American Indian & Indigenous Studies Minor
for the degree of Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies
interim director: Jenny L. Davis
overview of grad college admissions & requirements: https://grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply
overview of program admissions requirements: https://ais.illinois.edu/academics/graduate-studies-illinois
program website: https://ais.illinois.edu/
college website: https://las.illinois.edu/
program office: 1204 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL 61801
phone: (217) 265-9870
email: loksi@illinois.edu
Graduate Degree Programs in American Indian Studies
Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies
The American Indian and Indigenous Studies graduate minor is grounded by a strong commitment to the worlds, histories, representations, and political struggles of indigenous peoples internationally, and uses interdisciplinary methods of critical inquiry as a means through which students engage research and scholarship in their major.
Admission
Applicants to the graduate minor must be in good standing in a masters or doctoral program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Applications must include a statement of purpose that describes how the student’s graduate work and/or research interests intersect with American Indian and Indigenous studies. The intent to pursue the graduate minor must be approved by the student’s major advisor and graduate program director in their home department.
for the degree of Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies
The student must successfully petition the Graduate College to add the American Indian and Indigenous Studies graduate minor to their academic records and transcripts.
Code | Title | Hours |
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AIS 501 | Indigenous Critical Theory | 4 |
or AIS 502 | Indigenous Decolonial Methods | |
or AIS 503 | Seminar in Indigenous Studies | |
Elective hours selected from a list of approved courses maintained in the Program office by the AIS advisor, 4 of which must be at the 500 level. | 8 | |
Total Hours | 12 |
1 | For additional details and requirements refer to the department's program information online and the Graduate College Handbook. |