Minor in Native American Studies
(24 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete at least two of the following core courses:
   HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of various Indian tribes, their cultures, and their relationships with European nations and the United States, including military campaigns.
   
   
   HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Sociocultural factors that affect twentieth-century native Americans in both urban and reservation settings, including current challenges facing Indian communities.
   
   
   HIST 388 : Indians in Colonial America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 388 : Indians in Colonial America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	North American Indian culture, Indian/European interactions, demographic, social, political factors among Indians prior to contact with Europeans through colonization and the American Revolutionary War.
   
   
2. Complete 15 hours from at least three disciplines:
   ANTHR 317 : Native Peoples of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 317 : Native Peoples of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Indian groups at the time of the European arrival; social organization, beliefs, values, economy, and adaptation to environment.
   
   
   ANTHR 350 : Archaeological Cultures of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 350 : Archaeological Cultures of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultural developments of North American Indians (Canada, U.S., and northern Mexico) before Columbus.
   
   
   ANTHR 530 : Great Basin Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 530 : Great Basin Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	Anthr 350 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of ethnography, history of research, and prehistory of the Great Basin culture area. Current issues in archaeological research emphasized.
   
   
   ANTHR 535 : Southwest Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 535 : Southwest Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	Anthr 350 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of ethnography and prehistory of American Southwest. Current issues in archaeological research emphasized.
   
   
   ENGL 358R : Ethnic, Regional, and Other Literatures in English. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 358R : Ethnic, Regional, and Other Literatures in English. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251; or ENGL 252
   DESCRIPTION:	Sections stressing Native American, African American, Chicano, third-world, regional, or other literatures in English.
   
              : Native American Literature.
              : African American Literature.
              : Asian American Literature.
              : Latino/a American Literature.
              : Post-Colonial Literature.
   
   
   (Native American topics only)
   FLANG 102R : First-Year Language Study. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   FLANG 102R : First-Year Language Study. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	FLang 101R in same language.
   DESCRIPTION:	Second-semester speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
   
   
   (Navajo or Shoshone)
   HIST 357 : The Indian in Latin American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 357 : The Indian in Latin American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of Latin American Indians from preconquest days to the present; achievements, contributions, and problems.
   
   
   HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	The American West as a place of great diversity. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, explorations, the fur trade, overland migrations, Indian relations, mining, settlement, and the environment.
   
   
   HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Pivotal developments in the twentieth-century West, including urbanization, Sun Belt migration, political protest, labor history, Native American history, immigration, water policy, tourism, military-industrial complex, Hollywood.
   
   
   HIST 363 : The Spanish Frontier in North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 363 : The Spanish Frontier in North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Spanish exploration, occupation, and institutions of northern Mexico, the American southwest, and Florida, 1521-1821; Mexican period to 1848.
   
   
   HIST 405 : Native American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 405 : Native American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Native American research.
   
   
   **HIST 495R : Directed Research. (3:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   **HIST 495R : Directed Research. (3:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's prior consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Student research directed by faculty member on topic of mutual interest.
   NOTE:	Research assistants must do additional work for credit.
   
   
   **HIST 498R : Directed Readings. (.5-3:3:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   **HIST 498R : Directed Readings. (.5-3:3:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:

   Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   
   
   HUM 425R : Area Studies in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HUM 425R : Area Studies in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of literature, philosophy, and the arts of a particular geographical area. Topics include American, Latin American, and Asian humanities. Topics vary.
   NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.
   
             : American Culture.
             : Latin American Culture.
             : Asian Culture.
             : Islamic Culture.
             : Classics and Eastern America.
             : Arts of Japan.
             : Colonial and Federalist America.
             : America Between World Wars.
             : U.S. and Caribbean Culture.
             : Southwestern Native American Culture.
             : Precolumbian Culture.
             : American Immigrant Experience.
             : Poetry of Americas.
             : Women in Americas.
             : Scandinavian Cultural History.
             : Satire in American Culture.
             : American Popular Culture.
             : Maya Art and Culture.
             : Slavery and Americas.
   
   
   REL C 293R : Specialized Studies in Family History (Genealogy). (1-2:Arr.:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 293R : Specialized Studies in Family History (Genealogy). (1-2:Arr.:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	REL C 261
   DESCRIPTION:	Using documents from specific regional and organizational sources to identify ancestors and submit their names for temple ordinances.
   
               : LDS Family History.
               : United States and Canada Family History.
               : British Family History.
               : Scandinavian Family History.
               : Germanic/Slavic Family History.
               : Hispanic Family History.
               : Southern European Family History.
               : Native American Family History.
   
   
   (Native American topics only)
   SOC 113 : Multicultural America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 113 : Multicultural America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Diverse cultural heritages in the United States. Cultures studied scientifically will include African American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Social psychological and social structural analysis of racial and ethnic relations; prejudice, discrimination, responses, protests, current issues.
   
   
   **SOC 390R : Special Topics in Contemporary Sociology. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   **SOC 390R : Special Topics in Contemporary Sociology. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Course content varies from year to year.
   
   
   
   **Requires approval by NAS coordinator.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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