Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology

The goal of the Bachelor of Arts Major in Anthropology Program at KPU is to prepare students for life, work, and research in diverse local and global communities. At KPU we offer two streams of study: Archaeology-Biological and Social-Cultural. The Archaeology-Biological stream has a unique component in that our current anthropology field school involves direct interaction at a high level with indigenous communities and Anthropology professionals, and has been endorsed by the British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists, the first such endorsement in Canada. The Social-Cultural stream prepares students for a knowledge- and information-based economy in a world that is increasingly globally interconnected. Learning in this area of our field is conducted through a high degree of community service work involving brokering between divergent stakeholders. The emphasis of Anthropologists at KPU is the applied aspect of our profession. Our teaching is realized through hands-on activities, lab work, and community events whose experience has the ultimate goal of understanding any aspect of humans and their activities. Studying Anthropology at KPU offers students the opportunity to expand their studies of humanity across various subfields: Social/Cultural, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Linguistics (Languages offered through LANC department). At KPU, there are many opportunities for students to apply anthropological methods in real settings, by working in conjunction with communities, individuals and/or interdisciplinary teams, to solve problems, as part of an additional subfield we call Applied Anthropology; we believe in teaching about the practical aspects of the world as well as the theoretical.

Career Path

Graduates enter such fields as health care, law, education, business and personnel, management, radio and television, advertising, market research, journalism, recreation, counseling, community development, international development, women’s services, museum work, , public relations, environmental services, government, forensics, and contract archaeology, Clinical research coordination Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, International Trade, Lobbyist, Market Research, Medical Anthropology, Political risk analyst, UX Researcher, Field Technician, Project Archaeologist, Cultural Resource Manager, Museum Curator , Exhibit Designer, Collections Manager, Tour Guide or Interpreter.