CERTIFICATE IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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CERTIFICATE IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to offer a Certificate in Historical Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management (CRM). This certificate provides training and recognition for students wishing to supplement their degree work in other historical studies. The program is geared primarily toward MA students in the Public History program, and Ph.D. students in the Department of History, however interested members of the community who are not involved in degree programs, such as CRM employees, or people currently working with museums, may also consider this program.

The Certificate is oriented toward professional practice, like the Certificate in Museum Management administered by the McKissick Museum. The skills and issues associated with archaeological resources are distant and important in many historic preservation jobs available to History graduates with advanced degrees, and these positions often include an archaeologically oriented Cultural Resource Management component. The Certificate in Historical Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management (CRM) provides these skills (and the recognition of those skills) to History students, making them even more competitive on the national job market for preservation-related employment.

History Ph.D. students will be attracted to this Certificate as a way of developing a more flexible approach to important issues in historical studies. This flexibility is especially important as the traditional academic job market continues to evolve. Additionally, historical archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at USC has a national reputation for studies associated with the archaeology of both African American sites and Atlantic Slave Trade sites in West Africa. Ph.D. students interested in pursuing dissertations and teaching specializations in African American history are also well served by the Certificate in Historical Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management (CRM). Archaeologists teaching in the Anthropology Department include Leland Ferguson, Gail Wagner, Joanna Casey, Kenneth Kelly, Terrance Weik, Adam King and Steve Smith.

Certificate programs consist of 18 hours of credit. In a certificate program oriented toward professional practice, students must have a mix of courses in method and theory of Historical Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management, and also practical experience. The following list constitutes the required and elective courses for this certificate.

Courses that apply toward the Certificate:

Required Core Seminars (6 units total)

ANTH 745	Seminar in Historical Archaeology (3)
ANTH 742	Public Archaeology (3)

Remaining 12 units from the courses listed below (note: no more than 6 units may be taken from courses outside the Department of Anthropology):

ANTH 533 North American Archaeology (3)
ANTH 541 Field Problems in Archaeology (3) (Prereq. ANTH 320)
ANTH 550 Archaeological Artifact Analysis (4) (Prereq. ANTH 320 or ANTH 322)
ANTH 576 African-American Folklife and Archaeology (3)
ANTH 591 Selected Topics (1-3): Archaeology of the African Diaspora (3)
ANTH 703 Anthropological Inquiry (3)
ANTH 720 Development of Anthropological Archaeology(3)
ANTH 722 Summer Field School in Archaeology (3)
ANTH 733 Seminar in North American Prehistory (3)
ANTH 741 Ethnology for Archaeologists (3)
ANTH 750 Archaeological Laboratory Analysis (3)
ANTH 751 Archaeological Research Design and Analysis (3)

HIST 692 Charleston Field School (3) (Prereq. Consent of instructor)
HIST 712 Historic Preservation Practicum (3) (Prereq. Consent of instructor)
HIST 787 Introduction to Material Culture Studies (3) [ANTH 787]
HIST 789 Historic Site Interpretation (3)
HIST 792 Historic Preservation (3)
ARTH 542 American Architecture (3)
COLA 700 Museum Management (3)

Students will be able to complete the requirements for the certificate within a two-year period as a part-time student or in conjunction with their other academic program.

For further information, please contact Dr. Kenneth Kelly in the Anthropology Department by email at Kenneth.kelly@sc.edu or by telephone at (803) 777-2616.

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