Demonstrate knowledge of:

• the foundations, key concepts, goals of Cultural Resource Management.
• federal resource laws, regulations and requirements surrounding cultural, historical, and archaeological remains.
• the professional practices involved in CRM such as survey, testing, excavating, and analysis of cultural.
• the basic methods and theories used in the field of archaeology including reliable space and time measurements in archaeology.
• the fundamental concepts, theories, and applications of Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T), including the problems and challenges for representing the earth spatially and over time.
• demonstrate basic proficiency in the fundamentals of remote sensing and spatial analysis techniques.
• cartographic and map design concepts.

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Demonstrate the ability to write and speak effectively

• about their own research-based arguments and conclusions.
• using appropriate field-specific terminology.
• about their understanding of complex laws and regulations.
• about their knowledge and skills to prospective employers.
• describe clearly and accurately the process of creating data.

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Demonstrate ability to

• use and interpret quantitative data generated through archaeological research.
• create original graphics and understand and interpret topographical and archaeological site maps.
• demonstrate proficiency in the creation and acquisition of spatial data including the use of Global Positioning Systems.
• demonstrate an ability to create and change representations of Earth through data, coordinate systems, and projections.

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Demonstrate ability to

• analyze and evaluate issues and debates within CRM and historical archaeology and relate the evidence for particular local practices or events to wider global forces and trends.
• demonstrate the ability to use the written record to inform and contextualize cultural remains and to synthesize information from disparate sources.
• analyze and evaluate the ways archaeological evidence complement or conflict with historical records and the differing and sometimes contradictory evidence of cultural heritage.
• analyze the politics of heritage preservation.
• evaluate the complexities and ambiguities in federal laws and regulations and the various ways they are interpreted and executed.

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Be civically engaged as they work with professionals in the field of heritage preservation.

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Work with others in a professional manner as they

• survey, test, excavate and analyze cultural remains.
• work with/on a team to preserve cultural heritage.
• work within the legal framework in which cultural resource management is practiced.

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