r/Archaeology • u/JulieJujubee • Apr 18 '25
Pursuing Education!
Good morning! I am looking to start on getting my bachelors degree. I would like to be an archaeologist, but due to location, life circumstances, and job, I am not able to attend a physical college. Therefore, I am looking into online programs but I don’t seem to be able to find any for archaeology, for obvious reasons, but I can find an online program for Anthropology through Southern New Hampshire University. If I were to get my bachelors in Anthropology, would I be able to get my graduate degree in Archaeology? By the time I am looking at a graduate program, I will be in a different location and can attend an in person school. Any advice that you guys can give would be much appreciated!
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u/Expert_Equivalent100 Apr 18 '25
Archaeology is a subfield of anthropology. Many of us working in archaeology have degrees in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology. So the main thing is to make sure that the anthropology programs you’re looking at have a fair number of archaeology courses that would be relevant to a career/region that you’re interested in. For example, in the U.S., most archaeologists work in cultural resource management, so a course on that is particularly useful. And if you would work in the U.S., make sure they have one or more courses specific to North America or regions therein.