Although institutions throughout the continental United States offer graduate training in applied archaeology, our program at UH-Manoa is unique in its geographic and cultural focus on Hawai'i, Oceania, and Asia.

We recognize the increasing importance of archaeological employment opportunities in our state through public and private sectors of cultural resource management (CRM) and historic preservation. In fact, compliance with state and federal legislation that pertain to archaeology and historic preservation underlies most public and private funding for professional archaeology today.

Consequently, many private firms and governmental agencies employ MA level archaeologists to conduct CRM investigations, manage archaeological collections, and/or engage in community outreach and public education. These growing areas of professional archaeology now far surpass the demand for academic archaeologists.