The University of California, Berkeley offers Grad School Hub‘s top archaeological master's degree. The university's Master of Arts in Classical Archaeology is designed to be a pathway toward a doctoral degree in the field. All MA students must apply to the Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology program. Classical archaeology focuses explicitly on the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The curriculum offers courses in Latin literature; Greek drama, philosophy, and poetry; and the history and culture of ancient societies. Each student participates in archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean. Students can also work with the artifacts housed on the Berkeley campus.
Berkeley is a public research university and the flagship of the ten campuses of the University of California. It was founded in 1868 as the result of a merger between the College of California and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College. The university is noted for the historic liberal political activism of its students, particularly during the Vietnam War era. Berkeley's Department of Classics is a leading center of study in ancient Greco-Roman culture. The department's research centers include the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology, the Sara B. Aleshire Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy, and the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri.