Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0028
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 22 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Archeology or Anthropology After The Completion Of Both Modules 1 and 2
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Archeology or Anthropology
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the first of a two part series of an introductory level archeology Course. The Course will provide students with the basic concepts and methods of archeology, how it developed professionally and its relationship to the field of anthropology. The Course will describe the scientific process of archeology and how scientists design and carry out research as well as how theories of cultural adaptation and culture change are developed by anthropologists using information gathered by archeologists and ethnographers. The Course will depict how through archeological evidence the social structures and daily life of past settlement systems can be deciphered, how archeologists recognize and interpret evidence of religion and ideology, and how using archeological evidence scientists can interpret why a civilization falls.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Will understand archaeological views about perceiving the world since the end of the Middle Ages in Europe
  • Will understand the anthropological concept of culture and how it relates to the basic concepts and ideas that structure research
  • Have knowledge of the basic concepts of modern scientific anthropological archaeology as well as the history of archeology as a scholarly discipline including the ability to set history in the larger context of changes
  • Will be familiar with general framework of research design and how scientists apply methods of observation, analysis, and interpretation to reach conclusions and the problems that exist when working with organic materials that decay through time
  • Have knowledge of how archeologists understand the workings of past families by studying the remnants of their dwellings, which are the physical expressions of their society
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials