Master of Arts [M.A] [Applied Archaeology] From Indiana University of Pennsylvania

There is no deadline for admission; student applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. However, the deadline for applications for financial aid, including graduate assistantships, is March 15.

As a student you will:

• Get specialized training in technical skills such as human osteology, faunal analysis, artifact analysis, and geophysical survey, in which you use electrical resistivity, magnetometers, and ground-penetrating radar.
• Learn subjects critical for professional archaeologists, including preservation law, ethics, business, and archaeological methods.
• Develop the writing skills to prepare technical reports and publications for the general public.
• Complete a thesis, which may be in the form of a cultural resource management (CRM) report or a policy study of a cultural resource issue.