Medieval Archaeology

Application

Applicants to the certificate program must have earned a Bachelor’s degree and be graduate students at the University of Florida. An applicant to the graduate program in either History or Anthropology is not automatically admitted into the certificate program. Conversely, admission into the certificate program has no bearing on the admission into the graduate program in either History or Anthropology.

The deadline to apply for admission to the certificate program is January 15 for the following Fall semester, and October 15 for the following Spring semester. The application consists of a statement of purpose no longer than 2 pages, copies of the undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and a note of support from the applicant’s academic adviser (who commonly is the chair of the applicant’s M.A. or doctoral committee). All materials must be sent to the program coordinator. The advising committee consists of the following members: Florin Curta, Susan Gillespie, Kenneth Sassaman, James Davidson.

Requirements

To qualify for a certificate, students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better in all courses included in the certificate curriculum. The Certificate program consists of five courses (with a minimum of 15 credit hours), which could be chosen from the list. Of those, at least two courses must be in Anthropology (ANG), and at least two have to be in History (EUH). All students must take either Introduction to Medieval Archaeology (EUH 5195) or Historical Archaeology (ANG 5172). In addition, all students must take the Medieval Archaeology Field Practicum (as EUH 5934/4186 for 6 credit hours) or Field Sessions in Archaeology (ANG 5824L), or otherwise petition to substitute field experience on an archaeological site pertaining to the Middle Ages. All students must maintain a minimum grade of B in each course in order for that course to count towards completion of requirements. For any one of the non-required courses in the attached list, students may petition to substitute one-time “topical” courses (such as ANG 6930, EUH 5934, or EUH 6126). Students must file a plan of study for the concentration at least two semesters prior to graduation, in which they should indicate the list of courses taken (or to be taken) to meet the certificate program’s requirements. The plan of study must be approved by the program advising committee, which includes five affiliated faculty members, one of whom is from Anthropology, and another from History (in addition to the program coordinator).

Requirements for Certificate

	Current	Proposed
Core course work		ANG 5172 or EUH 5195 - 3 credit hours
Core field work		EUH 5934/4186 or ANG 5824L - 6 credit hours
Subtotal core		9 credit hours
Subtotal elective		6 credit hours
Total		15 credit hours