American Indian and Indigenous Studies Minor
The American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor provides a meaningful grounding in the histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of peoples indigenous to North America, as well as their encounters with settler states. The curriculum increasingly provides opportunities for students to gain a hemispheric perspective that includes the histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
The minor in American Indian and indigenous studies consists of five courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| AMST/HIST 110 |  Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America | 3 |
| Select four additional courses from the list below | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMST FYS | First-Year Seminar 1 | |
| AMST/ANTH 203 | Approaches to American Indian Studies | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 231 | Native American History: The East | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 233 | Native American History: The West | 3 |
| AMST/ANTH/HIST 234 | Native American Tribal Studies H | 3 |
| AMST/HIST 235 | Native America in the 20th Century | 3 |
| AMST 246 | Indigenous Storytelling: Oral, Written, and Visual Literatures of Native America | 3 |
| AMST 336 | Native Americans in Film | 3 |
| AMST 337 | American Indian Activism since 1887: Beyond Red Power | 3 |
| AMST 338 | American Indian Novel | 3 |
| AMST 339 | The Long 1960s in Native America | 3 |
| AMST 340 | American Indian Art and Material Culture through Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 |
| AMST 341 | Digital Native America | 3 |
| AMST 345 | Issues in the Indigenous World | 3 |
| AMST 439 | Meaning and Makers: Indigenous Artists and the Marketplace | 3 |
| AMST 510 | Federal Indian Law and Policy | 3 |
| AMST 511 | American Indians and American Law | 3 |
| ANTH 121 | Ancient Cities of the Americas | 3 |
| ANTH 206 | American Indian Societies | 3 |
| ANTH 231 | The Inca and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Andean South America | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Ancestral Maya Civilizations H | 3 |
| ANTH 250 | Archaeology of North America H | 3 |
| ANTH 252 | Archaeology of Food | 3 |
| ANTH 406 | Native Writers | 3 |
| ANTH 451 | Field School in North American Archaeology H | 6 |
| ANTH 550 | Archaeology of the American South | 3 |
| ARTH 160 | Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica H | 3 |
| CHER 101 | Elementary Cherokee Language I | 3 |
| CHER 102 | Elementary Cherokee Language II | 3 |
| CHER 203 | Intermediate Cherokee Language I | 3 |
| CHER 204 | Intermediate Cherokee Language II | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Latin America under Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIST 145 | Latin American Indigenous Peoples | 3 |
| HIST 240 | Introduction to Mexico: A Nation in Four Revolutions | 3 |
| HIST 315 | Nation-Building in Latin America H | 3 |
| HIST 526 | History of the Andes | 3 |
| HIST/WGST 576 | The Ethnohistory of Native American Women | 3 |
| LING 558 | Ancient Mayan Hieroglyphs | 3 |
| LING 560 | Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 561 | Native Languages of the Americas | 3 |
| MAYA 401 | Introduction to Yucatec Maya | 3 |
| RELI 448 | Native and Christian: Indigenous Engagements with Christianity | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| SPAN 374 | Mesoamerica through Its Native Literatures | 3 |
| SPAN 625 | Indigenous Literatures and Cultures of the Américas | 3 |
| SPAN 683 | Guaraní Linguistics | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
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With permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, one AMST First-Year Seminar course with relevant American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) content can count as an elective for the minor.
Department Programs
Majors
- American Studies Major, B.A.
- American Studies Major, B.A.–American Indian and Indigenous Studies Concentration
Minors
Graduate Programs
