Undergraduate Bulletin

Requirements for the Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS)

All courses for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Completion of the minor requires 21 credits. At least nine of the 21 credits must be taken at Stony Brook. At least three of the courses must be at the upper-division level.

Requirements

• NAI 101 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies (3 credits)

and at least two additional NAI courses (6 credits) such as:

• NAI 211 Native American Literature, Culture and Art
• NAI 221 Native American Peoples and Environmental Justice

• EXP+ (This SBC can be fulfilled through an experiential learning component of an NAI course or related course, or through NAI 488 (Internship).

Students are required to choose four electives from among NAI courses and related courses offered by other programs (12 credits).

Topics will vary from semester to semester. Approved courses include:

• ANT 102 What Makes Us Human?
• ANT 203: Native Americans
• ANT 230: Peoples of the World
• EGL 376: The Literature of Imperialism
• EGL 378: Contemporary Native American Fiction
• EGL 379: Native American Texts and Contexts
• HIS 213: Colonial Latin America
• HIS 314: Indigenous-Settler Relations in the United States
• HIS 338: Asian and Pacific Islanders in American History
• HIS 385: Aztec Civilization
• HIS 386: The Maya
• HUS 150: Latin American Indigenous Peoples
• LAN 111: Uncommonly Taught Language I, Algonquian
• LAN 112: Uncommonly Taught Language II, Algonquian
• SOC 110: Fire Ecology, Climate Change, & Indigenous Knowledge

Additional elective courses may be approved at the discretion of the Director of NAIS.