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Morris Campus
American Indian Studies Minor
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Minor Related to a Major
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Requirements for this program are current for Spring 2010.
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Required credits in this minor: 20.
The American Indian Studies minor is designed to introduce students to a range of information about American Indian cultures. Students learn about American Indians' histories, cultures, and polices, literature, and other creative endeavors through courses that encourage critical thinking and the synthesis and communication of ideas. The curriculum emphasizes the role of the student as an active learner and encourages close relationships between students and faculty.
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Minor Requirements
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American Indian Studies students are especially encouraged to take an American indigenous language, such as Anishinaabe and Dakota.
Up to 4 credits of coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the minor requirements. Courses may not be taken S-N unless S-N only.
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced. Required Courses
AMIN 1101 - Introduction to American Indian Studies, HDIV (4.0 cr)
Elective Courses
Students must have at least one course from two of the three core disciplines: anthropology, English, and history. Directed studies (1-5 credits) and interdisciplinary internships (1-8 credits), with appropriate subject matter, may be used to meet the elective requirements. Up to 8 credits of an American indigenous language may apply to the minor.
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
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AMIN 2311 - American Indians of the Great Plains: Victims and Victors, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ANTH 3402 - Representations from the Field: American Indian Ethnography, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ANTH 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ANTH 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ANTH 3455 - North American Archaeology, SS (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3501 - The American West Revisited, HUM (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4017 - Research Seminar: Tricksters-Conjurers in American Indian and African American Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3251 - American Indians and the United States: A History, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3301 - Red, White, and Black: Race/Culture in Early America, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3359 - Native Strategies for Survival, 1880-1920, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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SOC 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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SOC 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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