Native American Studies Minor
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 The Native American studies minor fits squarely with the University’s curricular emphasis on promoting knowledge and appreciation of cultural diversity. Students will receive in-depth exposure to a variety of lifeways that comprise the Native American presence. They will come to appreciate native worldviews, ecology, arts and literature, social relations, and the events and processes of history that have helped shape their present diversity of cultures. They will come to know Native’s prehistoric past as well as their political and legal statuses as a special category of American citizens. (A total of 18 credits are required.) A printable form is available here

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
ANTH 226 Peoples & Cultures of North America
HIST 237 American Indian History
ENGL 272 Native American Literature
PROGRAM TRACKS
The tracks offer the opportunity for students to tailor the minor to fit their own specific interests and pre-professional needs. Nine additional credits beyond the core courses should come from any one of the following tracks.
Track 1 - Archaeology
ANTH 214 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 218 New World Prehistory
ANTH 253 North American Pre-History
ANTH 254 Archaeology of Eastern North America
HIST 239 History of Connecticut
Track 2 - History and Culture
ANTH 252/ANTH 256 Native American Arts
ANTH 263 Ethnohistory of Native New England
ANTH 270 Contemporary Native Americans
ANTH 278W Ethnic Literatures of the United States
HIST 210 History of Women and Gender in Early America
HIST 239 History of Connecticut
HIST 243 Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760
HIST 276 Andean Societies
SOCI 268 Class, Power, and Inequality
Track 3 - Native Latin Americans
ANTH 221 Contemporary Latin America
ANTH 227 Contemporary Mexico
ANTH 279 Modern Latin American Art
HIST 276 Andean Societies
HIST 281 Latin America in the Colonial Period
HIST 283W Hispanic World in Ages of Reason and Revolution

ANTH

 241 or PRLS 241 Latin American Minorities in the US
Track 4 - Gender and Religion
ANTH 234 Culture and Religion
ENGL 286 Women in 20th c. Literature
HDFR 270 Low Income Families
HDFR 278 Family in Society
HIST 210 History of Women and Gender in Early America
PHIL 231 Philosophy of Religion
SOCI 250 Sociology of the Family
WS 266 Women and Ethnicity: Changing Roles In a Changing Society
WS 270/ ANTH 274 Women and Religion
Track 5 - Ecology, Environment and Policy
ANTH 214 Introduction. to Archaeology
ANTH 270 Contemporary Native Americans
ARE 234W Environmental and Resource Policy
GEOG 236 Human Modifications of Natural Environments
NRME 239W Natural Resources Planning and Management
NRME 240 Environmental Law
POLS 276 The Policy-Making Process
SOCI 269 Political Sociology