American Indian and Indigenous Studies Minor
The American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor provides a meaningful grounding in the histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of peoples indigenous to North America, as well as their encounters with settler states. The curriculum increasingly provides opportunities for students to gain a hemispheric perspective that includes the histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
The undergraduate minor in American Indian and indigenous studies consists of five courses. Courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category. At least one course must be at the 300 level or above.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| AMST/HIST 110 |  Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America | 3 |
| History (at least one, see list below) | 3 | |
| Law and Social Science (at least one, see list below) | 3 | |
| Language and Expressive Culture (at least one, see list below) | 3 | |
| Elective (one from the above categories) | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Students may petition the director of undergraduate studies to have courses not listed approved to fulfill minor requirements; such courses will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
History
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 337 | American Indian Activism since 1887: Beyond Red Power | 3 |
| AMST 339 | The Long 1960s in Native America | 3 |
| AMST 341 | Digital Native America | 3 |
| AMST 510 | Federal Indian Law and Policy | 3 |
| AMST 511 | American Indians and American Law | 3 |
| AMST/ANTH 203 | Approaches to American Indian Studies 1 | 3 |
| AMST/ANTH/HIST 234 | Native American Tribal Studies H | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 231 | Native American History: The East | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 233 | Native American History: The West | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 235 | Native America in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Latin America under Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIST 145 | Latin American Indigenous Peoples | 3 |
| HIST 240 | Introduction to Mexico: A Nation in Four Revolutions | 3 |
| HIST 315 | Nation-Building in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 526 | History of the Andes | 3 |
| HIST/WGST 576 | The Ethnohistory of Native American Women | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
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Strongly encouraged, though not required.
Law and Social Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 510 | Federal Indian Law and Policy | 3 |
| AMST 511 | American Indians and American Law | 3 |
| AMST/ANTH/HIST 234 | Native American Tribal Studies H | 3 |
| ANTH 121 | Ancient Cities of the Americas | 3 |
| ANTH 206 | American Indian Societies | 3 |
| ANTH 231 | The Inca and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Andean South America | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Ancestral Maya Civilizations H | 3 |
| ANTH 250 | Archaeology of North America H | 3 |
| ANTH 252 | Archaeology of Food | 3 |
| ANTH 451 | Field School in North American Archaeology H | 6 |
| ANTH 550 | Archaeology of the American South | 3 |
| RELI 448 | Native and Christian: Indigenous Engagements with Christianity | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Language and Expressive Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 246 | Indigenous Storytelling: Oral, Written, and Visual Literatures of Native America | 3 |
| AMST 336 | Native Americans in Film | 3 |
| AMST 338 | American Indian Novel | 3 |
| AMST 340 | American Indian Art and Material Culture through Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 |
| AMST 439 | Meaning and Makers: Indigenous Artists and the Marketplace | 3 |
| ANTH 406 | Native Writers | 3 |
| ARTH 160 | Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica H | 3 |
| ARTH 469 | Art of the Aztec Empire | 3 |
| CHER 101 | Elementary Cherokee Language I | 3 |
| CHER 102 | Elementary Cherokee Language II | 3 |
| CHER 203 | Intermediate Cherokee Language I | 3 |
| CHER 204 | Intermediate Cherokee Language II | 3 |
| LING 558 | Ancient Mayan Hieroglyphs | 3 |
| LING 560 | Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 561 | Native Languages of the Americas | 3 |
| MAYA 401 | Introduction to Yucatec Maya | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| SPAN 374 | Mesoamerica through Its Native Literatures | 3 |
| SPAN 625 | Indigenous Literatures and Cultures of the Américas | 3 |
| SPAN 683 | Guaraní Linguistics | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Department Programs
Majors
- American Studies Major, B.A.
- American Studies Major, B.A.–American Indian and Indigenous Studies Concentration
Minors
Graduate Programs
