Native American Studies

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ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES DEGREE

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
The Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in Native American Studies provides core courses that introduce students to Native culture, history, language and values while increasing understanding of the unique political status, rights, and responsibilities of tribal nations. The emphasis is on providing students with a broad and realistic understanding of issues that impact Native communities and people. The Native American Studies degree program is a direct transfer degree designed for students who are interested in transferring to a four-year college or university to complete a bachelor’s degree. Students should consult with their advisor to determine the appropriate courses for their area of interest and to ensure that they meet the requirements of the college or university to which they plan to transfer.

NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
BIOL 104 Biology and Natural History of Puget Sound (meets NSL requirement)..................................................5
CMPS 101 Introduction to Computers, or above.........................................................................................................3
EDUC 110 History of Native American Education (meets SS requirement)...............................................................3
ENGL 236 Survey of Native American Literature (meets HT requirement)...............................................................5
HIST 111 Pre-contact Native American History (meets SS requirement).................................................................2
HIST 112 Post-contact Native American History (meets SS requirement)................................................................3
HMDV110 Introduction to Successful Learning..........................................................................................................4
NASD 105A-C Northwest Indian College Seminar (1 credit per quarter for 3 quarters).................................................3
NASD 110 Introduction to Native American Studies (meets SS requirement)............................................................3
POLS 225 History of Federal Indian Policy (meets SS requirement).........................................................................5
TOTAL NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS...............................................................................36

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS – Refer to pages 00-00 for AAS Distribution Codes and Courses
ENGL 101 English Composition I..............................................................................................................................5
ENGL 102 English Composition II OR
ENGL 201 Technical Report Writing.........................................................................................................................5
SPCH 105 Introduction to Interpersonal Communications OR
SPCH 120 Introduction to Public Speaking ...............................................................................................................4
MATH 151 Survey of Mathematics or MATH 102 (meets Quantitative Skills requirement)......................................5
Humanities Distribution – 5 credits coded HT and 5 credits coded HT or HP................................................................10
Social Sciences Distribution (All credits met in Northwest Indian College Requirements)..............................................0
Natural Sciences Distribution – 5 credits in a physical science; one course other than Biology.....................................10
Native American Studies (All credits met in Northwest Indian College Requirements) ..................................................0
Electives – AAS Distribution courses coded CS, QS, HT, HP, SS, NS, NSL or TE.........................................................7
Electives – Any course numbered 100 and above..............................................................................................................8

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................54
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................90

Students who declare the Native American Studies degree as their program of study may choose to focus on a specific area of interest such as tribal law and government, tribal environmental studies, tribal culture and society or tribal language. Courses should be chosen in consultation with their Advisor.