indigenous Cultures (3)
- ANT3290 - Anthropology of Plants and People (3)
- ANT4027 - Mummies, Life After Death (3)
- ANT4051 - Environmental Anthropology (3)
- ANT4105 - Saving the Plundered Past: Ethics and Controversy in Contemporary Archaeology (3)
- ANT4123 - Archaeology of Coastal Societies (3)
- ANT4153 - North American Archaeology (3)
- ANT4170 - Household Archaeology: The Archaeology of Everyday Life (3)
- ANT4171 - Battle of the Sexes?: The Archaeology of Gender (3)
- ANT4183 - Archaeological Sciences (3)
- ANT4184 - Mortuary Archaeology (3)
- ANT4187 - Paleoethnobotany (3)
- ANT4441 - Anthropology of Cities (3)
- ANT4483 - Health and Healing in the Ancient World: An Anthropological Perspective (3)
- ANT4852 - GIS Methods in Anthropology (3)
- ANT4854 - Advanced GIS Methods in Anthropology (3)
- ANT4933C - Landscape Archaeology (3)
- ANT4165 - Archaeology of Pre-Columbian South America (3)
- ANT3157 - First Peoples of the Caribbean (3)
- ANT4851 - Digital Methods in Anthropology (3)
- ANT4195C - A Pot for All Seasons: Archaeological Ceramic Analysis (3)
- ANT4178 - Archaeology of African American Life (3)
- ANT3246 - Religion in Ancient Societies (3)
- ANT3538 - Ancient Plagues: Archaeological and Skeletal Evidence of Infectious Disease (3)
- ANT3010 - Digging Up Disney: An Archaeology of Walt Disney World, FL (3)
- ANT3016 - Fantastic Archaeology and Pseudoscience (3)
- ANT4108 - Empire of Remains: Bioarchaeology of Ancient Rome (3)
- ANT4190 - Professional Archaeology (3)
- ANT4189C - Lithic Analysis: Archaeology of Stone Tools (3)
- Earned no more than 3 credits from the following:
- ANT4824 - Archaeological Field Study (3)
- ANT3943 - Caribbean Archaeology Practicum (3)
- ANT4954 - Geospatial and Archaeological Field School at Kerkenes (3)
- ANT4956 - Geophysical Field School at Kerkenes (3)
Grand Total Credits: 18