Explore Archaeology & Heritage Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University! Gain hands-on experience and career support. Ideal for international students.
The Archaeology and Heritage Studies (BA) program provides advanced training in excavation techniques and laboratory analysis. You'll work with Indigenous and local communities to preserve cultural heritage. Professors will share expertise in New World and Ancient Mediterranean archaeology, equipping you with modern field and analytical methods. Archaeology and Heritage Studies program explores areas of faculty research expertise in the archaeology of the New World and the Ancient Mediterranean World. The program focuses on the cultures of North America, in both the pre-contact and post-contact periods after the arrival of Europeans, and the ancient societies of Greece, Rome and the Near East. Students will be trained in the methods of field archaeology and analytical techniques used in modern archaeology within the context of the larger field of heritage conservation and preservation. Courses in this program are a mixture of theory and the practical applications of that theory. The practical applications will be conducted in the archaeological laboratories where studies in material culture are conducted. Experiential learning, which in many cases leads to careers in the heritage field, is one of the programs core strengths.
