Anthropology major

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You should do some research online, using a tool like http://www.gradschools.com/Subject/Archaeology/21.html which shows all the accredited archaology graduate programs available. If you limit it to schools in the USA which offer a PhD, then there are only 32 choices--and if you limit it further by knowing what you want to do (i.e. are you interested in American Indians? Classical Greece? do you want to do underwater archaeology?) then you can narrow your choices down to just a few schools.

Next you visit thse schools' websites and check out the departmental webpages--see what professors you'd be working under there, and what their research interests are and maybe read some of their published works. By the time you do that then the choice will become clear which programs you want to apply to.

If you mean switching schools at the BA level, it's not usually done. Get some field school and/or research/field experience where you are and you'll be in better shape for grad apps than most.

well the problem with that is my school is making anthropology a minor so ill end up being a scoiology major with a minor in anthropology so in order to continue as i need to transfer(that and the anthropology department here sucks)

Then transfer to another school if you can... Because in the end, only research rules in anthropology...

In that case, transfer!

Right now, I'm in the process of changing my major to anthropology and hopefully focus specifically on archaeology (possibly underwater/maritime). Anyways, I don't have any experience yet, but I do plan on going into the Peace Corps. I hope to learn about the cultures that I come across through that and then I can get experience before I get into Grad School (one that works with the Peace Corps and offers a degree in Anthropology. Not many choices in picking one at the moment.