Updated 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog
Indigenous Studies
Programs
- Indigenous Studies, B.A. major
- Indigenous Sustainability Studies, B.S. major
- Indigenous Studies minor
- Indigenous Sustainability Studies minor
- Ojibwe minor
- Indigenous Studies cert
- Ojibwe Language Instruction cert
Indigenous Studies, B.A. major
Required Credits: 36
Required GPA: 2.25
I REQUIRED COURSES
Complete the following courses:
- INST 1107 Introduction to Turtle Island (3 credits)
- INST 1202 Indigenous Environmental Current Events (3 credits)
- INST 2201 Creation to Contact (3 credits)
- INST 2202 Survivance Since Contact (3 credits)
- INST 3307 Ojibwe History (3 credits)
or OJIB 1100 Ojibwe Culture (4 credits) - INST 4000 Nation Building and Leadership (3 credits)
- OJIB 1111 Elementary Ojibwe I (4 credits)
- OJIB 1112 Elementary Ojibwe II (4 credits)
II REQUIRED GUIDED ELECTIVES
Select a minimum of 10 credits from the following
courses:
- INST 2410 Ojibwe Crafts (2 credits)
- INST 3170 Indigenous Education (3 credits)
- INST 3888 Indigenous Women Writers (3 credits)
- INST 3890 Genealogy and Clan Systems (3 credits)
- INST 4207 Indigenous Lifeways (3 credits)
- INST 4418 Federal Indian Law (3 credits)
- INST 4900 Social Justice (3 credits)
- SOWK 3780 Family And Child Welfare (3 credits)
Program Learning Outcomes| Indigenous Studies, B.A.
1. Articulation of the multidisciplinary scope in Indigenous Studies: Science, law, literature, writing, sociology, psychology and philosopfy as disciplines that make up Indigenous Studies.
2. Cultural Genocide and Resistance: Students will identify and analyze the policies of assimilation and cultural genocide and Indigenous resistance to those policies.
3. Diversity: Students will learn about the diversity of American Indian cultures and histories throughout them Americas.
4. Pre-contact and Post-contact: Student will understand the consequences of contact by examining both pre- and post-contact Indigenous peoples.
5. Professional multidisciplinary skills: Students will be able to develop professional skills in punctuality, writing, communicating, presentation, research and critical thinking.
6. Social Justice Awareness: Students will be able to identity social justice strategies and apply them to individual social situations.
7. Sovereignty and Decolonization: Apply what they have learned towards the work of cultural and language revitalization.