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Major Requirements
The major in Native American Studies consists of nine courses and聽includes聽the following requirements:
One of the Following
- ANTH 358聽-聽Native American Cultures (N)
- HIST 356/NAST 356聽-聽Global Indigenous History 听听
- HIST 358聽-聽Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas (L,N)
North American (N) and Latin American (L) Courses
Seven elective courses, at least two courses must be taken in each of these areas:
North American (N) and Latin American (L) 聽 聽
- ALST 204聽-聽Performing Bolivian Music (L)
- ANTH 228聽-聽Women and Gender in Prehistory (L)
- ANTH 244聽-聽Who Owns Culture? (L,N)
- ANTH 355聽-聽Ancient Aztec Civilization (L)
- ANTH 358聽-聽Native American Cultures (N)
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ANTH 359聽-聽Archaeology and Ethnology of Southwestern Indians (Study Group)
(N) - CORE C131聽-聽Native Oklahoma (N)
- CORE C150聽-聽Native Peoples of the Great Plains (N)
- CORE C159聽-聽Maya (L)
- CORE C176聽-聽Indigenous North America (N)
- CORE C188聽-聽Haudenosaunee (N)
- ENGL 204聽-聽Native American Writers (N)
- HIST 223聽-聽The American West (N)
- HIST 224聽-聽Introduction to Environmental History (L,N)
- HIST 243/NAST 243聽-聽Native American History 听(狈)
- HIST 356/NAST 356聽-聽Global Indigenous History 聽(N, L)聽
- HIST 358聽-聽Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas (L,N)
- HIST 360/NAST 360聽-聽Borderlands of North America 听(狈)聽
- NAST 291聽-聽Independent Study
- NAST 300聽-聽Continuity in Pueblo Communities (N)
- NAST 302聽-聽Contemporary Issues in the Native American Southwest (Study Group) and聽NAST 302L听(狈)
- NAST 303聽-聽Service Learning in the Native American Southwest (Study Group) (N)
- NAST 304聽-聽Contemporary Issues in Native American Studies (N)
- NAST 320/RELG 320聽-聽Native American Religious Freedom 听(狈)
- NAST 391聽-聽Independent Study
- NAST 491聽-聽Independent Study
- RELG 203聽-聽American Indian Religions (N)
400-Level Course
An approved 400-level course or an approved 400-level independent study project
Additional Electives (with permission)
With prior permission of the director of Native American Studies, the following courses may also be counted among the North and Latin American electives when they have appropriate course content or a research paper is undertaken in one of these areas:
- ANTH 102聽-聽Culture, Diversity, and Inequality (L,N)
- ANTH 205聽-聽Archaeology of Warfare (L)
- ANTH 341聽-聽Archaeology of Death & Burial (L)
- ANTH 361聽-聽Ancient Environments and Human Legacies (L)
- CORE C171聽-聽Mexico (L)
- CORE C177聽-聽Peru (L)
- CORE C193聽-聽Brazil (L)
- CORE C199聽-聽Bolivia (L)
- HIST 209聽-聽The Atlantic World, 1492 - 1800 (L, N)
- HIST 231聽-聽Resistance and Revolt in Latin America (L)
- SPAN 468聽-聽Visions and Re-visions of the Spanish Conquest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (L)
Recommended Engagement in Archaeological or Anthropological Fieldwork
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in archaeological or anthropological fieldwork and/or first-hand curricular contact with a Native American community (e.g., NAST 303).
With the advice and consent of the director, students are encouraged to enroll for a summer or term in field schools in archaeology or social anthropology, or Native American community colleges. Such approved programs may earn Native American Studies course credit.
Students are further encouraged to participate in non-curricular opportunities such as summer archaeological fieldwork with a 麻豆精品 faculty member or hands-on research with Native American collections in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology.
Honors and High Honors
Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the Native American Studies听辫谤辞驳谤补尘听辫补驳别.
Native American Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty,聽transfer credit, awards, etc.,聽please visit the聽Native American Studies program听肠补迟补濒辞驳听辫补驳别.