Schaney Receives Mentorship Award from Pennsylvania Geographical Society
Chris Schaney received the Dr. William B. (“Bill”) Kory Distinguished Mentor Award from the Pennsylvania Geographical Society.
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 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 Cejka Planetarium Offering Program About Artemis II Mission on Nov. 16
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the Artemis II Mission, “Artemis II: Sister of Apollo 8,” at 7:00 p.m. on November 16. Planetarium shows are free and open to the community.
- 09 November 2026
AGES Students Named Provost Scholars
The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences congratulates our students named as IUP Provost Scholars.
- 08 November 2026
Free Planetarium Show on Artemis II Mission, Nov. 16
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the Artemis II Mission at 7:00 p.m. on November 16. The planetarium shows are free and open to the community.
- 27 October 2026
IUP Hosts Environmental Science Career Fair
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences will host its first Environmental Science Career Fair on Nov. 4. The event, free and open to all IUP students and alumni, will be held in the Hadley Union Building - Ohio Room from 3 to 5:30 p.m
- 26 October 2026
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
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m.