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Heritage Resource
Management
Today’s global economy continues to impact
traditions and economies in the United States and abroad, making the management
and preservation of cultural heritage an important matter of political concern
around the world. The Heritage Resource Management Certificate is an
interdisciplinary program that allows students and professionals to gain
career-defining knowledge in the increasingly important field of Heritage
Resource Management.
The
Certificate utilizes Fort Lewis College’s expertise and resources in
anthropology, archaeology, Southwest and American Indian studies, museums,
archives, and tourism.
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Spider Rock
in Canyon de Chelly, AZ - Sacred to the Navajo Tribe |
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Program Requirements
Students pursuing a
certificate in heritage resource management can choose from one of three options
including: Cultural Resource Management, Heritage Preservation, and Heritage
Tourism. Each option is founded on two core courses, but is otherwise customized
to address various components of heritage resource management.
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Required
Courses, All Options (7 credits): |
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ANTH 151 |
Introduction to Anthropology |
3 Credits |
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ANTH 360 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in
Anthropology |
4 Credits |
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Cultural
Resource Management Option, Required Courses (15–16 credits): |
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ANTH 201 |
Introduction to Archaeology |
4 Credits |
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ANTH 259 |
Field Training in Archaeology |
4 Credits |
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GEOG 250 |
Intro to Computer Mapping and GIS |
4 Credits |
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ANTH 320 |
Basic Laboratory Techniques in
Archaeology |
4 Credits |
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OR |
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SW 256 |
Introduction to Museums |
3 Credits |
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ANTH 316 |
Internship in Anthropology |
4 Credits |
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OR |
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ANTH 403 |
Advanced Archaeological Field
Techniques |
4 Credits |
Student
Stabilization Crew at Kinishba Ruins on the Fort Apache Reservation,
AZ |
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Heritage
Preservation Option, Required Courses (12–13 credits): |
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SW 255 |
Introduction to Heritage
Preservation |
3 Credits |
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SW 450 |
Tribal Preservation |
3 Credits |
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SW 493 |
Internship in SW Studies |
3 Credits |
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SW 361 |
Cultural Ecology of the Southwest |
3 Credits |
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ANTH 356 |
Ecological Anthropology |
4 Credits |
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Heritage
Tourism Option, Required Courses (10 credits): |
Cliff
Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, CO |
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BA 330 |
Tourism and Resort Management |
4 Credits |
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BA 392 |
Research Topics |
3 Credits |
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BA 437 |
Tourism Internship |
3 Credits |
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Students taking the Heritage Preservation
option will take one additional elective course from the following list (3-4
credits). Students taking the Heritage Tourism option will take two
additional elective courses from the following list: (6-8 credits)
Note: Elective
courses are to be selected based on the option chosen and in consultation with
the program director.
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Elective Courses in
Anthropology |
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Elective Courses in SW
Studies |
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Anth 201 Introduction to
Anthropology |
4cr |
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SW 255
Introduction to Heritage Preservation |
3cr |
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Anth 208 Trad. Ecological
Knowledge and Cultural Survival |
4cr |
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SW 256
Introduction to Museums |
3cr |
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Anth 210 Intro. to
Sociocultural Anhtropology |
4cr |
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SW 340 Archival
Theory and Practice |
3cr |
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Anth 212 Intro. to Applied
Anthropology |
4cr |
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SW 344 Native
American Oral Traditions |
3cr |
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Anth
313 Archaeology of Greece and Rome |
4cr |
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SW 361 Cultural
Ecology of the Southwest |
3cr |
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Anth
330 Prehistory of the Southwest |
4cr |
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SW 381 Chicano
Literature |
3cr |
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Anth
340 Ancient Egypt |
3cr |
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SW 382 Chicano
Literature, Art, Culture |
3cr |
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Anth
351
Native Peoples of the Andes |
4cr |
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SW 425 Hispanic
Civilization |
3cr |
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Anth
348 Prehistory of the Americas |
4cr |
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SW 450 Tribal
Preservation |
3cr |
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Anth
356 Ecological Anthropology |
4cr |
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Anth
388 Ethnology of the Southwest |
4cr |
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Elective Courses in
Geography |
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Anth
406 Ethnobotany of the Southwest |
4cr |
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Geog 250
Introduction to Computer Mapping and GIS |
4cr |
TOTAL REQUIRED HOURS FOR THE
HERITAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE
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22-25cr |
Contact Information
If you are interested in more information about the Fort
Lewis College Heritage Resource Management Certificate Program please contact
the program director, Dr. Charles R. Riggs via phone, fax, mail or email as
detailed below. To enroll in the program, download and complete the
program
admission form and return it to the address below.
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- Telephone
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(970) 247-7409
- FAX
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(970) 382-6952
- Postal address
- Dr. Charles R. Riggs, HRMC Program
Director
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Fort Lewis College, Department of Anthropology, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301-3999
- Electronic mail
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Heritage
Resource Management Certificate Students at work at the Pigg Site
(5MT4802) in SW Colorado. Research Funded by Colorado State Historical
Fund Grants 2007-02-13 and 2008-02-22. |
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