Students standing on top of ancient lava flow using LiDAR to map it. Students standing on top of ancient lava flow in Oregon mapping the surface using LiDAR.

Undergraduate Programs

Explore your options with programs that offer hands-on learning opportunities and a wide scope of career-building experiences.

Applied Anthropology, Anthropology, BA

Archaeology, Anthropology, BA

Earth and Environmental Science, BS

Earth and Space Science Education
(Earth and Environmental Science, BS with Secondary Science Education Teaching Certificate)

Forensic Sciences, BS

Geographic Information Science and Planning, BS

Undergraduate Minors

Anthropology, Minor

Geography, Minor

Geology, Minor

Regional Planning, Minor

Graduate Programs

Expand your professional options with a graduate program that takes you directly into the material you’ll need to advance your career.

Applied Archaeology, MA

Geography and Planning, MS
(not accepting new applicants for 2025–26 academic year)

Undergraduate Certificates

Cultural Competencies Certificate

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Science and Applications Certificate

Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Certificate

Graduate Certificates

GIS and Geospatial Techniques Certificate

Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Certificate

Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) Science and Applications Certificate

Planetarium

The Cejka Planetarium in Kopchick Hall is a digital planetarium 35 feet in diameter. It is used extensively for educational outreach as well as in undergraduate instruction, both for introductory astronomy courses and in classes for Earth and Space Science teaching majors.

Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Statement on Race and Diversity

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department is committed to combating racism through fostering inclusive and welcoming spaces for diverse students, and fostering student learning outcomes that expand the understanding of race: particularly, that race is not a biological reality, but that race and racism are cultural and social constructs that intersect with social class and other forms of social positionality to produce harm for people of color in our society and globally.

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News

Recent and Upcoming Presentations on Johnstown Area Archaeology

Brown's Farm was a racially integrated settlement near Johnstown that was inhabited from the early nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries. Abdul Jones is presenting a series of talks on his thesis research at the site.

Warnock Publishes on Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Jonathan Warnock, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, published with co-authors on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current during the last interglacial.

Anthropology Department Hosting Annual Archaeology Open House on Oct. 11

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at 麻豆视频 will hold its annual Community Archaeology Day on October 11 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in celebration of International Archaeology Day.

麻豆视频 Co-Sponsors Historic Preservation Workforce Summit

The 麻豆视频 Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Science, Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies, and the Office of Carer and Professional Development partnered with the State Historic Preservation Office and Shippensburg University to host a day-long summit in Harrisburg.

麻豆视频 Cejka Planetarium Offering Programs About Rubin Telescope, Recalling the Space Race

麻豆视频鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: 鈥淎 New Eye: The Rubin Telescope鈥 on September 29 and 鈥淩ecalling the Space Race鈥 on October 29. Both programs will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentations are free and open to the community.