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 Archaeology Methods and Theory Laboratory
- Anth 456 Cultural and Heritage Resources
- NAS 346 Contemporary Issues in Indian Country
Electives (12 credits chosen from the following courses):
- Anth 313U Native American and Settler Relations
- Anth 314U Native Americans
- Anth 404 Internship
- ESM 435 Natural Resource Policy & Management
- Geog 412 Global Climate Change Science and Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment
- Geog 440 The Ecology and Management of Wildfire
- Geog 444 Political Ecologies of the Western US
- Hst 493 Introduction to Public History
- Hst 494 Public History Seminar
- Hst 495 Public History Lab
- NAS 411 Nationhood: Tribal Sovereignty, Governance & Policy
- NAS 442 Decolonizing Methodologies
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 Archaeology Methods and Theory Laboratory
- Anth 456 Cultural and Heritage Resources
- Geog 488 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction
- Geog 492 Geographic Information Systems: Advanced GIS
Electives (8 credits chosen from the following courses):
- Anth 404 Internship
- Anth 452 Arch Lab Methods
- Anth 453 Field Methods
- Anth 454 Arch Field School (or alternative Field School offered by another institution)
- Anth 460 Public and Community Archaeology
- ESM 416 Ecosystem Restoration
- G 318/319 Processes in the Surface Environment
- G 341U Geology of the Oregon County
- G 423/L Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences
- G 424/L Geographic Information Systems for the Natural Geosciences
- G 425 Field GIS
- G 435/L Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Total Credit Hours: 29
Minimum grade: C- (Pass grades will be accepted)