Native American studies

Degree requirements

Examines the complexity of colonization by focusing on a range of cultural, artistic, social, and historical issues that confront the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Collateral requirements

May 19, 2009icipation in an approved study abroad program such as the VCU summer programs in Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. Appropriate academic credit earned through study abroad will apply toward completion of the minor. Students are required to complete Spanish or Portuguese through the intermediate level (201 and 202), 3 credits of which may be applied toward the area studies concentration. Native speakers of a language cannot use intermediate credit in that language as part of the credits for the Native American studies minor.

Required courses

6 credits from the following three courses:

ANTH 348 South American Ethnography
ARTH 335 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
HIST 109 Survey of Latin American History I