Program Details | Cultural Resource Management Certificate

Cultural Resource Management (CRM) is the fundamental implementation of the preservation and heritage movement in North America and is a model for the rest of the world. 

PSU’s CRM certificate is designed for undergraduate or post-baccalaureate students wishing to join cultural resources programs for Native American Tribes, federal, and state agencies and the private sector. Our certificate includes coursework in archaeology; applied anthropology; geographic information systems; geology; natural and cultural resource policy and management; Tribal sovereignty, governance, and policy; and public outreach and education. 

Choose from two tracks depending on your interests, career goals, and existing skills sets: Cultural Resource and Heritage Management, which has a greater emphasis on policy and regulation, and Archaeology Technician, which has a technical emphasis on archaeological skills in geology, geography, and anthropology.

Track A: Cultural Resource and Heritage Management

This track focuses on the community and policy dimensions of cultural resource and heritage management work.

Required Core Courses (17 credits):

  • Anth 102 Introduction to Archaeology
  • Anth 350 Archaeology Methods and Theory and Anth 350L Lab for Anth 350
  • Anth 456 Cultural and Heritage Resources Management
  • NAS 201 Introduction to Native American Studies

Electives (12 credits chosen from the following courses):

  • Anth 313U Native American and Settler Relations (4 credits)
  • Anth 314U Native Americans (4 credits)
  • Anth 404 Cooperative Education/Internship (1-12 credits)
  • ESM 435 Natural Resource Policy & Management (4 credits)
  • Geog 412 Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment (4 credits)
  • Geog 440/ESM 440 The Ecology and Management of Wildfire (4 credits)
  • Geog 444 Political Ecologies of the Western US (4 credits)
  • Hst 493 Introduction to Public History (4 credits)
  • Hst 494 Public History Seminar (4 credits)
  • Hst 495 Public History Lab (4 credits)
  • NAS 411 Nationhood: Tribal Sovereignty, Governance & Policy (4 credits)
  • NAS 442 Decolonizing Methodologies: Insurgent Research and Indigenous Education (4 credits)

Track B: Archaeology Technician

This track focuses on the technical skills needed to conduct cultural resource management-related archaeological work.

Required Core Courses (21 credits):

  • Anth 102 Introduction to Archaeology
  • Anth 350 Archaeology Methods and Theory and Anth 350L Lab for Anth 350
  • Anth 456 Cultural and Heritage Resources Management
  • Geog 488 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction
  • Geog 492 Geographic Information Systems: Advanced GIS

Electives (8 credits chosen from the following courses):

  • Anth 404 Cooperative Education/Internship (1-12 credits)
  • Anth 452 Archaeological Lab Methods (4 credits)
  • Anth 453 Archaeological Field Methods (4 credits)
  • Anth 454 Archaeological Field School (6 credits)
  • Anth 460 Public and Community Archaeology (4 credits)
  • ESM 416 Ecosystem Restoration (4 credits)
  • G 318 Processes in the Surface Environment and G 319 Processes in the Surface Environment: Methods (5 credits)
  • EES 341U Geology of the Oregon County (4 credits)
  • G 423/L Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences (4 credits)
  • G 424/L Geographic Information Systems for the Natural Geosciences (4 credits)
  • G 425 Field GIS (4 credits)
  • G 435/L Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (5 credits)

Total Credit Hours: 29

Minimum grade: C- (Pass grades will be accepted)