Cornell University's Archaeology Intercollege Program offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Master's and doctorate students must choose a specialization in a particular culture, topic or analytical method. Course options include Iroquois archaeology, hunters and gatherers, Mycenae and Homer, dendrochronology and human biology, and evolution. Students must participate in a fieldwork project. The university provides a limited amount of funding to support student field experiences.
Stanford University's Archaeology Center offers a bachelor of arts degree. The program doesn't offer a standalone Ph.D., but students from affiliated departments can take archaeology classes as part of their doctorate program. Courses include environmental crisis and state collapse, Greek art in and out of context, Aztecs and their ancestors, and environmental archaeology. Both undergraduate and graduate students participate in fieldwork projects. As of January 2011, Stanford research sites include Catalhoyuk in Turkey, Chavin de Huantar in Peru, the Stanford Gym, Binchester Roman Town in the United Kingdom, and the Indigenous Archaeology and Pueblo History Field Project in the American Southwest.
Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina offers an archaeology program for undergraduates. Students receive classroom instruction and hands-on dig experience at the Berry site, the Native American town of Joara, populated from 1400 to 1600. One of the largest Native American settlements, the site was also home to the earliest European colonial fort in the U.S., Fort San Juan. Each summer, Warren Wilson students participate in the "Exploring Joara" field school. Other required courses include Native Americans of the Southeast, Latin American archaeology and traditional agriculture.
Texas A&M University offers a nautical archaeology program for graduate students. Nautical archaeology studies the remains of ships and boats with a focus on wooden vessel construction, historical seafaring, maritime commerce, and the cultures that built and used ships and boats. Students in the program participate in hands-on research at dive sites around the globe, including activities such as excavating shipwrecks and analyzing recovered artifacts. Course offerings include classical seafaring, history of wooden shipbuilding, and medieval seafaring in the Mediterranean.