考古学本科专业通过挖掘和分析人类占领场所的遗骸来重建过去生活的人们的习俗和日常生活。同时，考古学试图通过确定人类物种在地球上居住的过去五百万年中人类社会发生的变化的方式和原因来理解文化和社会的发展。这种集中精力为学生提供了人类学方面的背景知识和技能，以供他们进一步研究研究生课程和医学专业。它还为学生提供了许多其他可转移的技能，包括对人类生物学和文化的生物文化观点，以及分析数据，解释发现并有效沟通的能力。本科生有机会在其他机构开展独立项目，包括克利夫兰自然历史博物馆和克利夫兰都会公园动物园。
The undergraduate concentration in archaeology reconstructs the customs and daily life of people who lived in the past by excavating and analyzing the material remains of the sites of human occupation. At the same time, archaeology seeks to understand the evolution of culture and society by determining how and why changes in human society occurred over the past five million years that our species has inhabited the earth.<br><br>This concentration provides students with the background and skills for further graduate study in anthropology and for professional study in the medical sciences. It also provides students with many other transferable skills, including a biocultural perspective on human biology and culture and the ability to analyze data, interpret findings, and communicate them effectively. Undergraduate students have the opportunity to conduct independent projects at other institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.