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For Skills Certificates, Certificate of Proficiency, and an A.S. in Archaeology
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Skills Certificate in Archaeological Survey and Excavation
Required Core Courses (9-10 units)
  • ANTHR3/ARCHE 1 Introduction to Anthropology: Archaeology (4 units)
  • ARCHE 2* Archaeological Techniques: Survey (3 units)
  • ARCHE 4* Archaeological Techniques: Excavation (3 units)
Skills Certificate in Laboratory and Archival Research
Required Core Courses (12-13 units)
  • ANTHR3/ARCHE 1 Introduction to Anthropology: Archaeology (4 units)
  • ARCHE 3* Archaeological Techniques: Data Management (3 units)
  • ARCHE 5* Archaeological Techniques: Laboratory (3 units)
  • ARCHE 113A Planning for the Past: Federal (1 unit)
  • ARCHE 113B Planning for the Past: California (1 unit)
Certificate of Proficiency
Total Required Courses (30-31 units)
  • ArchTech Required Courses (27-28 units)
  • ARCHE 113C Planning for a Future in the Past (1 unit)
  • ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AMC (3 units)
Associate in Science Degree
Total Required Courses (60-61)
  • Required Archaeological Technology Certificate Courses (27-28 units)
  • General Education Courses (15-21 units)
  • ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AMC (3 units)
  • ENGL 2 Composition and Critical Thinking (3 units)
  • Approved Electives (5-12 units)
Approved Electives
  • ENGR 1A Surveying (3 units)
  • ENGR 25 Graphics and Design (4 units)
  • ETECH 24 Introduction to AutoCAD (3 units)
  • GEOG 1 Physical Geography (3 units)
  • GEOG 5 California Geography (3 units)
  • GEOL 10 Physical Geology (3 units)
  • GEOL 20 California Geology (3 units)
ArchTech Program
Required Core Courses (27-28 units)
  • ANTHR 2 Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural (3 units)
  • ANTHR3/ARCHE 1 Introduction to Anthropology: Archaeology (4 units)
  • ARCHE 2** Archaeological Techniques: Survey (3 units)
  • ARCHE 3* Archaeological Techniques: Data Management (3 units)
  • ARCHE 4** Archaeological Techniques: Excavation (3 units)
  • ARCHE 5* Archaeological Techniques: Laboratory (3 units)
  • ANTHRO 6 People and Cultures of Non-Western Tradition: California (3 units) - OR - ANTHRO 7 People and Cultures of Non-Western Tradition: North America (3 units)
  • ARCHE 113A Planning for the Past: Federal (1 unit)
  • ARCHE 113B Planning for the Past: California (1 unit)
  • ARCHE 113C Planning for a Future in the Past (1 unit)
  • CABT 131AB Microsoft Word (3 units)

*These courses have a prerequisite of ARCHE1/ANTHR 3.
**These courses have a prerequisite of ARCHE1/ANTHR 3 and when taken together have been accepted as transferable to UCSC.


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