Archaeological Ethics Database

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Course Descriptions & Syllabi

This page includes a sample of course descriptions for both undergraduate and graduate level courses on topics related to archaeological ethics and professional standards. These were collected from a survey of over 120 universities, primarily in the US and Canada. When available, the entry includes instructor name and course description. This database does not provide syllabi for download, but it does provide links to syllabi when they are publicly available online through instructor or university websites. If you find a discrepancy or would like to request a change, please contact us via our contact form.

  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of Georgia
  • Advanced Applied Ethics in Anthropology

    2019
    University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Advanced Archaeological Field Methods: A Practical Approach to Working With and Within Communities

    2016
    Stanford University
  • Advanced Field Methods in Archaeology and Bioanthropology

    University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Advanced Studies in Public Archaeology

    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Advanced Topics: Indigenous Archaeology

    UC Santa Cruz
  • AIDS: A Global Perspective

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Amazing Archaeology

    2019
    California State University, Bakersfield
  • Americas Before Columbus

    2020
    Boston University
  • Anthropological Approaches to Human Sexuality

    University of Georgia
  • Anthropologists and Indigenous Peoples in North America

    2018-2019
    University of Toronto - St. George
  • Anthropology and Human Rights

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Anthropology and Underdevelopment

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Anthropology of Activism

    2019
    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Anthropology of Affect

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Anthropology of Cultural Heritage

    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Anthropology of Globalization

    2019
    University of Northern Colorado
  • Anthropology of Globalization

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • Anthropology of Human Rights

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • Anthropology of Human Rights

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • Anthropology of Poverty and Welfare

    2019
    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Anthropology of Sex and Gender Diversity

    2019
    University of Northern Colorado
  • Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction

    2019
    Colorado State University
  • Anthropology, War, and Security

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Applied Anthropology

    University of Northern Colorado
  • Applied Anthropology

    University of West Florida
  • Applied Archaeology

    Kansas State University
  • Applied Archaeology and Museums

    Robert P. Connolly
    University of Memphis
  • Applied Ethics in Anthropology

    2019
    University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Applied Ethics in Archaeology

    University of Alaska, Anchorage
  • Applied Heritage Management

    University of Denver
  • Applied Indigenous Cultural Resource Management

    Northern Arizona University
  • Archaeological Curation: A Practicum in the Care of Research Collections

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Archaeological Ethics and Law

    Penn State University
  • Archaeological Ethics and the Law

    Ricardo J. Elia
    Boston University
  • Archaeological Excavation

    Vanderbilt University
  • Archaeological Field Survey

    University of West Florida
  • Archaeological Fieldwork: Critical Analysis and Practical Application

    Stanford University
  • Archaeological Law and Preservation

    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Archaeological Myths and Mysteries

    2019-2020
    Kansas State University
  • Archaeology

    University of Alaska, Anchorage
  • Archaeology & Politics: Who Owns the Past?

    Erin Walcek Averett
    Creighton University
  • Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management

    Colorado State University
  • Archaeology and Globalism

    2019
    Stanford
  • Archaeology and Heritage: Ethics, Politics, and Practice

    McMaster University
  • Archaeology and Native Americans

    Katherine Hayes
    University of Minnesota
  • Archaeology and Racialization

    2019
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Archaeology and the Public

    Andy Creekmore
    Semester at Sea
  • Archaeology and the Public

    Colorado State
  • Archaeology of Colonialism/Postcolonialisms

    2018
    Stanford University
  • Archaeology of Gender

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality

    2019
    Stanford
  • Archaeology of Human Rights

    2018
    Stanford University
  • Archaeology of Rock Art

    Northern Arizona University
  • Archaeology of Rock Art

    2019
    Colorado State University
  • Archaeology Practicum

    University of Washington
  • Archaeology, Ethics and the Public

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Archaeology, Ethics, and Contemporary Society

    Northwestern University
  • Archaeology, Ethics, and the Public

    University of Toronto
  • Beyond Borders: Other Globalizations and Histories of Interconnection

    2019
    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Bioarchaeology

    Sonoma State University
  • Bioethics in Anthropology

    2019
    Vanderbilt University
  • Body, Self and Sociality

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Border Latina, Latino Cultures

    2019
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Captivity Narratives

    2019
    Indiana University Bloomington
  • Case Studies: Global Heritage

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Classical Archaeology Today: Ethical Issues of Excavation, Ownership, and Display

    Stanford University
  • Classical Art from Ruins to RISD: Ancient Objects/Modern Issues

    2018
    Mol, Eva
    Brown University
  • Colonial Archives and Archaeology: Models and Methods of Analysis

    2013
    Stanford University
  • Colonialism & Postcolonialism

    2019
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Conservation and Indigenous People in Latin America

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Resources

    University of California, Chico
  • Conservation of Archaeological Sites and Landscapes: Impossible Ruins

    2019
    Erickson/Matero
    University of Pennslyvania
  • Contemporary American Indian Issues

    University of Arizona
  • Contested Environments

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Contesting the Past: Archaeology and Heritage

    University of Arizona
  • Controversies in Archaeology

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Cultural Heritage

    California State University, Northridge
  • Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Methods Field School

    2018-2019
    College of William and Mary
  • Cultural Heritage and Conflict

    Brian Daniels
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Cultural Heritage and Conflict

    Daniels, Brian
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Cultural Heritage Stewardship and Sustainability

    University of Victoria
  • Cultural Heritage, Politics, and War in the Middle East

    Salam al-Kuntar
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy

    2018, 2016, 2015
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of Alaska-Anchorage
  • Cultural Resource Management

    Madonna L. Moss
    University of Oregon
  • Cultural Resource Management

    2018
    California State University, Berkeley
  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of Arizona
  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of Memphis
  • Cultural Resource Management

    University of Pittsburgh
  • Cultural Resource Management and Archaeology

    Texas State University
  • Cultural Resource Management Archaeology

    University of New Mexico
  • Cultural Resources Management Archaeology: Practice and Practicalities

    University of Iowa
  • Culture/Power/Subjectivities

    2019
    Hall
    University of Pennslyvania
  • Cultures at Risk: Human Rights and Heritage Today

    B. Sunday Eiselt
    Southern Methodist University
  • Curatorial Planning and Practice

    University of Victoria
  • Current Cultural Issues

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • Debating Repatriation

    2017
    Stanford University
  • Decolonizing Methodologies

    University of Alaska-Anchorage
  • Decolonizing Methodologies

    2019
    University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Determining Significance of Heritage Resources

    University of Victoria
  • Ethical Dilemmas in Biological Anthropology

    UC San Diego
  • Ethical Issues in Archaeology

    John F. Cherry
    Brown University
  • Ethical Issues in Archaeology

    University of Alaska-Anchorage
  • Ethical Issues in Archaeology

    2018
    Bardolph, Dana
    Cornell University
  • Ethical Issues in Museums

    Sally Yerkovich
    Columbia University
  • Ethics and Archaeology

    Anne Porter
    University of Toronto
  • Ethics and Cultural Property

    David K. Thulman
    The George Washington University
  • Ethics and Research Design in Anthropology

    William Balco
  • Ethics in Anthropology, Archaeology, and Development

    Vanderbilt University
  • Ethics in Anthropology, Archaeology, and Development

    2019
    Vanderbilt University
  • Ethics, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage

    Richard M. Leventhal
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Ethnoarchaeology

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Ethnographies of Capitalism

  • Ethnology and Museums

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Fantastic Archaeology: Science & Pseudoscience

    2019
    Northwestern University
  • Feminism and Gender in Archaeology

    2019
    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Field Methods in Archaeology

    University of Denver
  • Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California

    2019, 2018
    Lightfoot, Stephens
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Food, Hunger, and Culture

    2019
    Colorado State University
  • Forensic Anthropology

    University of California, Chico
  • Gender and Anthropology

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Gender and Archaeology

    2011
    Moss, Madonna
    University of Oregon
  • Gender in Global Conflict

    2019
    University of Northern Colorado
  • Gender, Power, and International Development

    2019-2020
    Kansas State University
  • Gender, Sexuality and Culture

    2018, 2020
    Colorado State University
  • Gender, Sexuality and International Migration

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Global Health, Society, and Culture: Perspectives from Medical Anthropology

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Global Heritage: Conflict, Reconciliation, and Diplomacy

    2019
    Stanford University
  • Global Perspectives on Women’s Health

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Global Sexual Economies

    2019
  • Globalization and Culture Change

    2018, 2020
    Colorado State University
  • Globalization and its Historic Significance

    2019
    University of Pennslyvania
  • Globalization, the Environment, and Indigenous Religions

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Graduate Readings in Museology: Power, Privilege and Ethics

    University of Oklahoma
  • Heritage and Human Rights

    2019
    Stanford
  • Heritage and its Entanglements: Representing, Collecting, and Preserving Cultural Identity

    Henderson, J and Klimaszewski, C.
    Cornell University
  • Heritage Conservation in Context

    University of Victoria
  • Heritage Conservation Planning

    University of Victoria
  • Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean

    2019
    Corisande Fenwick and Alice Stevenson
    University College London
  • Heritage Management

    University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  • Heritage Management

    Helaine Silverman
    University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
  • Heritage Management in Archaeology

    Temple University
  • Heritage Matters: Introduction to Heritage Management

    Elia, Ricardo J.
    Boston University
  • Heritage Resource Management

    Brigham Young University
  • Heritage Resource Management

    Even Years
    Colorado State University
  • Heritage, Economy, and Ethics

    McMaster University
  • Heritage: History and the Past Today

    Uzi Baram
    New College of Florida
  • Historic Preservation in Archaeology

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Historic Preservation in Archaeology

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • How the World Works: The Anthropology of Consumption and Globalization

    2018
    University of Georgiaa
  • Human Rights in Latin America

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Indigenous Archaeologies

    Randall McGuire
    Binghamton University
  • Indigenous Archaeology

    University of Washington
  • Indigenous Archaeology

    2019
    Northern Arizona University
  • Indigenous Visual Culture

    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Inequality and the Body in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology

    Jess Beck; Elizabeth Arkush
    University of Pittsburgh
  • International Heritage Management

    Boston University
  • Introduction to Archaeological Conservation

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Introduction to Archaeology

    University of West Florida
  • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis

    2018
    VanValkenburgh, Parker
    Brown University
  • Introduction to Heritage Management Archaeology

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Issues in Cultural Heritage

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Law and Culture

    2019
    Indiana University Bloomington
  • Law and Culture

    2019
    Northwestern University
  • Looting and Loss

    University of Washington
  • Managing Collections

    University of Denver
  • Managing Cultural Resources

    University of New Mexico
  • Managing Cultural Resources

    2019
    University of New Mexico
  • Maroon Freedom: Black Resistance, Autonomy, and Fugitivity in the U.S. South

    2019
    Stanford University
  • Medical Anthropology and Social Justice

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Multispecies Ethnography

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Museum Anthropology: Principles and Practices

    California State University - Northridge
  • Museum Collections Management

    Sonoma State University
  • Museum Curation Practicum: Archaeology

    2019
    Phillips, Laura
    University of Washington Seattle
  • Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues

    Brigham Young University
  • Museum Theory and Practice

    2019
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Museums and Heritage

    Rice University
  • Natural and Cultural Heritage in Global Perspective

    Daniels, Brian
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Natural Resource Management in Native Communities

    University of Arizona
  • Nautical Archaeological Seminar

    University of West Florida
  • People and Protected Areas: Theories and Realities of Conservation

    2019
    Indiana University Bloomington
  • People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation

    2019
    Indiana University Bloomington
  • Plunder and Preservation: Cultural Heritage in Wartime

    Boston University
  • Policies, Practices and Archaeology in Historic Preservation

    University of West Florida
  • Policies, Practices and Archaeology in Historic Preservation

    University of West Florida
  • Politics, Nationalism, and Archaeology

    2020
    Boston University
  • Postcolonial and Indigenous Archaeology

    2018
    Stanford
  • Postcolonial Archaeology and Heritage

    2020
    Cipolla, Craig
    University of Toronto
  • Practicing Anthropology: Ethics, Theory, and Engagement

    Daina Stanley
    McMaster University
  • Practicing Cultural Resource Management

    College of William and Mary
  • Practicum in Cultural Resource Management

    California State University, Northridge
  • Preserving World Heritage: Principles and Practice

    Boston University
  • Preventative Conservation Concepts

    The George Washington University
  • Preventative Conservation Techniques

    The George Washington University
  • Principles of Archaeological Resource Management

    University of Georgia
  • Principles of Archaeology

    University of Florida
  • Principles of Archaeology

    2019
    Whittaker, Joss
    University of Washington Seattle
  • Principles of Archaeology

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Problems in Conservation

    The George Washington University
  • Professional Skills and Ethics in Archaeology

    Lindsay Montgomery
    University of Arizona
  • Professionalism in Anthropology

    UC Riverside
  • Public Archaeology

    Pamela Cressey
    The George Washington University
  • Public Archaeology

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Public Archaeology

    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Public Archaeology

    University of Northern Colorado
  • Public Archaeology

    Mississippi State University
  • Public Archaeology

    University of Washington
  • Public Policy and Archaeology

    Syracuse University
  • Public Policy, Museums, and the Ethics of Cultural Heritage

    2019
    Leventhal
    University of Pennslyvania
  • Queer Anthropology

    2019
    Stanford University
  • Queer Ethnography

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Histories of North America

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Race, Sex and Evolution

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Reading and Composition: Archaeological Ethics

    Katherine Chiou
    UC Berkeley
  • Reproduction in Biocultural Context

    2019
    University of Arizona
  • Research Ethics In Archaeology

    Alison Wylie
    University of Washington
  • Responsible Conduct of Research in Anthropology

    University of Iowa
  • Self, Health Disparities in the United States

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Seminar in Management of Archaeological Resources

    California State University - Northridge
  • Seminar: Cultural Resources Management

    Sonoma State University
  • Senior Seminar

    Sonoma State University
  • Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Health in Canada

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Sex Roles in Anthropological Perspective

    2019
    University of West Florida
  • Sex, Class and Race in Latin America

    2019
    University of Denver
  • Sexuality and Culture

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • Sexuality Studies in Anthropology

    2011
    Stanford
  • Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism

    2019, 2015, 2013
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Social and Health Inequalities

    2019
    Northwestern University
  • Social Anthropology of Gender (Formerly ANT 343Y)

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Society in Transition

    2019
    University of Toronto
  • Subversive Culture: Conformity and Dissidence in Society

    2019
    University of Maryland
  • The Anthropology of Heritage

    University of New Mexico
  • The Archaeology of College Hill

    2018
    Marko, A.
    Brown University
  • The Crisis in International Heritage Management

    Steven A. Brandt
    University of Florida
  • The Origins of Things: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Early Human Worlds

    2018
    Rojas Silva, Felipe A.
    Brown University
  • Theory and Practice in Archaeology

    The George Washington University
  • Violence and Warfare in Prehistory

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Virtual Values: The Cultural Politics of Information Technology

    2019
    Kao, C. A.
    University of California Santa Cruz
  • Who Owns the Past: Perspectives on Ethics in Anthropology

    Florida State University
  • Who Owns the Past? Archaeology, Ethics, and Law

    Andrea Berlin
    Boston University
  • Who Owns the Past? Archaeology, Heritage and Global Conflicts

    Stanford University
  • Who Owns the Past? Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age

    2015, 2011
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Women and Development

    2019
    University of Denver

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