Questions from an Undergrad

[undeclared]

I'm currently an undeclared undergrad student. I'm starting my sophmore year in August. I'm taking anthropology, archaeology, and classics courses. I'm taking Italian as well. I plan on continuing on to grad school to study Classical Archaeology.

My main question is: are there universities that offer a masters program in classical archaeology without requiring you to completed a PhD as well? I've been trying to do my own research but so far I've only found a program at Tufts University.

Also, if I want to pursue Classical Archaeology, would a double major in Classics and Anthropology and a minor in Archaeology prepare me for grad school? And should I take Latin and Greek courses in addition to Italian?

[BluRoze]

I'm sure there is a university that'll fit your needs. One suggestion though, you should look into doing one or two field schools prior to applying to grad school. By doing that you get hands on experience which will give you a clue if that is really what you want to do. Also, most archaeology grad programs prefer students that have field school experience. Another good thing to do is volunteer in your school's archaeology lab, if it has one. One huge job that an archaeologist has to do is the tedious task of cataloging, sorting, cleaning and analyzing the artifacts after the field season is over.

I don't think you'll have a problem finding a university that has only a masters program. A lot of archaeologists stop with a masters because that's all that's really needed. Unless you want to teach, then you'd have to get your PhD.