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Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

Introduction to General Education

Complete 1 course - 1 unit

  • UNIV 101

English Composition

Complete one of the following groups:

  • ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 
  • ENGL 107 and ENGL 108 
  • ENGL 109H

Foundations Math

Complete one of the following, or higher math classes:

  • PHIL 110
  • LING 123
  • MATH 107
  • MATH 112

Second Language

Students must complete fourth-semester proficiency in a second language.

Exploring Perspectives

Complete 4 courses - 12 units

  • Artist
  • Humanist
  • Social Scientist
  • Natural Scientist

Building Connections

Complete 3 courses - 9 units

  • Building Connections #1
  • Building Connections #2
  • Building Connections #3

General Education Portfolio

Complete 1 course - 1 unit

  • UNIV 301

Major Requirements

A minimum of 39 units in AIS courses is required for the major. This includes all 4 core courses, 15 units of AIS elective courses, and 12 additional AIS elective courses. 18 units of AIS courses must be upper division (300-499 level) courses. The courses listed below can be used to complete the major in American Indian Studies.

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AIS Core Courses

AIS 220 - Contemporary American Indian Issues

This course introduces student to various approaches and theories involved in American Indian studies. Intended for those minoring in American Indian studies, course serves as basis for further upper division course work. Provides overview of current issues affecting tribes in U.S. Large component focuses on contemporary U.S. policy toward Native Americans and its affect within Native communities.

AIS 248 - Indigenous Knowledge & Worldviews

Indigenous Knowledges & Worldviews examines Indigenous knowledge systems and worldviews centered around place, and its relationship to identity, knowledge, values, pedagogies, history, kinship, livelihood, self-determination, sovereignty, language, stories, and forms of expression.

AIS 323 - American Indian Policy & History

The course introduces key components of United States federal laws and policies that parallel the historical development of American Indians in each era of change, impacting tribal government and individual Indians. Topics include the origins and scope of federal powers on Indian affairs, authority of tribal government, Indian Country jurisdiction, and current issues.

AIS 496T - Indigenous Intellectual Traditions

Students will embark on an in-depth exploration of the work of one Indigenous Intellectual. Students will study several primary source works and analyze them within the cultural and sociopolitical frameworks in which they were written.

Minor or Second Major

A minor or second major is required to complete this degree.

Other Information

Students may double dip up to 9 units of AIS credit with a second major/degree as long as the second major/degree agrees.

For information about double dipping rules with General Education requirements, contact the AIS Advisor.

Contact Us

For more information about AIS Undergraduate Studies, please contact the AIS main office, Undergraduate Advisor Vanessa DeCardenas, or Dr. Tristan Reader, Director of Undergraduate Studies.

AIS Main Office
aisp@arizona.edu
520-621-7108

Vanessa DeCardenas, Advisor
vmdecardenas@arizona.edu

Dr. Tristan Reader, Director of Undergraduate Studies
treader@arizona.edu