IUP Alumna Selected for Fulbright Award
Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.
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
Geography and Geographic Information Science, BA
Earth and Space Science Education
(Geology, BS with Secondary Science Education Teaching Certificate)
Anthropology Honors Program, BA
Regional Planning Honors Program, BS
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.
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
IUP Anthropologists Conducting Field School in Germany at Site of WWII Plane Crash
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. to continue its field study in Germany at the site of a December 1944 crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
- 12 June 2025
AGES Students Named to Spring 2025 Dean’s List
The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean’s List for spring 2025. Students receive this recognition for each semester in which they earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits.
- 01 June 2025
AGES Faculty and Students Represent IUP at Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Faculty and students from the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department traveled to Denver to participate in the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting. They chaired sessions, presented on their ongoing work, participated in the SAA Ethics Bowl, and represented IUP and the Applied Archaeology program at the Cultural Resource Management Expo.
- 06 May 2025
AGES Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Scholarly Activities
During the thirty-first annual Research Awards Reception at IUP, three Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences faculty members were recognized for outstanding scholarly activities.
- 30 April 2025
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences
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Kopchick Hall, Room 114
421 North Walk
Indiana, PA 15705 - Phone: 724-357-2440
Summer Office Hours
May vary during summer months, emailing ahead of time is recommended.
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.