Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

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Native American and Indigenous Studies

The Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies promotes the understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and contemporary issues. This program provides an interdisciplinary foundation that also allows you to focus your studies within a specific discipline. Balancing a regional focus on the Native South with a national and global overview of Indigenous cultures, this minor program includes a range of courses that demonstrate the continued importance of Indigenous perspectives in the United States and the world.

Program Snapshot
Required Courses: 6 Credit Hours
- AMST 3730: Introduction to Native American Studies
- ANTH 3321: Indigenous Peoples of North America
Electives: 9 Credit Hours

Select three of the following:
AMST 3700: American Studies: Principles and Methods

AMST 3720: America and Empire

AMST 3750: Place in American Culture (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

AMST 3760: Advanced Studies in American Identities (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

AMST 4490: Special Topics in American Studies (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

ANTH 3315: Indigenous Peoples of the Southeast United States

ANTH 4100: Directed Applied Research (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

ANTH 4421: North American Archaeology

ANTH 4490: Special Topics in Anthropology (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)
ENGL 3342: Topics in Native American Literature

ENGL 3350: Regional Literature (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

GWST 3090: Transnational Feminisms

GWST 3100: Gender and the US South (if related to Native American and Indigenous Studies)

HIST 3366: History of Mexico and Central America

HIST 3367: History of Brazil

HIST 4204: The History of the American West

HIST 4410: Colonial America to 1763

HIST 4905: History of the Atlantic World

LALS 1102: Understanding Latin America
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