American Indian Studies (AIST)
AIST-101 
American Indian Studies
3 Credits
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Offering: Fall, Spring, and Summer, All Years
This course provides a general overview of American Indian history, culture, philosophy, religious practices, music, art, literature, tribal law, government, and sovereignty. The course will focus on both traditional and contemporary cultures with an emphasis on issues in American Indian life. The course will also cover the origins and development of content and method in American Indian studies, focusing on patterns of persistence and change in American Indian communities, especially political, linguistic, social, legal, and cultural change.
AIST-285 
American Indian Literature
3 Credits
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Offering: Spring Only, All Years
This course explores traditional American Indian world views and belief systems as reflected in myths and legends, as well as contemporary poetry, short stories, and novels by Native Americans. The difference between American Indian and Eurocentric world views and the implications of these differences will be considered, as illustrated in literature. The course will also explore political, sociological, and psychological effects on American Indians of U.S. governmental policies and actions taken in regard to various tribes. This course is the same as ENGL-285.
Prerequisites: ENGL-101
Recommended Prerequisites: ENGL-175