Opportunities
Opportunities for undergraduates can be found in many places! All field school, research and internship opportunities must have prior approval by an Anthropology Faculty member who will serve as advisor on Independent Study. The student and advisor will review options for student expectations. If you need assistance finding a faculty member, contact a department advisor.
Collaborative Archaeology Field School
The Collaborative Archaeology Field School is a 12-credit course training students in Indigenous, collaborative, and decolonizing archaeology principles. Students learn to conduct research with diverse stakeholders through shared decision-making, reciprocity, power sharing, and centering Indigenous perspectives. Tribally led and co-directed by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, the course teaches low-impact field methods, landscape surveys, ethnobotany, geophysics, mapping, and excavation. Students gain practical skills for careers in archaeology, cultural resource management, and Indigenous heritage preservation.
Museum of Natural and Cultural History Field Schools
Since 1937, the Museum of Natural and Cultural History has sustained an active program of archaeological field research. Today, the MNCH field schools provide undergraduate and graduate students with practical training in excavation techniques and other field methods at some of the earliest known cultural sites in North America.