Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program will encourage students to understand and appreciate the roles of history, culture and politics in the development of tribal world views, world views that relate to modern life and contemporary issues of concern for native peoples. Students will be given opportunities to identify historical, cultural and political diversity and significance in native oral traditions and written literature's and to understand historical experiences and contemporary issues from the perspective of American Indian peoples. Central to all these classes is tribal sovereignty and the shaping of that sovereignty by tribal self-determination as well as by relationships with the federal government and with the states. Students will have the chance to become familiar with at least one tribal language and inherent in this degree's curriculum and related activities is the expectation that students and faculty will assume an active role in working with and for Indigenous communities.

Modul program

The course include Foundation classes (9 hours): AIST 1001 Foundations in American Indian Studies, AIST 1350 American Indians in Contemporary Society, AIST 2210 North American Indians, AIST 2290 History of North American Indians. The required core (15 hours one class from each of 5 subject areas): Tribal Governance - AIST 3300 American Indian Law, AIST 4100 Tribal Governments, Literature - AIST 2340 Native American Literature and Culture, AIST 2345 American Indians in Hollywood Film, AIST 3100 Tribal Literatures of the Great Plains, AIST 4460 American Indian Literature, History - AIST 3000 Plains History and Culture, AIST 4000 Indians of Wyoming, AIST 4466 American Indian Ethnohistory, Environment and Resource Management - AIST 3200 Indigenous Peoples and their Environments, AIST 4340 Natural Resource Mgt on Western Reservations, Ways of Knowing - AIST 3400 Traditional Ecological Knowledge, AIST 4110 Foundations in American Indian Education, AIST 4200 Indigenous Communities Abroad: International Travel, AIST 4740 Native American Languages and Cultures, Capstone Internship (4 hours): AIST 4020 Internship active participation in and service to an Indigenous community in the U.S. or elsewhere, Language Classes (8 hours): AIST 1010 and AIST 1020 First and second semester Northern Arapaho or first and second semester Eastern Shoshone or 8 hours of another American Indian or Alaskan Native language.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students must have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or above based on a 4.0 grading scale, with a composite ACT score of at least 20 or a SAT composite score of at least 960 (combined math and verbal). International students whose native is not English must have a minimum TOEFL score of 525 on paper, 197 computer-based or 71 internet-based. In addition, those who are wishing to study in the college of engineering must have a minimum 550 on paper, 213 computer-based or 80 internet-based. Pharmacy students should consult directly the pharmacy school on their requirements. IELTS exam scores must have a 5.5 minimum (6.0 required for engineering majors).

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

University Of Wyoming

Nama jurusan

College of Arts and Sciences, American Indian Studies