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ARCHLGY 130

Senior Capstone Seminar for Archaeology Majors

UNITS:1-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:—

This capstone seminar aims to provide an opportunity for students to experience and participate in research projects that bring together various aspects of the archaeology courses taken during the student's time at Stanford. The research projects will be tailored to the individual student's specific interests and will involve individualized and independent research. In some cases, the projects will grow out of honors theses, or out of fieldwork or internships undertaken. The faculty teacher will individually supervise the projects which will be designed to incorporate theory, method as well as particular information from particular regions and time periods. The projects will involve independent problem-solving and writing up of the results.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Autumn 2026 Syllabus

Sections

3 Terms
Independent Study 1Open
ID: 11743
0 / 10 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bauer, Andrew
units

ARCHLGY 130: Senior Capstone Seminar for Archaeology Majors

1-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

This capstone seminar aims to provide an opportunity for students to experience and participate in research projects that bring together various aspects of the archaeology courses taken during the student's time at Stanford. The research projects will be tailored to the individual student's specific interests and will involve individualized and independent research. In some cases, the projects will grow out of honors theses, or out of fieldwork or internships undertaken. The faculty teacher will individually supervise the projects which will be designed to incorporate theory, method as well as particular information from particular regions and time periods. The projects will involve independent problem-solving and writing up of the results.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bauer, Andrew (Undergrad)

Winter 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bauer, Andrew (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Constantine, Nicole, Bauer, Andrew (Undergrad)

More ARCHLGY courses

  • ARCHLGY 123: Archaeology and the Public (ANTHRO 123A, ARCHLGY 223)
  • ARCHLGY 124: Archaeology of Food: production, consumption and ritual (ARCHLGY 224)
  • ARCHLGY 124C: Pueblo Revolt (NATIVEAM 124)
  • ARCHLGY 125: Archaeological Field Methods: Excavating Campus Histories at Frenchman's Lake (ARCHLGY 225, ASNAMST 125A)
  • ARCHLGY 126: Archaeobotany (ARCHLGY 226, BIO 286)
  • ARCHLGY 129C: A Deep Dive Into the Indian Ocean: From Prehistory to the Modern Day (ANTHRO 129C, ANTHRO 229C, ARCHLGY 229C, EBS 129, EBS 229, OCEANS 129C, OCEANS 229C)
  • ARCHLGY 131: Community-Based Research in Archaeology (ANTHRO 131)
  • ARCHLGY 133: Experimental Archaeology (ARCHLGY 233)
  • ARCHLGY 134: Introduction to Museum Practice (ANTHRO 134D, ARCHLGY 234, ARTHIST 284B)
  • ARCHLGY 135: Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (ARCHLGY 235, CHINA 175, CHINA 275)
  • ARCHLGY 139: Archaeology & Disability (ANTHRO 139A, ANTHRO 239A, ARCHLGY 239, FEMGEN 139A)
  • ARCHLGY 143: Excavating the University

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