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Twin Cities Campus
Ojibwe Language B.A.American Indian Studies
College of Liberal Arts
The goal of the Ojibwe Language major is to best situate both heritage and non-heritage Ojibwe students to be able to positively intervene in the cultural life of the state’s Ojibwe communities, by contributing to the revitalization of the Ojibwe language. As a land grant institution, the University has a mission to contribute to the state’s communities and the major will help fulfill that mission. The department also prioritizes local American Indian community engagement and advocacy. One of the single best ways to create positive change within our communities is to instill pride and celebrate cultural traditions like language at an early age.
What distinguishes this program from any other is our use of both academically rigorous grammatical instruction (supported by linguistic research) coupled with the use of immersion techniques inside the classroom. This method has proven to be a very powerful combination in helping our students reach a high level of proficiency in the Ojibwe language. Students who complete the program to attain this high proficiency will have the foundational skills to contribute to Ojibwe language community building by bringing the Ojibwe language back into the home, to go into the high-demand field of immersion teaching, and to work in language preservation programs. With this major, students will:
1) be more prepared to fill an ever-growing need for immersion teacher positions;
2) graduate with a more sophisticated knowledge of the Ojibwe language in general;
3) graduate with the prestige that comes of having earned a bachelor’s degree in the Ojibwe language;
4) have more time to increase their fluency under instructor supervision;
5) increase their knowledge of immersion pedagogy;
6) earn a bachelor’s degree in the Ojibwe language (rather than a certificate) thereby increasing both their Ojibwe language credentials and earning potential upon graduation.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Prerequisite Courses
These courses, or equivalent, must be taken in sequential order. In select cases, students with advanced proficiency may be exempt from taking some or all of these courses.
Take 0 - 2 course(s) totaling 0 - 10 credit(s) from the following:
·
OJIB 1101 - Beginning Ojibwe I
(5.0 cr)
·
OJIB 1102 - Beginning Ojibwe II
(5.0 cr)
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
Ojibwe.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
CLA BA degrees require 4 semesters or the equivalent of a second language.
CLA degrees require students to complete 48 credits of upper-division coursework taken at the 3xxx, 4xxx, or 5xxx level. For a B.A. at least 18 of the 48 upper-division credits must be outside of the major. For some specific majors, there are exceptions to this requirement.
This program requires 18 upper-division credits outside the major. See your adviser for a list of courses that can or cannot be used to meet this requirement.
All incoming CLA freshmen must complete the First Year Experience course sequence.
Major Courses
Take exactly 9 course(s) totaling exactly 31 credit(s) from the following:
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OJIB 3103 - Intermediate Ojibwe I
(5.0 cr)
·
OJIB 3104 - Intermediate Ojibwe II
(5.0 cr)
·
OJIB 3127 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
OJIB 5106 - Advanced Ojibwe Language I
(3.0 cr)
·
OJIB 5109 - Advanced Ojibwe Language II
(3.0 cr)
·
OJIB 5202 - Ojibwe Mastery I
(3.0 cr)
·
OJIB 5204W - Ojibwe Mastery II
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3141 - American Indian Language Planning
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3604 - Indigenous Immersion Methods for the Home, Classroom, and Community
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
AMIN 1001 - Introduction to American Indian & Indigenous Peoples
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 1003 - American Indians in Minnesota
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3143 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3312 - American Indian Environmental Issues and Ecological Perspectives
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3501 - Indigenous Tribal Governments and Politics
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3701 {Inactive}
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3711 - Dakota Culture and History
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 4511 - Indigenous Political Economies
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 1002 - Indigenous Peoples in Global Perspective
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 1019 - Indigenous Peoples in Global Perspective
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3201W - American Indian Literature
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3201W {Inactive}
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3301 - American Indian Philosophies
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3321 - American Indian Philosophies
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3303 - American Indians and Photography
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
AMIN 5303 {Inactive}
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3402 - American Indians and the Cinema
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 5402 - American Indians and the Cinema
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3409 - American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 5409 - American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3412 {Inactive}
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3871 - American Indian History: Pre-Contact to 1830
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3871 - American Indian History: Pre-Contact to 1830
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 3872 - American Indian History: 1830 to the Present
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3872 - American Indian History: 1830 to the Present
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AAS 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.
(3.0 cr)
or
AFRO 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, & Chicanos in the U.S.
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 4501 - Law, Sovereignty, and Treaty Rights
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 4507 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 4525W - Federal Indian Policy
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 4525W - Federal Indian Policy
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Upper Division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
AMIN 3201W - American Indian Literature
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 4525W - Federal Indian Policy
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Senior Project
Please note that AMIN 4820W is only offered in the fall term. Careful pre-planning is important.
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 3 credit(s) from the following:
·
AMIN 4821W - Capstone Seminar
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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