NATAM-MIN - Native American Studies (Minor)

Native American Studies introduces students to a broad range of approaches to the academic study of Native American people, history, and culture. Students who major or minor in Native American Studies have the opportunity of doing advanced work in several related disciplines.

Up to 10 units of external credit may be applied to course electives.

The Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

1. an understanding of interdisciplinary approaches to the knowledge of experiences related to race and ethnicity in the United States;

2. an ability to employ diverse analytical resources and comparative modes of study as tools to frame and address research questions;

3. an ability to critically engage both primary and secondary sources, and properly use both types of evidence in crafting an argument;

4. an ability to actively and critically engage in verbal and/or written discussion of issues;

5. demonstration of analytical writing skills that convey their understanding of the topic;

6. an expanded ability to think critically about issues in political, social, scientific, economic, and cultural life stemming from the diversity of experiences related to race and ethnicity.

7. an understanding of pedagogical models and scholarly works that embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and being, and recognition of the importance of centering a learning framework that attends to tribal languages and complex Indigenous cultures.