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Term Effective:
Fall 2018
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
Associate Degree Requirements:
The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:
For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter,
a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis,
is required for each course applied toward the major.
Description:
The Native American Studies Associate in Arts is designed to prepare students for transfer to a baccalaureate program in Native American Studies, American Indian Studies, or Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American Cultural Studies. The degree offers an interdisciplinary approach that includes Native American visual arts, literature, religious traditions, and history, as well as the interaction of Native American cultures with non-native cultures within a larger historical context of California and the United States.
The Associate Degree in Native American Studies also prepares students to serve in a variety of
capacities. Graduates can attain positions with: tribes, indigenous organizations, federal, state, and local
governments, social service agencies, non-profit organizations, community organizations, museums,
youth-serving organizations, schools, and research centers, among others.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Analyze and compare cultural traditions such as kinship, childrearing, religion, magic, political systems, language, and relationship to nature within a global context.
- Describe the history and traditions of representative Native cultures of North America, including indigenous cultural responses to the colonial influences of European and other cultural contacts.
- Analyze, interpret, and discuss the arts of diverse Native American cultures, including worldviews, practices and oral traditions, as expressed in their material culture within an historical context.
- Describe and analyze the interrelated roles of race, ethnicity, and gender in shaping political and cultural institutions in the United States.
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