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Programs of Study: Undergrad

American Indian Studies

www.ais.illinois.edu
Acting Director: Jodi Byrd
Office: 1204 W. Nevada, Urbana, (217) 265-9870

Minor in American Indian Studies

American Indian Studies (AIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an interdisciplinary program with four subject areas: (1) Culture, Identity, Ethics, and Community; (2) Sovereignty, Governance, and Politics; (3) Literature, Language, and Performance; (4) Colonialism, Decolonization, and Indigeneity. The thinking and intellectual work of Indigenous Peoples is at the center of AIS. Thus, AIS emphasizes tribal peoples' centuries-long fight for sovereignty, including self-government, economic self-determination, and cultural self-representation.

E-mail: ais@illinois.edu

Hours Requirements
6

Foundation Courses: Students must complete foundation courses.

AIS 101-Intro to Amer Indian Studies
AIS 102-Contemp Issues in Ind Country
12 Subject Area Courses: Students must complete 12 hours selected from 3 of the 4 subject areas.
  Culture, Identity, Ethics, and Community
 
AIS 140-Native Religious Traditions
 
ANTH 165-North American Indians
 
ANTH 288-American Indians of Illinois
  Sovereignty, Governance, and Politics
 
AAS 215-U.S.Citizenship Comparatively
 
HIST 277-U.S. Native Americans to 1850
 
HIST 278-U.S. Native Americans since 1850
 
AIS 280-Intro to Federal Indian Policy
 
AIS 430-Indigenous Governance
  Literature, Language, and Performance
 
AIS 265-Intro to American Indian Lit
 
AIS 275-American Indians and Film
 
AIS 451-Politics of Children's Lit
 
AIS 459-Topics in American Indian Lit
 
AIS 461-Politics of Popular Culture
  Colonialism, Decolonization, and Indigeneity
 
AIS 285-Indigenous Thinkers
 
AIS 301- Theories and Methods in AIS
 
AIS 481-History of Amer Indian Educ
 
AIS 485-Indigenous Transnationalisms
18 Total

Only three courses (9 hours total) at the 100-level may be counted toward the minor.  Students also are required to complete two courses (6 hours) at the 300- or 400-level.  These advanced course credits must be distinct from credit earned for the student’s major or another minor