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Archaeology major to be offered in fall 2009
Issue date: 11/20/08
"Even professors from the medical school who teach relevant courses with analysis of human skeletal material are part of the major," Schwartz said.
"We want to leverage the resources of Hopkins with faculty in several different departments who are working in archaeology globally," Shapiro said.
These courses range from Environmental History and Primate Behavior to Ancient Andean Art and Roman Civilization.
As a precursor to the major, last year Hopkins offered a course jointly with the Maryland Institute College of Art called "Ancient City of the Future."
"It involved making computer-generated architectural models of ancient cities," Schwartz said.
Emily Carambelas, a current sophomore who heard about the major through her academic advisor, said that she was drawn to this major because of its interdisciplinary nature.
"You don't need a foreign language and it's not focused on a certain geographic area," she said.
"You can focus on computer mapping or working with preservation; it's really nice to get into other areas besides geography."
Having loved all the courses that she has taken so far, Carambelas has decided to major in archaeology and hopes to find work through a museum.
Shapiro also pointed out the relatively new graduate program in classical art and archaeology, an interdisciplinary PhD program run between the Classics and History of Art Departments, now in its second year as impetus for the new undergraduate archaeology major.
According to Shapiro, professors including Schwartz and Raymond Westbrook of the Near Eastern Department noted the success of the graduate program adding that there was a lot of interest in archaeology among the undergraduates as well.
"We want to leverage the resources of Hopkins with faculty in several different departments who are working in archaeology globally," Shapiro said.
These courses range from Environmental History and Primate Behavior to Ancient Andean Art and Roman Civilization.
As a precursor to the major, last year Hopkins offered a course jointly with the Maryland Institute College of Art called "Ancient City of the Future."
"It involved making computer-generated architectural models of ancient cities," Schwartz said.
Emily Carambelas, a current sophomore who heard about the major through her academic advisor, said that she was drawn to this major because of its interdisciplinary nature.
"You don't need a foreign language and it's not focused on a certain geographic area," she said.
"You can focus on computer mapping or working with preservation; it's really nice to get into other areas besides geography."
Having loved all the courses that she has taken so far, Carambelas has decided to major in archaeology and hopes to find work through a museum.
Shapiro also pointed out the relatively new graduate program in classical art and archaeology, an interdisciplinary PhD program run between the Classics and History of Art Departments, now in its second year as impetus for the new undergraduate archaeology major.
According to Shapiro, professors including Schwartz and Raymond Westbrook of the Near Eastern Department noted the success of the graduate program adding that there was a lot of interest in archaeology among the undergraduates as well.
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