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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course is an overview of Native American art and art history before and after contact with Europeans. Through slide shows, lectures and guest speakers, students will study tribal art ranging from Meso-American to Inuit. Students will also create and critique art projects. Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 6 and 7.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course is a survey of the representation of Native peoples in cinema, television and popular culture. You will examine the presentation of Native peoples in classic and popular films. You will critique the accuracy of cultural depiction, the evolution of past and present stereotypes, and discuss trends in current media. Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 6 and 7.
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1.00 Credits
4.00 credits (4.00 lec) This course is an introduction to the Ojibwe language, a spoken language of Minnesotan tribes and those of the north central region of North America. Students will learn basic communication skills that will prepare them for further study and application. The vocabulary centers on everyday themes and seasonal life. Students will also learn language in the context of culture and real-life situations.
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2.00 Credits
4.00 credits (4.00 lec) The course is a continuation of Ojibwe 1. Students will further develop communication skills to prepare them for further study and application. The vocabulary centers on everyday themes and seasonal life. They will learn the language in the context of culture and real-life situations, incorporating more complex grammatical structures, as well as engage in more reading and writing activities. Prerequisites: AMIS 1400.
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1.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course is an introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), a visual/gestural language used by Deaf people. Students will learn sign vocabulary, grammar and about Deaf culture.
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2.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course is an extension of ASL 1. Students will learn new vocabulary and grammar, and develop better expressive and receptive skills. Prerequisites: AMSL 1000.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: One course in AMSL.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course surveys the evolution of American Radicalism (Right and Left Wings) from 1860 to the present. Organizations/Movements discussed include: the KKK, American Nazi Party, Aryan Nations, White Aryan Resistance, Posse Comitatus, Militias, Christian Right, Socialism, Anarchism, Communism, New Left, Women's Movement, American Indian Movement and The Black Panther Party. Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 8. Prerequisites: Placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course focuses on the study of social, cultural, economic, ecological, technological, institutional, and psychological needs, demands and issues as American society hurries toward the future. Accelerated change and the overstimulation of high-speed life in America are examined. The "limits to growth" debate on projections of the interrelationship of population, food, industrialization, pollution and the consumption of nonrenewable resources is analyzed. Fulfills MnTC Goal Area 5 Prerequisites: Placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 lec) Ethnic America celebrates the diversity of American culture through the contributions that various groups (including Native Americans, Hispanics, Africans, Asians, and Europeans) have made to this country, especially in literature and the arts. Students will examine the histories of the peoples who make up this country and the myths and realities of the American "melting pot." Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 6 and 7. Prerequisites: One course from the MnTC Goal Area 1.
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