Native American Studies Courses

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The Native American and Indigenous studies minor consists of five required courses. Students must complete one “core” or “foundation” course, listed below, and four additional courses selected from the list of departmental offerings found below. One of those additional four courses must be either a 300- or 400-level course or an approved Senior-Year Experience project. The other courses may be taken at any level.

Core Course: History 229: Introduction to Native American History

Note: This list of contributing courses changes periodically as new courses are added to the curriculum and old ones retired. Students should contact the program coordinator for the most current information on course offerings and program requirements. Please see department websites for course descriptions.

Departmental Offerings:

Anthropology
104.     Language and Human Experience

Biology
258.     Ethnobotany
380.     Tropical Ecology

Caribbean and Latin American Studies
103.     Introduction to Ethnic Studies and Social Justice
105.     Introduction to Latinx Studies

Education
353.     American Philosophies of Education 
309.   Feminist Learning Theories

English
231.     Adirondack Literature
237.     American Literature I
263.     Native American Literature

Environmental Studies
187.     Environment and Society
253.     Race, Class and Environmental Justice
303.     Land Use Change in the Adirondacks
329.     Adapting to Climate Change
372.     Transboundary Wildlife Conservation

First-Year Program
2213.   Algonquin-Adirondacks Connections

Global Studies
102.     Introduction to Global Studies II: Race, Culture, Identity
264.     Global Public Health: Critical Approaches
302.     Theories of Cultural Studies
359.    Art, Activism, Environment

History
203.     Early Canada
204.     Modern Canada
229.     Introduction to Native American History
3315.   Indigenous Filmmakers vs. Hollywood
333.     The Age of the American Revolution
352.     Playing Indian: Native American Stereotypes in American History and Imagination

Performance and Communication Studies
321.     Intercultural Communication

Philosophy
309.     Feminist Learning Theories
353.     American Philosophies of Education

Spanish
221.     Latin America in Film
3036.   Gender and Race in Latin America
3037.   Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
3039.   LGBTQ in Latin America and Abiayala

Sociology
253.     Race, Class, and Environmental Justice