Hi Elodie,
(came across this while looking for anything academic and archeology-related)
When I entered university 3 years ago, I was rrrealy having my doubts whether to head on for 'Archaeology & arts' or Ancient History. I chose the last, but I found my 2 years of knowledge of Latin was actually a gap too wide to go commence a serious study of 'real' historical sources (Herodotus, Plutarchus, Thucidydes, Plautus, Xenophon ...) without lacking proper translation skills.
Anyway, I flunked that year for whatever reason (aimed too high I guess, also the mental adaptation to more intense study levels) - but among the scarse subjects I
did pass was "Archeology of the ancient Greek World"
(which came to me as genuine moral medicine to cope with my deep-felt disullusionment)- which was quite a challenge at the time: about 600 lengty pages of reading material plus an almost equal ammount of needy didactic illustrations for you can't study that without having a good historical conscience
and a photographic memory ...
I shock myself not having taken up the trouble to look for the sister-subjects syllabi of'Roman archeology and that of the Middle East just for autodidact purposes... better correct that shortcoming next academic year, when I begin my 3rd bachelor in Modern history...
Also, (historical) anthropology and museology are on my main list as currular goals, along with some languages as ancient & modern Greek (which I had to take the first year - was realy intense but I just love the language), Hebrew/Jiddish... (partly 'cause I am somewhat jealous of people who speak more than 5 languages... but it's not to show off with, really)
I'm more like a Marcus Brody, in a melancholical / contemplative sence
but without the off-world goofyness (just saying this on time) ... so I'm more likely to end up as a museum staff member in charge of acquisition or registration or (even better !) exhibition conceptual designer or historical advisor... Don't think I'd survive in a classroom filled with nowadays pupils with decreasing afinity for heritage and the past ... though I often get the comment I'm good at telling the story...
I don't think I'll prefer anything else above that ... since the (paleo)archeological world of experts is quite an exclusive one where financial status and prestige kinda makes it impossible for any college-grad student to dig in just like that in some Eastern-Mediterranean, South-American, North-African or Middle-Eastern excavation project... though if they need a researcher at any given site, I would be honoured to help...