Native American Cultures Minor

Select 6 - 9 units from the following:

• AIS 300 - American Indians in Cinema (3 units)

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• AIS 450 - American Indian and Indigenous Cinema (3 units)

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• FEA 450 - American Indian and Indigenous Cinema (3 units)

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• AIS 420 - American Indian Traditional Material Culture, Arts and Crafts (3 units)

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• AIS 340 - American Indian Literature (3 units)

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• ENGL 340 - American Indian Literature (3 units)

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• AIS 345 - Working with American Indian and Indigenous Families (3 units)

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• AIS 335 - American Indian Philosophies (3 units)

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• AIS 336 - Indigenous Philosophies of Sustainability (3 units)

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• AIS 454 - Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the United States and American Territories (3 units)

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• AH 454 - Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the United States and American Territories (3 units)

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• AIS 485 - American Indians and the Law (3 units)

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• AIS 490 - Selected Topics in American Indian Studies (1 -3 units)

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• AIS 499 - Directed Studies (1 -3 units)

Anthropology:

• ANTH 321 - North American Indians (3 units)
• ANTH 322 - California Indians (3 units)
• ANTH 329 - Cultural Diversity in California (3 units)
• ANTH 448 - Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America (3 units)
• ANTH 449 - Prehistoric Cultures of North America (3 units)
• ANTH 450 - Archaeological Field Research (1-10 units) (maximum 3 units approved by advisor)
• ANTH 451 - Archaeological Artifacts Analyses (3 units) (can only be taken once)
• ANTH 487 - Cultural Resource Management (3 units)

Museum Studies/CRM:

• AIS 222 - American Indian Museum Studies (3 units)
• AH 430 - Introduction to Curatorial Practices (3 units)
• AH 431 - History of Museums and Exhibitions (3 units)
• ANTH 487 - Cultural Resource Management (3 units)

American Indian Studies:

• AIS 105 - American Indian History - Pre 1871 (3 units)
• AIS 106 - American Indian History - Post 1871 (3 units)

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• AIS 215 - U.S. Diversity and the Ethnic Experience (3 units)

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• AIS 319 - The Ethnic Experience in the U.S. (3 units)

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• AIS 308 - California Indian History (3 units)

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• AIS 313 - American Indian Genders and Sexualities (3 units)

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• WGSS 313 - American Indian Genders and Sexualities (3 units)

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• AIS 497 - Fieldwork in American Indian Studies (1 -3 units)

American Studies:

• AMST 300 - Introduction to American Studies (3 units)
• AMST 350 - California Culture (3 units)

Art/Art History:

• AH 114 - Foundation Art History: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America (3 units)
• ART 254 - Introduction to Wood (3 units)

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• ART 354A - Furniture Making: Joinery and Structure (3 units)

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• ART 354B - Furniture Making: Bending, Forming and Sculpting (3 units)

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• AH 430 - Introduction to Curatorial Practices (3 units)
• AH 431 - History of Museums and Exhibitions (3 units)

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• ART 440 - Art in Public Places: Theory and Practice (3 units)

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• ART 540 - Art in Public Places: Theory and Practice (3 units)

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• AH 456 - Native American Art (3 units)

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• AH 556 - Native American Art (3 units)

Comparative World Literature:

• CWL 315 - Literature and Medicine (3 units)
• CWL 320 - Comic Spirit (3 units)
• CWL 415 - Ethnic Literature and Culture in America (3 units)

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