EFFECTIVE FALL 2006
MAJOR IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
Major Study Requirements: 36 credit-hours for Major
A major in Native American Studies will require successful completion
of thirty-six (36) credit-hours. Students must take eighteen (18) hours
of the required core courses. Twelve (12) hours must be from one of the
four concentrations in NAS. The remaining six (6) hours must be upper
division courses (300 level or above) from the concentrations OR from
courses with significant Native American content offered by other departments,
which are subject to approval by the Director of Native American Studies.
Required Core Courses in Major: 18 credit-hours
NATV 150 Introduction to Native American Studies
NATV 250 Sociopolitical Concepts in Native America
NATV 251 Research Issues in Native America
NATV 351 Individual Study or NAT AM 352 Internship
NATV 474 Traditions of Native American Philosophy
NATV 300 Research Methods in Native American Contexts
Recommended Courses for Concentrations in Native
American Studies Major
| Education and Language Concentration NATV 305 Indian Boarding Schools NATV 315 Language Recovery Revitalization and Community Renewal NATV 361 Native American Children’s Literature NATV 402 Education, Power, and Indigenous Communities NATV 450 Topics in Native American Studies (Titles TBA) NATV 460 Language and Education in Southwest Native American Communities (AOA LLSS 460/560 and LING 436/536) NATV 462 Native American Narratives |
Leadership and Self Determination
Concentration NATV 322 Principles of Federal Indian Law NATV 324 Contemporary Approaches to Federal Indian Law NATV 325 Tribal Government NATV 421 Treaties and Agreements NATV 423 Self-Determination and Indigenous Human Rights NATV 445 Politics of Identity NATV 450 Topics in Native American Studies (Titles TBA) |
| Arts and Literature Concentration NATV 247 Politics of Native American Art NATV 311 Native Americans in Film NATV 361 Native American Children’s Literature NATV 365 Poetry, Politics and Spirit NATV 411 Indigenous Performing Arts Forum NATV 417 Native American Music (AOA Music 417/517) NATV 418 Alaska Native Music and Culture (AOA Music 418/518) NATV 422 Indigenous World Music (AOA Music 422/522) NATV 441 Culture Study of Indigenous Video (AOA Anth 340-05) NATV 450 Topics in Native American Studies (Titles TBA) NATV 462 Native American Narrative |
Interdisciplinary Cultural and Environmental
Studies Concentration NATV 252 Native American Experience (AOA Am St 252) NATV 342 Native American Post 1940 (AOA Hist 348/548) NATV 346 Native American to 1850 (AOA Hist 346/546) NATV 347 Native America, 1850-1940 (AOA Hist 347/547) NATV 348 Native American Activism NATV 385 Indigenous Worldviews NATV 430 Conservative an Indigenous Communities (AOA Biol 430/530) NATV 433 Native American Ecology, Demography, and Disease NATV 436 Environmental Ethics and Practices in Native America NATV 450 Topics in Native American Studies (Titles TBA) NATV 477 Archeology in Native American Studies |
NOTE: Native American Studies recommends NATV
150 be completed prior to enrolling in NATV upper division courses (300
and above). NATV 251 must be taken prior to enrolling in NATV 300. NATV
322 must be taken before enrolling in NATV 324. Students may petition
the department to substitute equivalent course work from other departments
and/or accredited post-secondary institutions for a maximum of nine (9)
credit hours.
