University of Wisconsin - La Crosse ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES PROGRAM

The Archaeological Studies Major is one of the few comprehensive undergraduate degree programs in archaeology in the United States and the only one in the Midwest.  Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary major that integrates the fields of Prehistoric Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Geoarchaeology, and Cultural Resources Management.

The program is built around the theme of close student-instructor interactions with opportunities for in-depth participation by our students in all aspects of archaeological research.  Field and laboratory research opportunities for students are abundant and varied.  The program's research focus is the archaeology of the Upper Midwest.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L) also offers many minors that enrich the Archaeological Studies Major.  One that is most complementary for graduate school-bound students is anthropology, offered in the Department of Sociology and Archaeology.  The anthropology minor provides a background for understanding cultural diversity in the prehistoric and contemporary world.  Another minor is geoarchaeology, offered by the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.  Geoarchaeology applies the techniques of geology, geomorphology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to archaeological problems (see the appendix to this handbook or the UW-L Undergraduate Catalog for details online at: www.uwlax.edu/records/ug-cat/index.html).  Other complementary minors include history, geography, and biology.