Ethnic Studies: Native North Americans Honors

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This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, provides a general survey of the origins and development of Native American cultures in North America from antiquity to the present examining their social, cultural, political, and economic history. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course examines applicable methods and theories to understand the rich and diverse cultural systems encountered by Europeans in the sixteenth century, the impact of contact on both Native and Euroamerican cultures, and the contemporary realities of indigenous peoples. Students are expected to develop a substantial general knowledge of Native American peoples, their cultural history, resistance, agency, sovereignty, and diversity. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. (UC, CSU, AVC) Note: Students may take either ANTH 112 Native North Americans or ANTH 112H Native North Americans Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.