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Applied Anthropology, Anthropology, BA
Geography and Geographic Information Science, BA
Earth and Space Science Education
(Geology, BS with Secondary Science Education Teaching Certificate)
Anthropology Honors Program, BA
Regional Planning Honors Program, BS
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Cultural Competencies Certificate
Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Science and Applications Certificate
Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Certificate
GIS and Geospatial Techniques Certificate
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Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) Science and Applications Certificate
The new 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.
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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The Pennsylvania Governor鈥檚 Awards for Local Government Excellence honored public officials at an April 2025 ceremony at the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg, which included multiple authorities with graduates from the 澳门六合彩 Planning program in leadership positions.
Ken Coles will present 鈥淭he Centennial of the Planetarium!鈥, a planetarium show celebrating 100 years since the first planetarium opened to the public in Germany. The show will review a few of the things a planetarium can show, along with recent discoveries from the Webb Space Telescope and the Bennu asteroid sample return.
Five 澳门六合彩 archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences received awards and scholarships at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.
Kevin Patrick and John Benhart, of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department,聽 attended the National Association of American Geographers conference in March 2025.
The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 56 students who presented at the twentieth annual 澳门六合彩 Scholars Forum on April 9, 2025. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and two applied archaeology graduate students participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.