Independent Study

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Independent Study (I.S.) at Wooster provides a chance for each student to pursue in depth an area of their own choosing, with the one-on-one guidance of a faculty member. Many archaeology students elect to do their I.S. projects on laboratory or field studies in which they have engaged. Students have chosen wide-ranging topics, from Plain and Simple: Health Care Decision-Making Among the Amish, by Cori Philips ’03, to Conflict, Warfare and Viewshed Analysis, focusing on the Pueblo peoples in Arizona, by Leslie Nicole McCluskey ’03.

The Archaeology Department encourages students to present their I.S. work at regional or national professional meetings, such as the Central States Anthropological Society or the Society for American Archaeology, or at student colloquia on campus. Students find that I.S. prepares them well for graduate study.