BA/BS in Archaeology is a bachelor's degree in Archaeology programme taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,500 per year (CAD 6,750 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Archaeology
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 6,750 / year
International tuition: CAD 22,500 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Archaeology at Memorial University is a four-year Bachelor of Arts program, with an honours option and co-op placements available, delivered primarily in person on the St. John's campus while the department expands online and remote course offerings. The program studies past and contemporary human cultures through the material record, examining artifacts, features, ecofacts, and archaeological sites, and requires language study taken across two courses in the same language. Students gain practical training through classroom, laboratory, and fieldwork settings, supported by departmental laboratories focused on applied archaeological science, environmental archaeology, conservation, and artifact analysis, with research partnerships ranging from northern Labrador to French Guiana and from Alaska to northwest Europe. First-year study includes an introductory archaeology course alongside language study and English composition, and students may declare the major at application or later. The program suits students interested in hands-on, field- and lab-based study of material culture who are considering careers in cultural resource management, museums, heritage administration, or tourism, some of which call for further graduate study.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: This page defers entirely to Memorial's general admission requirements for direct entry into the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences as a Bachelor of Arts, without restating them here: per Memorial's own general admission page, that means a Canadian high-school average of at least 70% across the required senior-level (Grade 12) subjects, with separate curriculum- and country-specific tables covering international qualifications. Applicants choose Bachelor of Arts as their programme and may declare Archaeology as a major at application or later. The page states no separate English-language-test score; Memorial's university-wide requirement applies to applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0 in Reading/Writing) or TOEFL iBT 83 overall with at least 20 in Reading and Writing. Deadlines are March 1 (Fall/September), October 1 (Winter/January) and February 1 (Spring/May).
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Memorial University's undergraduate application system opens one year ahead of each semester for the 2027 cycle: for Fall 2027 entry the portal opens 10 September 2026, the priority deadline (also the early-entrance-scholarship deadline) is 1 March 2027, the document deadline is 20 August 2027, and applications finally close 9 September 2027; Winter 2027 entry has a priority deadline of 1 October 2026 and closes 6 January 2027; Spring 2027 entry closes 11 May 2027 with a priority date of 1 February 2027. International applicants use the same direct application to Memorial and are only advised to apply at least 12 weeks before their intended semester starts; no fixed international closing date is published. Late domestic applications are still considered as time, resources and space permit, so admission is effectively rolling past the priority date up to the final close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
