8 courses with the subject ARCN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ARCN 101The Human Story: Archaeology and the Anthropocene
What are the origins of our species? How did our ancestors evolve in Africa and disperse to nearly every corner of the globe? How did people create tools and homes, transform landscapes, and build cities? What are the origins of art? Of agriculture? Of mass-transport and communication technologies? Writing is about 5000 years old, meaning over 99% of the human past (c. 4 million years) is documented only through the material record of fossils, artifacts, and environmental impacts. This course examines the material worlds of humanity, and how archaeology provides a unique, “big-picture” story of our shared past. Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning Tags: ARCN Pertinent CL: 100 level SOAN Elective Eligible Faculty: Sarah Kennedy
ARCN 222Experimental Archaeology and Experiential History and Lab
This course offers an experiential approach to crafts, technologies, and other material practices in premodern societies. Through hands-on activities and collaborations with local craftspeople, farmers, and other experts, this course will examine and test a variety of hypotheses about how people in the past lived their lives. How did prehistoric people produce stone tools, pottery, and metal? How did ancient Greeks and Romans feed and clothe themselves? How did medieval Europeans build their homes and bury their dead? Students will answer these questions and more by actively participating in a range of experimental archaeology and experiential history projects. Lab required. During registration, students will register for both the lecture and a corresponding lab section, which will appear on the student's academic transcript in a single entry. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: LS, Science with Lab (tagged ARCN Pertinent) course with a grade of C- or better. Tags: ARCN Pertinent CL: 200 level MARS Supporting CLAS Archaeological Analysis DGAH Cross Disciplinary Collaboration Faculty: Jake Morton
As a field that is truly interdisciplinary, archaeology uses a wide range of methods to study the past. This course provides a hands-on introduction to the entire archaeological process through classroom, field, and laboratory components. Students will participate in background research concerning local places of historical or archaeological interest; landscape surveying and mapping in GIS; excavation; the recording, analysis, and interpretation of artifacts; and the publication of results. This course involves real archaeological fieldwork, and students will have an opportunity to contribute to the history of the local community while learning archaeological methods applicable all over the world. During registration, students will register for both the lecture and a corresponding lab section, which will appear on the student's academic transcript in a single entry. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025 Liberal Arts Requirements: LS, Science with Lab QRE, Quantitative Reasoning Tags: ACE Applied ARCN Pertinent CL: 200 level DGAH Skill Building MARS Core Course MARS Supporting SDSC XDept Elective SOAN Elective Eligible Faculty: Sarah Kennedy
