Organize a CRM project from scope through deliverables
Human & Social Systems · Anthropology & Archaeology
CRM-410Cultural Resource Management Practice
Examines CRM project design, records research, field coordination, compliance documentation, laboratory integration, partner relationships, and final reporting.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Integrate field, GIS, laboratory, and archival evidence
Evaluate documentation against project requirements
Produce clear technical and public-facing report components

Course content
Topics and questions
- Project scoping and records review
- Field and laboratory coordination
- GIS, digital heritage, and collections
- Quality assurance and reporting
- Consultation and partner-based delivery

Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- CRM records systems
- GIS and field documentation tools
- Technical report templates

Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Scope of work
- Methods plan
- Compliance matrix
- Final report package
Program relationships
Where this course fits

Spatial Anthropology & Cultural Systems
Integrates anthropology, geography, landscape, migration, memory, technology, and complex human-environment systems.

Digital Archaeology & Heritage Science
Connects archaeological method to GIS, remote sensing, 3D digitization, materials analysis, research computing, and digital stewardship.

Anthropology, Technology & Complex Systems
Advanced research on culture, biology, technology, environment, institutions, and emergence across interacting human systems.

Cultural Resource Management Technologies
CRM project systems, GIS, digital documentation, archaeometry, reporting, and partner-based delivery.

Cultural Resource Reporting
CRM records, methods, GIS, analytical integration, findings, quality control, and final technical report production.

Cultural Resource Compliance & Reporting
Continuing education in project scoping, records research, field documentation, partner coordination, analytical synthesis, and professional cultural-resource reporting.
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