for the Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies

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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 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 Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies

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The student must successfully petition the Graduate College to add the American Indian and Indigenous Studies graduate minor to their academic records and transcripts.

For additional details and requirements refer to the department's program information online and the Graduate College Handbook.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
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

for the Graduate Minor in American Indian & Indigenous Studies

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The Program in American Indian Studies
Director: Jenny L. Davis
The Program in American Indian Studies website
1204 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 265-9870
Program email: loksi@illinois.edu

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences website

Admissions

Program Admissions Requirements
Graduate College Admissions & Requirements