There is no deadline for admission; student applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. However, the deadline for applications for financial aid, including graduate assistantships, is March 15.

As a student you will:

  • Get specialized training in technical skills such as human osteology, faunal analysis, artifact analysis, and geophysical survey, in which you use electrical resistivity, magnetometers, and ground-penetrating radar.
  • Learn subjects critical for professional archaeologists, including preservation law, ethics, business, and archaeological methods.
  • Develop the writing skills to prepare technical reports and publications for the general public.
  • Complete a thesis, which may be in the form of a cultural resource management (CRM) report or a policy study of a cultural resource issue.