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3.00 Credits
Description: This class explores a series of topics and themes focused on Native Peoples and urban settings, including migration, urbanization and the creation of cities and urban communities. The class will emphasis: literature; U.S. policy; and theoretical and practical implications. Graduate-level requirements include to present a 15-20 page research paper as opposed to a 5-8 page term paper. Graduate students will also be graded on a total of 500 points as opposed to 250 points. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Typical structure: 2 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion. Identical to: ANTH 515. May be convened with: AIS 415. Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The historical development and contemporary significance of the life of the Native American of the United States. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ANTH 516. Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The course encompasses the greater Southwest, including northern Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present. Evidence from archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and biological anthropology is integrated. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of Indian, Hispanic, and Euroamerican peoples and their adaptation to and exploitation of the natural environment through time. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth familiarity with a subfield of choice through preparation of a substantial research paper (15-25 pages) and submission of weekly critical memos on required readings. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Equivalent to: ANTV518 Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: AIS 518 or ANTV 518 Identical to: ANTH 518; ANTH is home department. May be convened with: AIS 418. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Origin and distribution of native populations of North America; historical development and interrelations of cultures. Graduate-level requirements include an oral presentation and a research paper. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ANTH 521; ANTH is home department. May be convened with: AIS 421. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Historical and cultural background, and contemporary economic, political and social organization of indigenous and non-indigenous groups in rural Mexico. Primarily concerned with the people of the countryside, and the Mexican revolution. Graduate-level requirements include graduate students to read and critique graduate readings as well as 10 ethnohistories/ethnographies of Mexico of their choice (approved by instructor) as part of their biweekly memo readings. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ANTH 523; ANTH is home department. May be convened with: AIS 423. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: contact department. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ENGL 524; ENGL is home department. May be convened with: AIS 424. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course examines the issues surrounding economic development as indigenous peoples and their respective organizations enter the 21st Century. The course will cover a broad range of issues including sovereignty, constitutional reform and by-law development, cultural preservation, securitization of resources, intellectual property, religious freedom, health, social welfare and education. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: LAW 525; LAW is home department. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This interdisciplinary course is a survey of various popular and Indigenous medicinal systems that fall under the rubric known as Mexican Traditional Medicine (MTM). Mexican scholar Carlos Viesca Trevi? defines MTM as medicinal knowledge(s) that emanate from Mesoamerican world views and that have adapted to historical and social conditions in the Americas. This course will explore various expressions of MTM, with a special emphasis on Indigenous medicinal approaches to healing that exemplify both continuities and adaptations. We will compare across cultures some shared values in various Indigenous systems as well as how they are uniquely expressed in contemporary settings. We will also draw from the local knowledge holders of Indigenous populations from this region to compare various approaches in traditional medicine. This course will introduce students to the relationship between place, healing and cosmology in Indigenous-based cultures that maintain curing traditions and practices. We will explore the theories and philosophies that are used in MTM as well as applied knowledge and practices that are useful for self care and community wellness. The group project for graduate students requires a deeper level of analysis. Graduate students will meet in their group an additional three sessions to discuss their research projects. The graduate research paper will be weighted twice as heavy as the undergraduate paper, with greater expectations in research, writing and analysis. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: MAS 535; MAS is home department. May be convened with: AIS 435. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: In-depth linguistic analysis of selected phonological, syntactic, and semantic problems in a non-Western language, concentrating on native languages of the Southwest area. Graduate-level requirements include a higher level of performance. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be repeated: for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments). Identical to: LING 545A; LING is home department. May be convened with: AIS 445A. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This integrative course is designed to help students become professional and ethical researchers who produce the highest quality scholarship. The identification of significant research problems and the choice of appropriate and rigorous methodologies and techniques will be discussed. Students will gain experience in formulating a research problem that is theoretically important to American Indian Studies, well focused, and can be done in a reasonable amount of time. Special attention will be given to formulating a realistic Master's thesis project. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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