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
Earth and Environmental Science, BS
Earth and Space Science Education
(Earth and Environmental Science, BS with Secondary Science Education Teaching Certificate)
Geographic Information Science and Planning, BS
Undergraduate Minors
Graduate Programs
Expand your professional options with a graduate program that takes you directly into the material you’ll need to advance your career.
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
亚色影库 Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine Team, 亚色影库 Faculty Members, Administrators are Invited Presenters for Appalachian Regional Commission Conference
Members of 亚色影库鈥檚 proposed college of osteopathic medicine leadership team and 亚色影库 faculty members Rick Adkins and John Benhart were invited presenters for the Appalachian Regional Commission 鈥淣etwork Appalachia鈥 meeting, showcasing the region鈥檚 experts on transportation, robotics, economic development, and emerging technologies.
- 15 April 2026
Anthropology Students and Faculty Active at National Applied Anthropology Conference
亚色影库 Anthropology faculty members Abigail Adams and Amanda Poole, along with students Shanya Coshey, Marisol Gonzalez Flores, Seth Koch, Samantha Langley, and Abigail Trimble, attended the eighty-sixth annual Society for Applied Anthropology meetings聽held March 17鈥21, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.聽
- 31 March 2026
Panel Discussion Honors Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Victor Garcia
Abigail Adams attended the eighty-sixth annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and participated in a two-session memorial panel to honor the late visionary applied anthropologist Victor Garcia.
- 31 March 2026
Applied Archaeology Students Present Research and Win Award at Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference
Three Applied Archaeology MA students presented their thesis research at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, held in March. Abdul Jones won the student paper award.
- 17 March 2026
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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Kopchick Hall, Room 114
421 North Walk
Indiana, PA 15705 - Phone: 724-357-2440
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.