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Curriculum Requirements
Curriculum Requirements
The Certificate Program in Native American Studies will allow
students to gain a structured understanding of the issues affecting contemporary
Native American communities, gain a more sensitive understanding of the
unique cultures rooted in this hemisphere, and develop a greater appreciation
of the cultures and peoples of eastern North America.
Students must take six courses (18 credits) in three subject
areas: Diversity, Contemporary Issues, and
Cultural Expressions. Related courses may apply to the
certificate only upon consent of the advisory board. As part of
the 18 credit requirement, students must take Anthropology
370, Contemporary Issues In Native America: A Focus on the Northeast,
which is offered during the spring semesters at the University.
In addition, Certificate candidates must take one course from
each of the three subject areas, and two additional courses approved
by the Program Director.
The written approval of the Certificate candidate's
Academic Major advisor and the Program Director is required for
entry into the program. Students may apply no more than six transfer
credits to their certificate program upon the approval of the Director.
Pass/fail grades will not be accepted towards fullfilling the Certificate.
Students considering the Certificate Program should take Anthropology
100 or 104 as a General Education requirement;
however neither will count toward the necessary credits.
The Director and Advisors will inform
students about other courses available at UMass and Amherst, Hampshire,
Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges suitable for fullfilling the
Certificate's requirements.
Summary of the Curriculum: 1997 - 2004
Introductory Course:
Anthropology 370: Contemporary Issues in Native America-
A Focus On The Northeast.
This interdisciplinary course is team taught, features a series
of guest lecturers from tribal communities, and presents an environment
for critical thinking which students are expected to utilize in
the program.
Diversity Area:
These courses introduce students to the diversity of nations,
cultures and societies of Native Western Hemisphere peoples. For
instance, Anthropology 270: North American Indians
offers different disciplinary perspectives on the experiences
of this region's Native Peoples.
University of Massachusetts Courses
ANT 197B
Introduction to Native American Indian Studies
ANT 270
North American Indians
ANT 337
Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANT 369
North American Archaeology
ANT 375
South American Archaeology
ANT 397
Andean Archaeology
GEO 494A
American Indian Geographies
HIST 170
Native Peoples of North America
HIST 379
History of the American Westward Expansion
HIST 392
Deerfield 1704
HIST 397C
Native American Women
HIST 572B
Native Peoples of the Northeast
Additional Five College Courses
HIS-US 31
Native American Histories (AC)
NS 135
Health in America to 1492 (HC)
NS 235
American Indian Health 1492-1992 (HC)
ANT 237a
Native South Americans (SC)
ANT 250b
Native Peoples of North America (SC)
HIS 268
North American Indians Since 1500 (SC)
HIS 368
Topics in American Indian History (SC)
Contemporary Issues Area:
Issues faced by Native peoples today are the focus of these courses,
such as Legal Studies 460: The Legalization of American
Indians which deals with how the American legal system
operates as a mechanism of cultural oppression and expropriation,
and restructures Native social and cultural life; STPEC
394d: They Taught You Wrong addresses the historical
and linguistic origins of American misconceptions and stereotypes
of Native peoples and offers an argument for Native Studies.
University of Massachusetts Courses
AFRAM 397A
Native Americans and African Americans
ANT 697
NAGPRA and Issues of Cultural Property in the Northeast
EDUC 377
Introduction to Critical Multicultural Education
GEO 497S
Indigenous Peoples and Conservation
HIST 398N
Native American Activism in New England
STPEC 394D
They Taught You Wrong
Additional Five College Courses
NS 300
Indigenous Women's Health (HC)
ANT 240a
Anthropology of Museums (SC)
ANT 342b
Objects, Selves, Others: Anthropology of Material Culture (SC)
GOV 310
Native Americans in Law and Politics (SC)
Cultural Expressions Area:
These courses offer an appreciation for cultural traditions and
contemporary expressions by Native writers and artists. English
116: Native American Literature introduces students to
narratives, and creative and critical writings authored by Indians.
University of Massachusetts Courses
ANT 234
Art in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANT 497B/697B
Native American Languages
ENG 116
Native American Literatures
ENG 492
Native American Literatures: Four Authors
Additional Five College Courses
ENG 60
Native American Expressive Traditions (AC)
HA 238
Paired Landscapes: Place as Experienced by North American Indians
and Whites (HC)
ARH 201a
American Indian Art and Architecture (SC)
ARH 204a
Arts of the Pre-Columbian Andes (SC)
ARH 205b
Arts of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (SC)
Interested students should contact the Director
or one of the following advisors: Robert Paynter (Anthropology),
Jean Forward (Anthropology), Alice Nash (History), or Joyce Vincent
(Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center).
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