American Indian Studies

Director: Craig Stone

Program Department Office: F03-308

Telephone: (562) 985‑8703

Faculty: Craig Stone

Academic Advisor: Craig Stone

Department Administrative Support Coordinator: Art Neri Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Courses: AIS  

Career Possibilities

American Indian Affairs • Social Scientist • Archivist, Social Worker • Journalist • Counselor • Teacher • Public Relations Consultant • Community Organizer • School Administrator • Linguist • Law Parole Officer • Probation Officer • Editor • Writer • Urban/Regional Planner • Public Policy Administrator • Foreign Policy Officer • Researcher (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Introduction

American Indian Studies is an interdisciplinary study of the American Indian. The options are designed to provide students with various fields of knowledge of American Indian Studies with opportunities for emphasis on particular topical, cultural and geographical interests. The program is governed by a committee of faculty representing a variety of schools and departments throughout the university.

Courses offer two directions: 1) content directed toward American Indian culture in the North Western Hemisphere; and 2) relevant content leading toward understanding the American Indian experience.

Students may pursue a program in American Indian Studies through a minor or certificate. 

Programs

• Native American Cultures Minor

• American Indian and Indigenous Studies Certificate

Courses

Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• AIS 100A - Composition I
• AIS 100B - Composition II
• AIS 101 - Introduction to the Study of Native American People
• AIS 105 - American Indian History - Pre 1871
• AIS 106 - American Indian History - Post 1871
• AIS 215 - U.S. Diversity and the Ethnic Experience
• AIS 222 - American Indian Museum Studies
• AIS 300 - American Indians in Cinema
• AIS 308 - California Indian History
• AIS 313 - American Indian Genders and Sexualities
• AIS 319 - The Ethnic Experience in the U.S.
• AIS 335 - American Indian Philosophies
• AIS 336 - Indigenous Philosophies of Sustainability
• AIS 340 - American Indian Literature
• AIS 345 - Working with American Indian and Indigenous Families
• AIS 420 - American Indian Traditional Material Culture, Arts and Crafts
• AIS 450 - American Indian and Indigenous Cinema
• AIS 454 - Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the United States and American Territories
• AIS 485 - American Indians and the Law
• AIS 490 - Selected Topics in American Indian Studies
• AIS 497 - Fieldwork in American Indian Studies
• AIS 499 - Directed Studies