Faculty-Led Programs

The Humboldt Belize Archaeology Field School is a summer field program that involves field survey, excavation at several Maya sites, and laboratory experience working directly with excavated Maya artifacts. Students also learn about Maya culture history.

The field school focuses on two themes centered around the broader topic of ancient Maya resilience. The first theme aims to enhance our understanding of rural (hinterland) settlements within the broader political sphere, while the second aims to highlight how investments in landscape infrastructure helped shape settlement patterns, social structures, and long-term sustainability amidst a backdrop of a variable hydroclimate.

The Medieval Bioarchaeology Field Program at Żelewo takes place in Poland. It is a unique opportunity to excavate at a medieval mortuary that dates mostly to the 13th - 15th Century. The site as part of a salvage archaeological project that is taking place due to a long history of agriculture and natural processes in the region. 

This is an active research site, and students participate directly in the research. During the program, students work side-by-side with archaeologists and osteologists. The program emphasizes ethical practices, collaboration, and intensive practical training in field techniques and lab methodologies in archaeology and osteology. 

The US-Macedonian Archaeological Collaborative Field Program is a summer field school that takes place in North Macedonia. It focuses on the Hellenistic, or Macedonian, era and into the Roman conquest. The program takes place at two sites. Crnobuki is a village located within ancient Upper Macedonia in the region known as Lynkestia, the birthplace of Eurydice, Alexander the Great’s grandmother. At Crnobuki, we are focusing on exploring an acropolis. Demir Kapija, or Iron Gates, is located in a militarily strategic geography along a major river, the Vardar, it has been defended by a series of seven fortresses spanning at least 1500 years.

This program is an opportunity to learn archaeological methods hands-on while working on actual sites in Macedonia and learning about Macedonian history and culture! 

Costa Rica Field Course: International Environmental Issues & Globalization is a summer field course that takes place in Costa Rica. This course is an interdisciplinary synthesis of environmental issues within the broader context of globalization. Emphasis will be on local sustainability efforts in Costa Rica/Central America and associated global-local connections. Specific topics include: Sustainable community development, free-trade, agriculture & land use, renewable energy, climate change, and environmental conservation/restoration of tropical ecosystems.

The course includes lectures, discussion, group activities, volunteer work, and associated field trips to sustainable businesses, organic farms, watershed conservation sites, renewable energy projects, private reserves, national parks, and/or community ecotourism projects.

Above, Casa de los Botines, by Xavi López 

The León Spanish Language & Culture Program takes place in León, Spain. It typically runs for eight weeks during the summer. Students typically earn 12 units for this program.  

Next Program: Summer 2028

For more information, contact Matthew Dean

Above, Le passage Pommeraye à Nantes, by Velvet.

The Nantes French Language & Culture Program takes place in Nantes, France. It typically runs for ten weeks during the summer. Students typically earn 12 units for this program.  

Next Program: Summer 2028

For more information, contact Joseph Diémé