***New Program Announcement***

Applied Archaeology in the Pacific and Asia

Special MA Track in Anthropology

The UH Mānoa Anthropology Program is now accepting applications for admission to this new MA track in Applied Archaeology. Our first class of graduate students in Applied Archaeology will begin in the Fall 2007 semester.

We have designed the new MA track in Applied Archaeology at the University of Hawai'i to train the next generation of professional non-academic archaeologists and others who seek to be effective advocates for the study and preservation of historic sites in Hawai'i and elsewhere in the Pacific and Asia. Although institutions throughout the continental United States offer graduate training in applied archaeology, our program at UH-Mānoa is unique in its geographic and cultural focus on Hawai'i, Oceania, and Asia.

We recognize the increasing importance of archaeological employment opportunities in our state through public and private sectors of cultural resource management (CRM) and historic preservation. In fact, compliance with state and federal legislation that pertain to archaeology and historic preservation underlies most public and private funding for professional archaeology today. Consequently, many private firms and governmental agencies employ MA level archaeologists to conduct CRM investigations, manage archaeological collections, and/or engage in community outreach and public education. These growing areas of professional archaeology now far surpass the demand for academic archaeologists.

We encourage practicing archaeologists in the community who seek an MA to apply to our new applied program. We also welcome practicing archaeologists in the community who do not have the time and other resources to complete an MA now, but who wish to expand their professional skills, to enroll in our applied Archaeology MA classes. Such participation is possible by either enrolling as an unclassified graduate student, or through taking courses via the UH Mānoa Outreach College (our classes will be dual-listed with the Outreach College).

Admission to the Applied Archaeology Track

Please consult departmental and Graduate College guidelines for application instructions. Applicants to our Applied Archaeology MA program should explicitly note in their statement of purpose and other correspondence that they are applying to the MA Track in Applied Archaeology. Students who are admitted to the applied program will be assigned an interim advisor upon their acceptance. By the end of the second semester, a student must select a committee of three anthropology faculty, one of whom will serve as her/his committee chair.

Students who wish to enter the doctoral program, upon completion of the MA Track in Applied Archaeology, must re-apply for admission to the anthropology program.

Curriculum for Applied Archaeology MA Track - Plan B (Portfolio)

Required courses (15 credits [4 classes])

ANTH 603 (Archaeology Core)
ANTH 645 (Historic Preservation)¹
ANTH 668 (Archaeology Field Methods - 6 credits)² or ANTH 699 (Directed Research [faculty approved field training])
ANTH 711 (Research Design)

Required area courses (6 credits [2 classes]) (must take ANTH 323 or ANTH 464, but the area of the second course is optional)

ANTH 323 (Pacific Archaeology)
ANTH 464 (Hawaiian Archaeology)
ANTH 461 (Southeast Asian Archaeology)
ANTH 462 (East Asian Archaeology)

Methods courses (9 credits [3 classes]) (at least one ANTH class)

ANTH 380 (Archaeology Laboratory Techniques)
ANTH 384 (Skeletal Biology) & ANTH 384L (1-credit hour lab)
ANTH 458 (Forensic Anthropology)
ANTH 471 (Assemblage Analyses in Archaeology)
ANTH 473 (Lithic Analysis)
ANTH 474 (Geoarchaeology)
ANTH 475 (Faunal Analysis)
ANTH 476 (Paleobotanical Analysis)
ANTH 477 (Intro to Geographic Information Systems for Anthropologists
GEOG 370 (Map and Aerial Photo Interpretation)
GEOG 470 (Remote Sensing)
GEOG 472 (Field Mapping)
GEOG 488 (Geographic Mapping Systems)

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS = 30

¹ A pre-approved alternative course may be taken in the American Studies Historic Preservation Program.
² Or equivalent experience in a non-university setting (e.g., contract firm, etc.).

NOTES

• Former undergraduates of UH-Mānoa may not apply more than 6 credits of previous upper-division coursework to the MA degree (e.g., ANTH 323)
• A successful graduate of the MA Track in Applied Archaeology must re-apply to the graduate program if she/he desires to seek admission to the Ph.D. program

Portfolio (Plan B) - Final Examination
Each student must successfully complete the minimum of 32 credit hours of required and elective coursework as part of the degree. Students must also demonstrate competency on a final written examination, taken no later than the last semester prior to graduation. The examination tests students on their general competence in topics that are the focus of the curriculum, including archaeological method, theory, area, research design, and historic preservation.

In lieu of a final examination (and at the discretion of the students' committee) a student may be permitted to complete a report on original research, or three publishable papers.

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