No prior fieldwork experience is necessary . Whenever possible students are given the opportunity to supervise the excavation of a tomb and all have the opportunity for note taking, cataloging, mapping, drawing, and writing final reports. In the past season all students were able to supervise the complete excavation of at least one tomb. Six undergraduate credits are earned upon completion of the course. No knowledge of the Arabic language is necessary.
All instruction is in English.
All of the Jordanian students participating in the field school are fluent in English. In addition to fieldwork, students are assigned to lab work on a rotating schedule. Laboratory sessions held after the field work each day focus on cleaning, cataloging, and preliminary skeletal analysis. Students are encouraged to become involved in areas of specific interest to them. In addition to skeletal remains, many artifacts are excavated as well.