Courses

200. Basic Concepts in Native American Studies (4)
Seminar-4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Analysis of the characteristics of the discipline of Native American Studies. Concentration is on both traditional and contemporary native scholarship and thought as well as the theoretical and methodological consequences derived from application of these ideas.
202. Advanced Topics in Native American Studies (4)
Seminar-4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Advanced study of selected topics or themes relevant to the field of Native American studies. Topics will be announced at the time of offering. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.
212. Community Development for Sovereignty and Autonomy (4)
Seminar-4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Examines a sample of contemporary indigenous communities from south, central and north America with the goal of understanding and evaluating the strategies adopted by Native American communities to develop and implement forms of sovereignty or autonomous self-management.
220. Colonialism/Racism and Self-Determination (4)
Seminar-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Study of imperial/colonial systems and their psychosocial impacts upon oppressors and oppressed, of racism as the outgrowth of colonialism, and of nationalism, ethnic conflict and self-determination. Focus on indigenous peoples, but other groups will also be considered.
224. Performance in the Americas (4)
Seminar-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Ethnomusicological and anthropological approaches to study of public performance in the Americas. New ways of looking at music, dance, rituals and other forms of public expressive forms normally called "folklore" or "popular culture."
250. Indigenous Critique of Classic Maya Ethnographies (4)
Seminar-4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Construction of the Maya world through ethnographic writing during the present century. Deconstruction of ethno-graphies about the Mayans considering the modern theories and social/anthropological critiques of modern ethnographies.
280. Ethnohistorical Theory and Method (4)
Seminar-3 hours; term paper. Discussion of the ethnohistorical method; the utilization of diverse types of data, especially documentary sources, to reconstruct socio-cultural history. Particular attention to the applied area of ethnohistory in the solution of contemporary social problems.
298 (Elective course). Group Study for Graduate Students (1-5)
Prerequisite: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
299 (Elective course). Special Study for Graduate Students (1-12)
Prerequisite: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
Students may also choose from elective courses offered in other departments upon consultation with the major professor and approval by the graduate advisor.
396 (Professional course). Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for credit.