These courses count towards the AIIS minor and/or might be interesting for folks who want to engage with American Indian and Indigenous content. If you’d like to add the minor to your degree program, contact AIIS Advisor Patricia Walters at walter31@msu.edu

  • AIIS 201: Introduction to American Indian and Indigenous Studies (Professor Ellie Mitchell)
  • AIIS 491: Topics in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (The Braves’ New World: Storytelling as Survival, Professor Cameron Roman)
  • AIIS 490: Independent Study
    • Approval Required (contact Dr. Arola)
  • AIIS 493: Internship in American Indian and Indigenous Studies
    • Wait List Approval Required (Contact Dr. Arola)
  • ANP 433: Contemporary American Indian Communities
    • Prerequisite: ANP 201 or concurrently
  • ANP 452: North American Archaeology
  • HST 301: Indigenous-European Encounters in North America
  • HST 309: American Indian History: Precontact to the Present
  • IAH 201-740: American Indians from Stereotype to Human Being (Labeau)
  • IAH 211C.001-002: Native American Resistance to Euro-American Assimilation (Willis)
  • IAH 211C.740: Images of Indians in Law, Politics, and Popular Culture (Labeau)
  • IAH 203: Latin America and the World (I)
  • IAH 241G-002: Indigenous Visualities in Film and Video (Smith)
  • LL 152-001: Basic Anishinaabemowin I (2nd semester)
  • LL 252-001: Anishinaabemowin II (2nd semester)
  • MC 338: Environmental Justice and Global Change
  • PHL 214: Indigenous Philosophy
  • REL 306: Native American Religions

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

These courses count towards the Graduate Certificate and/or might be interesting for folks who want to engage with American Indian and Indigenous content. If you come across a grad course with roughly 1/3 graduate content please contact us and we can add it to the list. If you’d like to add the certificate to your program (must be a current MSU student) contact Dr. Arola at arola@msu.edu.

  • AIIS 801: Indigenous Theories and Methodologies (Professor Sorroche)
  • LAW 631J: Indian Law Clinic I
  • LAW 631K: Indian Law Clinic II
  • LAW 635D: American Indian Children and the Law
  • LAW 635E: Tribal Law
  • WRA 848: Cultural Rhetorics (Professor Arola, see previous syllabus here)

If you find a course not listed that you believe may count toward the minor or certificate, please email arola@msu.edu to discuss options. We wish all of our students a great rest of their semester!