Dr. Ben Schoville

Associate Professor

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Biography

Ben Schoville is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University. His research investigates technological innovations that enabled human survival during the late Pleistocene, focusing on field excavations, experimental archaeology, and emerging quantitative methods. Schoville collaborates with Indigenous communities by using community-led approaches to explore long-term human-environment interactions. He directs the North Kuruman Palaeoarchaeology Project, which focuses on Early Middle Stone Age archaeological sites in the southern Kalahari Basin. His work combines high-resolution archaeological data and paleoenvironmental records to understand how humans adapted to water scarcity in arid environments over the past million years.

Research Interests

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • Resume
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • CS Supplementary Form
Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.