Departments & Programs

American Studies

Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours. At least 9 credit hours must be at or above the 300 level.

1. AMST-A 150 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC

2. One of the following Group A core courses:

  • ANTH-E 324 Native American Art (3 cr.)  CASE A&H
  • ENG-L 364 Native American Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS 
  • FINA-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America (3–4 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
  • FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS

3. One of the following Group B courses:

  • ANTH-B 472 Bioanthropology of Aboriginal America (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 320 Indians of North America (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • ANTH-E 340 Indians of Mexico and Central America (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-L 320 American Indian Languages (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • CJUS-P 437 American Indian Justice Policy (3 cr.)
  • CMCL-C 430 Native American Communication and Performance (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • HIST-J 300 Seminar in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Approved topic: Natives and Newcomers

4. Two global or indigenous Group C courses from the list below:  

  • AMST-A 275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 210 Rethinking Race Globally (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 230 American Ethnic Diversity (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • ANTH-E 275 Indigenous Worldviews (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 319 American Indian Religions (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 327 Native Amazonians and the Environment (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-L 310 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I (4 cr.)
  • ANTH-L 311 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II (4 cr.)
  • ANTH-L 312 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language I (4 cr.)
  • ANTH-L 313 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language II (4 cr.)
  • ANTH-P 250 Introductory World Archaeology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 330 Historical Archaeology (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • ANTH-P 345 Indigenous Archaeology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 350 Archaeology of Ancient Mexico (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-P 360 North American Archaeology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 361 Prehistory of the Midwestern United States (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 363 North American Prehistory through Fiction (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 370 Ancient Civilizations of the Andes (3 cr.) CASE GCC
  • ANTH-P 405 Fieldwork in Archaeology (1–8 cr.)
  • FINA-A 350 Topics in African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian American Art (3 cr.)
  • FINA-A 351 Art of the South Pacific (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FOLK-F 275 Indigenous Worldviews (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-A 207 Introduction to Native American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • LTAM-M 101 Elementary Yucatec Maya I (4 cr.)
  • LTAM-M 102 Elementary Yucatec Maya II (4 cr.)
  • LTAM-M 201 Intermediate Yucatec Maya I (3 cr.)
  • LTAM-M 202 Intermediate Yucatec Maya II (3 cr.)
  • LTAM-Q 101 Elementary Quechua I (4 cr.)
  • LTAM-Q 102 Elementary Quechua II (4 cr.)
  • LTAM-Q 201 Intermediate Quechua I (3 cr.)
  • LTAM-Q 202 Intermediate Quechua II (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • POLS-Y 338 African Politics (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • POLS-Y 367 International Law (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • POLS-Y 490 Senior Seminar in Political Science (3 cr.) Approved topic: Indigenous Politics: Contests over Democracy and Development
  • REL-C 280 Indigenous Worldviews (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC

Additional courses may count toward the minor; courses not listed above must be approved by the Advisor in concert with the Chair and the Committee on Native American and Indigenous Studies.