Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Perceptions and realities of Native people living in and responding to American society and culture. Topics include representations, contemporary Native identity, literature, the arts, history, film, and issues of diversity. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examines the role of American Indians in the movie industry. Explores the development of American Indian characters and filmmaking, and the relevance for Native communities, through feature films and academic analysis. One focus is a comparison of non-Native and Native films in form, content, and message, and the changing character of Native representation in both. Offered irregularly. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Summer)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Introduction to the multidisciplinary aspects of American Indian Studies. Topics include the relevant events and ideas defining the contemporary American Indian experience, on and off reservation, in the United States. Sovereignty, identity, jurisdiction, taxes, economic development, education, and other issues are addressed. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 2250).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Cultures and histories of Native people who have called the present state of Iowa home; primary focus on the period between 1700 CE and the present; Native interactions with Spanish, French, British, and American people. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 2400).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Credit in or enrollment in ENGL 1500
Survey of American Indian Literature of varying genres, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film, drama, and media. Focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to American Indian cultural, social, and environmental issues. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examines contemporary issues and important topics affecting Native communities overall. AMIN 2100 recommended. Offered irregularly. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examines the impact of federal American Indian policies on Native communities, especially contemporary Indian Country and communities. Topics include sovereignty, recognition, the role of the Supreme Court, specific policies like allotment, and other relevant issues. AMIN 2100 recommended. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examines current and historical issues in American Indian education. Topics include traditional education, changes to formal education, tribal colleges and universities, current school systems, and other relevant topics. AMIN 2100 recommended. Offered odd-numbered years. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with NREM 3130).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examines Native land rights, water rights, and natural resources. Topics may include Native relations to landscapes, cultural resources and infrastructure projects, land rights, water usage agreements, and resource policies as they apply to on- and off-reservation Native communities. AMIN 2100 recommended. Offered even-numbered years. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ANTHR 5150).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3150).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2020
Prehistory and early history of North America as reconstructed from archaeological evidence; peopling of the New World; culture- historical sequences of major culture areas; linkages of archaeological traditions with selected ethnohistorically known Native American groups.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ANTHR 5200).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3200).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2020
Prehistoric societies of the Great Plains region of North America, from initial occupation to European contact; emphasis on sociocultural changes, continuities, and adaptations to changing environments using archaeological, ecological, ethnographic information.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ANTHR 5220).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3220).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2010 or AMIN 2100
Origin, distribution, and pre-contact life of the indigenous peoples of North America. Survey of culture areas; language families, social and political systems, ecological and economic adaptations, religion and spirituality; impact of European contact; cultural resilience and revitalization in contemporary American Indian life. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3240).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Overview of historic and contemporary health and health care in Native Communities. Indian Health Service and specific regulations. Consideration of both cultural and scientific approaches to medicine. Specific health issues (e.g., diabetes, alcoholism, depression, etc.) in American Indian communities. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Indigenous agriculture in North America. Topics include pre-contact agriculture in North America, cultural perspectives on agriculture, the changes caused by contact with Europeans, and the state of contemporary Native agriculture in a global market. Themes may include Native solutions to challenges of hunger and inadequate nutrition, food sovereignty, seed saving, and food deserts. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 5320A/ ANTHR 5320A).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3320A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2010 or ANTHR 3060
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 5320B/ ANTHR 5320B).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3320B).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2010 or ANTHR 3060
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 5320C/ ANTHR 5320C).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3320C).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2010 or ANTHR 3060
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 5320D/ ANTHR 5320D).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3320D).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ANTHR 2010 or ANTHR 3060
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 3460).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Focused study of American Indian literature of varying genres, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film, drama, and media. Examines interdisciplinary approaches to American Indian cultural, social, and environmental issues. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ARCH 4260).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Prereq: Junior classification
History, theory, and principles of Native American/American Indian architecture, landscape architecture and planning considering relationships to the culture, visual arts, site, and surroundings. Credit counts toward fulfillment History, Theory, Culture. Graduation Restriction: A maximum of 6 credits of ARCH 4260 may be applied to degree program.
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: 6 credits AMIN; Permission of Program Director
Designed to meet the needs of students who wish to study in areas other than those in which courses are offered. Graduation Restriction: No more than 6 credits in AMIN 4900 may be counted toward graduation. If more than 3 credits in AMIN 4900 are taken, they must be from different instructors.
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
(Dual-listed with AMIN 3320A/ ANTHR 3320A).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 5320A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 3320B/ ANTHR 3320B).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 5320B).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 3320C/ ANTHR 3320C).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 5320C).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.
(Dual-listed with AMIN 3320D/ ANTHR 3320D).
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 5320D).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Exploration of key contemporary and historical issues in Native North America; discussion of current anthropological approaches to studying Native North America in a global context. Topics vary each time offered. ANTHR 3220 or AMIN 2100 recommended. Graduation Restriction: Only 9 credits of ANTHR/AMIN 3320A, 3320B, 3320C, 3320D may count toward graduation.