Degree Requirements for the M.A. in Cultural Resources Management

The design of the course of study as a 2 1/2-year program presumes that students are full time and not working. Experience with the program so far indicates that working students cannot successfully carry full graduate loads, and, consequently, it takes three years or more for working students to complete our program of study. Required courses are:

  • ANTH 500* Proseminar: 4 units
  • HIST 472 California History: 4 units
  • ANTH 502 Archaeology: History and Theory: 3 units
  • ANTH 503 Seminar in Cultural Resources Management: 3 units
  • ANTH 592 Practicum in National Register of Historic Places: 2 units
  • ANTH 596/597** Internships: 3 units
  • Anth 595 Thesis Prospectus 1 unit
  • ANTH 599A/B*** Thesis: 4 units
  • Supporting Courses: 6 units

Total units in the CRM degree: 30. Course descriptions are available in the SSU online catalogue.

* You can see the titles and abstracts for this fall’s Anth 500 Proseminar presentations.

** Internships are decided upon by discussion between the student and his or her advisor. Students will normally take both on-campus and off-campus internships. On-campus internships are available at the Anthropological Studies Center, including internships in CRM small projects management, archaeological site survey, archaeological collections management, and various others that can be arranged on a case by case basis. SSU students can also do internships at the Northwest Information Center. Off-campus internships have been done with a number of federal, state, and local agencies.

*** You can see a sample of past SSU CRM thesis titles.

Admission to the CRM Program

Applications must be submitted separately to 1) the Department of Anthropology AND 2) to the University Admissions and Records Office, for possible acceptance into the program the following Fall semester.

You can access the Anthropology Department's application (pdf).

You can access the University's application at CSU Mentor.

The application deadline for possible entry in Fall 2013 is January 31, 2013.

Submit Department applications to:
Dr. Alexis Boutin
Graduate Coordinator
Cultural Resources Management MA Program
Department of Anthropology
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Email: boutin@sonoma.edu
Telephone: 707-664-2729