Bulletin Year: 2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog. | View this program in the current bulletin.

NAS majors must achieve a GPA of 2.25 or higher in all major required courses.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Native American Studies department page.

Total Credits Required 122
Liberal Studies
30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Native American Studies Major42
Required Core Courses18
NAS 100 Native American Studies First Year Experience Seminar **2
NAS 204 Native American Experience [Div I] 4
NAS 212 Michigan & Wisconsin Tribal Relations [Div II] 4
NAS 310 Tribal Law and Government [Div II] 4
NAS 315 History of Indian Boarding School Education [Div I] 4
Anishinaabemowin (Anishinaabe Language)4
NAS 101 Anishinaabe Language, Culture and Community I [Div V] or4
NAS 207 Seasonal Exploration Anishinaabe Language (4 cr.) [Div V] (A, B, or C)
Capstone (both theoretical and applied) 8
NAS 404 Research and Engagement in Native American Studies 4
NAS 488 Native American Service Learning Project (1 - 4 cr.) 4
Native American Studies Electives12
Choose twelve credits from below with at least eight credits at the 300 level or above.
AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AN 320 Native Peoples of North America (4 cr.) [Div II]
AN 330 Indians of the Western Great Lakes (4 cr.)
CJ 460 Native American Justice (4 cr.)
EN 311Z World Literature in English * (4 cr.) [Div I]
EN 314 Traditional Oral Literatures: Selected Native American Cultures (4 cr.) [Div I]
EN 316 Native American Novels and Poetry (4 cr.) [Div I]
EN 317 Native American Drama, Nonfiction and Short Stories (4 cr.) [Div I]
EN 410 Genres of Writing * (1 - 4 cr.)
EN 430 Major Authors * (3 - 4 cr.)
HS 233 Native American History (4 cr.) [Div II]
HS 234 Indigenous People of Latin America (4 cr.) [Div I]
MU 325 World Music * (4 cr.) [Div IV]
All courses with NAS prefix not already included in required courses.
Minor20-24
Choose any minor except Native American Studies.

Special topics courses, directed studies and course substitutions with significant Native American subject matter from other academic areas may be added with NAS Faculty Affairs Committee and department head approval prior to offering the course.

*Course with variable content. Credit only applies when there is primarily Native American subject matter.

**Transfer students seeking a NAS major or late add-on NAS majors may substitute another two-credit NAS course in place of this freshmen seminar with the approval of the CNAS Faculty Affairs curriculum subcommittee.


Bulletin Year: 2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.