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 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)