• AIST 3590: American Indian Law

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and (POLS 1000 or POLS 1010 or POLS 1100) and University Advanced Standing. Introduces students to the important and unique body of law known as American Indian Law. Covers the history of federal Indian law and policy; the federal-tribal relationship; tribal sovereignty and self-government; state authority in Indian country; Indian religion and culture; concepts of property in Indian law; and hunting, fishing, and water rights.
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• AIST 3600: American Indian Policy and Tribal Government

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 or instructor approval and University Advanced Standing. Examines American Indian law in treaties, statutes, case law, regulations, and executive orders. Analyzes various policy approaches to the federal trust relationship, tribal sovereignty over internal affairs, civil jurisdiction over tribal lands, management of natural resources of tribal lands, and cultural preservation. Studies the traditional and modern forms of various Indian tribal governments.
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• AIST 3810: Precolumbian America

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and AIST 180G and University Advanced Standing. Examines evidence of the first Americans, origins of agriculture, and development of cultures and civilizations in North, Central, and South America. Surveys the most recent archaeological research on major American societies, emphasizing the balance between Native and Euro-American perspectives on history and science. Examines the effects of the European conquest of the Americas on Native populations and cultures, and on global historical processes.
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• AIST 3830: Indians of the Great Plains

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (HIST 1700 or HIST 2700 or HIST 2710 or AIST 180G) and (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and University Advanced Standing. Surveys the histories of native communities of the Great Plains. Emphasizes geopolitical relations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the conditions of resistance to conquest. Highlights the identification and use of primary sources, both for scholarly activity and making sources available to native peoples.
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• AIST 3850: The Struggle for Self-determination American Indians 1891 to present

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (HIST 1700 or HIST 2700 or HIST 2710 or AIST 180G) and (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and University Advanced Standing. Surveys American Indian history from the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1891 to the present. Examines how American Indians shifted from armed conflict to the employment of legal and political strategies for achieving self-determination.
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• AIST 4600: Contemporary American Indian Political and Social Issues

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (AIST 358G or AIST 3600) and University Advanced Standing. Surveys current research and perspectives on contemporary American Indian issues. Utilizes a seminar approach in which each student will prepare summaries of books and articles to be distributed to the other class members. Includes identity, political activism, historiography, health, political, and cultural issues.
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• AIST 490R: Special Topics in American Indian Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 and [POLS 1000 or POLS 1100 or HIST 1700 or HIST 1740 or (HIST 2700 and HIST 2710)] and University Advanced Standing. Explores special topics in American Indian Studies and related subjects. Examples of special topics may include health, specific tribal communities, education, political issues, the humanities in Native culture, economic and community development, comparative studies, social science perspectives, or other areas of student and faculty interest. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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• AMST 2000: Introduction to American Studies HH

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Employs insights and approaches from literature, history, art, sociology, anthropology, and political science. Analyzes a variety of texts and artifacts. Explores selected themes and issues central to American Studies.
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  This course is a general education course.

• AMST 300R: Topics in American Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Uses an interdisciplinary approach to study various topics and themes in American Studies. Topics might include Western American Culture, Nature and Culture, Popular Culture in America, Mass Media in America, etc. May be repeated for up to 6 credits toward graduation.
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• ANTH 101G: Social Cultural Anthropology SS GI

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 with a grade of C+ or higher. Introduces students to the variability of human behavior cross-culturally and provides an understanding of the holistic approach to human behavior. Explores interrelationships, in a variety of cultural contexts, between beliefs, economic structures, sexuality, eating habits, ecology, politics, living arrangements, psychology, symbolism, and kinship.. May be delivered hybrid.
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