Minor in Native American Studies
Units required for Minor: 21
Program Description
Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the cultures, languages, historical, and contemporary issues relating to African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicana/os-Latina/os, and Native Americans. The program directs students to critically examine the cultural contributions made by these groups to world civilization and to American society. Ethnic Studies challenges all students to analyze existing generalizations, theories, and concepts about racial and ethnic groups in order to develop valid generalizations, concepts, and theories about the people and their experiences. Students are encouraged to actively work to eliminate problems based on discrimination.
Students are also encouraged to blend professional area studies with Ethnic Studies. For example, a student may major in Ethnic Studies and minor in Business Administration. Similarly, students with a degree in Engineering Technology may minor in Ethnic Studies and emerge well-prepared professionally to assume middle management and supervisory positions in a multicultural society. Ethnic Studies majors and minors enter careers and professions in both the public and private sectors.
Note: Program advising and other information can be obtained from the Ethnic Studies Department.
Program Requirements
Code | Title | Units |
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ETHN 53 | Introduction to Native American Studies | 3 |
ETHN 140 | Native American Experience | 3 |
ETHN 152 | American Indians, Sovereignty and US Laws | 3 |
Electives approved by Native American Studies Program Director 1 | 12 | |
Total Units | 21 |
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See list below for a list of Department approved electives.
Elective List
Code | Title | Units |
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ANTH 128 | Indians of California | 3 |
ANTH 135 | Indians of North America | 3 |
ENGL 180W Native American Literature | 3 | |
ENVS 163 | Ethnoecology | 3 |
ETHN 142 | Native American Tribal Governments | 3 |
ETHN 143 | American Indians, Film and Popular Culture | 3 |
ETHN 145 | Native Voice, Memory, and Biography | 3 |
ETHN 145 | Native Voice, Memory, and Biography | 3 |
ETHN 150 | Native American Oral Tradition and Storytelling | 3 |
ETHN 151 | Native American Women | 3 |
HIST 171 American Indian Ethnohistory | 3 | |
HIST 172 | 3 | |
HIST 185 California Indian History | 3 |