The Undergraduate Program

        in American Studies

An introduction to the undergraduate degree in American Studies with a

concentration in American Indian Studies, and the requirements.

Majoring in American Studies: Bachelor of Arts
Regular Concentration Requirements

     American Indian Studies Concentration

The major in American studies with a concentration in American Indian studies consists of ten courses from the following categories
(courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category):

• Introduction (required):  AMST/HIST 110

• Approaches (required:  AMST 203

• History (at least two of the following): AFAM 294; AMST/HIST 231,

    232, 233, 235; AMST/HIST/ANTH 234

• Culture (at least two of the following): AMST/HIST/ANTH 234;
    ANTH/FOLK 230, ANTH 450, 451; HIST/WMST 576

• Literature (at least two of the following):  AMST 246, 336, 338

• Two other courses drawn from the above list

      The Minor in American Indian Studies

The minor in American Indian studies consists of five courses.

AMST/HIST 110    Introduction to the Cultures and Histories

                                          of Native North America (required).

Students should select four additional courses from those currently available:   

• AFAM 294; AMST 203, 246, 336, 338; AMST/HIST 231, 233,  234,
235; ANTH 450, 451; ANTH/FOLK 230; HIST 232; HIST/WMST 576

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AMST 110/HIST 110:    Introduction to the Cultures and             

                                     Histories of Native North America.
AMST 203   Approaches to American Indian Studies

AMST/HIST 231    Native American History: The East

AMST/HIST 233   Native American History: The West

AMST/HIST/FOLK  234 Native American Tribal Studies

AMST/HIST 235   Native America in the 20th Century

AMST/HIST 246   Introduction to American Indian Literatures

AMST/HIST 336   Native Americans in Film

AMST 338   American Indian Novels:  Facing East from

                     Indian Country

ANTH  450   Archaeology of North American Indians

ANTH  451   Field School in North American Archaeology

ANTH/FOLK 230  American Indian Societies