Degree Requirements

Catalog:  Fall Semester 2009

Social Studies - Secondary Emphasis in American Multicultural Studies (12 - 14 Credits)
 Department: Social Studies

 Requirements (3 - 4 Credits)

 This is the secondary emphasis in American Multicultural Studies for the Social Studies major. Students must take one of these required courses and one course from each of the 3 cultural emphases: African American, American Indian or Chicano/Latino, for a total of four courses in this emphasis.

AMCS 300 Theories and Methods in American Multicultural Studies (3) or
AMCS 372 Dynamics of Prejudice and Oppression (3)

Restricted Electives (9 Credits)

 Select one course from each of the 3 cultural emphases: African American, American Indian and Chicano/Latino.

AMCS 102 Contemporary American Indians (3)
AMCS 103 Contemporary Chicanos (3)
AMCS 202 Traditional American Indian Cultures (3)
AMCS 203 Chicano Culture (3)
AMCS 209 African American Humanities I: Roots (3)
AMCS 210 African American Humanities II: 1865-Present (3)
AMCS 211 Contemporary African Americans (3)
AMCS 225 Ojibwe Culture (3)
AMCS 270 American Indian Education (3)
AMCS 303 Latinos in the United States (3)
AMCS 319 Plains Indian Cultures (3)
AMCS 332 Indians of the Southwest (3)

Related Requirements  
 With the approval from department chair, AMCS 390: Topics in American Multicultural Studies may be substituted for one of the required courses, if appropriate.

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