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Undergraduate Courses

Core Courses

AIS Majors complete all four courses. AIS Minors complete three of the four courses.

248 - Indigenous Knowledge & Worldviews
323 - American Indian Policy & History
496T - Indigenous Intellectual Traditions
AIS 220 - Contemporary American Indian Issues

AIS Electives

AIS Majors complete 15 units; AIS Minors complete 3 units from the following:

AIS 160A1 - Many Nations of Native America
AIS 200 - Introduction to American Indian Studies
AIS 336 - History and Philosophy of the Dine People
AIS 344 - Native Americans in Film
AIS 348A - Educating Native Americans: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives
AIS 393 - Internship
AIS 399 - Independent Study
AIS 403 - Globalization and Indigenous People
AIS 415 - American Indians and the Urban Experience
AIS 426A - Principles of Indigenous Economics
AIS 431A - Traditional Ecological Knowledge
AIS 434 - Tribal Government
AIS 441A - Natural Resource Management in Native Communities
AIS 448 - Producing and Assessing Social Research with Indian Communities
AIS 450 - American Indian Women
AIS 452A - Mixed Media Stories: Stories in Text and Film
AIS 465 - Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)
AIS 485 - American Indian Gaming
AIS 493 - Internship
AIS 495A - American Indian Studies
AIS 498A - Honors Thesis
ANTH/AIS 346 - Migrations and Landscapes of the Ancient Southwest
ENGL/AIS 278 - American Indian Literature
ENGL/AIS 477 - Studies of Native American Literature
GEOG 397C - Native SOAR
GEOG/AIS 312 - Native American Geography
LAS/POL/AIS 356 - Indigenous Resistance in Latin America
LAW/AIS 450A - Native American Law & Policy
LING/AIS 104A - Beginning Diné Language
LING/AIS 104B - Beginning Diné Language
LING/AIS 204A - Intermediate Diné Language
LING/AIS 204B - Intermediate Diné Language
LING/AIS 210 - American Indian Languages
LING/AIS 307A - Elementary Tohono O'odham Language
LING/AIS 307B - Elementary Tohono O'odham Language
LING/AIS 427 - Linguistics for Native American Communities
MAS/AIS 405 - Traditional Indian Medicine
RELI/AIS 212 - American Indian Religious Traditions
RELI/AIS 407 - Religion, Spirituality, and the Sacred in Native North America

Additional Electives

AIS Majors complete 12 units; AIS Minors complete 6 units from the following:

AIS 160A1 - Many Nations of Native America
AIS 200 - Introduction to American Indian Studies
AIS 336 - History and Philosophy of the Dine People
AIS 344 - Native Americans in Film
AIS 348A - Educating Native Americans: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives
AIS 393 - Internship
AIS 399 - Independent Study
AIS 403 - Globalization and Indigenous People
AIS 415 - American Indians and the Urban Experience
AIS 420A - Indigenous Children's Literature
AIS 426A - Principles of Indigenous Economics
AIS 431A - Traditional Ecological Knowledge
AIS 434 - Tribal Government
AIS 441A - Natural Resource Management in Native Communities
AIS 448 - Producing and Assessing Social Research with Indian Communities
AIS 450 - American Indian Women
AIS 452A - Mixed Media Stories: Stories in Text and Film
AIS 465 - Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)
AIS 485 - American Indian Gaming
AIS 493 - Internship
AIS 495A - American Indian Studies
AIS 498A - Honors Thesis
ANTH/AIS 346 - Migrations and Landscapes of the Ancient Southwest
ENGL/AIS 278 - American Indian Literature
ENGL/AIS 477 - Studies of Native American Literature
GEOG 397C - Native SOAR
GEOG/AIS 312 - Native American Geography
LAS/POL/AIS 356 - Indigenous Resistance in Latin America
LAW/AIS 450A - Native American Law & Policy
LING/AIS 104A - Beginning Diné Language
LING/AIS 104B - Beginning Diné Language
LING/AIS 204A - Intermediate Diné Language
LING/AIS 204B - Intermediate Diné Language
LING/AIS 210 - American Indian Languages
LING/AIS 307A - Elementary Tohono O'odham Language
LING/AIS 307B - Elementary Tohono O'odham Language
LING/AIS 427 - Linguistics for Native American Communities
MAS/AIS 405 - Traditional Indian Medicine
RELI/AIS 212 - American Indian Religious Traditions
RELI/AIS 407 - Religion, Spirituality, and the Sacred in Native North America