Central to Preserving History.
Central’s Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) provides professional skills and knowledge to students interested in cultural heritage and gaining direct and swift access to a career by filling critical workforce needs in the Northeast. CRM is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to finding, documenting, interpreting, and preserving historic sites, culture, and historical knowledge. Such work is required to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and thus is critical to the timely completion of various public development projects.
Program Features
- 12-credit program
- Small class sizes
- Classes offered on-campus, with the option of off-campus field schools and/or internships
- Designed for working professionals
- Hands-on faculty with real-world experience in the classroom, laboratory, and/or field schools
- Free on-campus childcare
What You'll Gain
- Knowledge of techniques of survey, excavation, and laboratory processing of artifacts, or inventory of above-ground resources
- How to identify historical and cultural resources in accordance with state and federal standards
- Understanding of different types of sources of information, and how to evaluate them for credibility and significance
- Content or scholarly knowledge of one or more areas of prehistory or history with an understanding of how to apply that knowledge to contextualize cultural resources
- Familiarity with laws and standards related to cultural resources and historic preservation in Connecticut and the nation
- Skills to enlist basic GIS and/or design tools and writing to document cultural resources, present, and communicate information
- Ability to imagine and negotiate creative solutions for limiting impacts on cultural resources
- Credits that can be applied to an MA in Public History
Program Options
For students primarily interested in cultural “above ground” resources, it coalesces with training in the Historic Preservation field, with a focus on statutory compliance, mitigation work, and CRM report writing.
For those interested in a Public History MA, this track expands your disciplinary expertise and is ideal for making yourself as marketable as possible. For someone holding an undergraduate degree in Anthropology or Archaeology, this track provides more technical training specifically for statutory compliance, mitigation work, and CRM report writing.
This track focuses on mapping, as well as providing the student with a more complex understanding of the interaction between cultural and natural resources. Can supplement an MA in Geography.