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Anthropology: Field Methods in Rock Art

Shumla School

Comstock, Texas

Dates

June 5 - June 29, 2012

What You Will Learn

  • How to establish a field research design and field data collection protocols.
  • Rock art recording methods, including photography, mapping, sketching, and written inventories.
  • Laboratory procedures, recordkeeping, cataloguing, and records curation.
  • Rock art data analysis — formulating and testing hypotheses.
  • Current theories regarding the meaning and function of rock art.
  • Archaeology of the Lower Pecos, hunter-gatherer lifeways, and the foraging adaptation.

Course Options

ANTH 3317  Field Methods in Rock Art
ANTH 4360 Directed Study
ANTH 5317 Rock Art Field Methods

 

 
 
 

Cost, Payment, and Registration

Tuition for three hours of undergraduate university credit (one course): $651
Tuition for six hours of undergraduate university credit (two courses): $1,302
Tuition or three hours of graduate university credit (one course): $801.

Tuition will be paid online through SBS Billing and Payment.

You must register for your course though the Student Information System/Catsweb.

Additional costs include the following.

  • A  non-refundable application fee of $25 per course, payable to Texas State University in the Office of Distance and Extended Learning (ASBN 302).
  • A fee of $1,750, to cover lodging, meals, course materials, recording equipment, and on-site travel, which will be payable directly to the Shumla School. Please contact the Shumla School to make payment.

A registration application and a $500 deposit must be received by Shumla by the registration deadline, May 14, 2012, unless you have been selected to receive a scholarship. Balance of fees due Shumla must be paid by the payment deadline, May 28, 2012.

For more information about applying for and registering in this program, see the Extension Course Application and Registration page or contact the Office of Distance and Extended Learning.

For more information on expenses, please e-mail Angel Johnson, check the Shumla School Web site, or call 432.292.4848.

2012 Deadlines and Fees

April 30, 2012 Scholarship Deadline
May 7, 2012 Scholarships Announced
May 14, 2012 Shumla Student Application and $500 Deposit Due
May 28, 2012 Shumla Payment Deadline ($1,250)

Scholarships and Financial Assistance

Scholarship recipients will be announced by the Shumla School.

For detailed information on financial aid, contact the Texas State Office of Financial Aid, located in JCK 220.

Program Director Contact Information

Dr. Britt Bousman, Program Director

Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Program Director

Additional Information

For additional information, visit http://www.shumla.org/programs/university-classes/FieldMethodsRockArt/index.htm.