Southwest Studies

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN SOUTHWEST STUDIES:

General Education - Credits: 39

See General Education Requirements .

Specific Departmental Requirements:

SW 131 - Southwest History and Culture Credits: 3
SW 301 - Writing/SW Studies Discipline Credits: 3
SW 383 - Southwest History to 1868 Credits: 3
SW 384 - Southwest History since 1868 Credits: 3
SW 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3

Subtotal Specific Departmental Requirements - Credits: 15

Other Departmental Requirements:

Subtotal Other Departmental Requirements - Credits: 15

Southwest Elective Courses:

Choose 15 credits from the following courses:

ART 368 - Native North American Art History Credits: 3
OR
NAIS 368 - Native North American Art History Credits: 3
ML 100 - Fund of Navajo Language Credits: 3
OR
NAIS 100 - Fund Navajo Language I Credits: 3
ML 101 - Navajo Language II Credits: 3
OR
NAIS 101 - Fund Navajo Language II Credits: 3
NAIS 110 - Intro Native American and Indigenous Studies Credits: 3
NAIS 115 - Native American Newsletter Credits: 3
NAIS 123 - American Indian History Credits: 3
NAIS 315 - Native American News Writing Credits: 3
NAIS 322 - American Indian Philosophies Credits: 3
NAIS 344 - Native American Oral Tradition Credits: 3
NAIS 355 - Development of US Indian Policy Credits: 3
NAIS 450 - Tribal Preservation Credits: 3
SW 241 - Public History:Scope & Methods Credits: 3
SW 255 - Intro to Heritage Preservation Credits: 3
SW 256 - Introduction to Museums Credits: 3
SW 320 - West/SW American History Credits: 3
SW 340 - Archival Theory and Practice Credits: 3
SW 341 - Oral History; Theory & Practice Credits: 3
SW 481 - Colorado History Credits: 3
OR
HIST 324 - Colorado History Credits: 3
SW 482 - Western American Mining Credits: 3
OR
HIST 322 - Western American Mining Credits: 3
SW 491 - Practicum Credits: 3
SW 493 - Internship Southwest Studies Credits: 1-6
SW 499 - Independent Study Credits: 1-6

Subtotal Southwest Electives - Credits: 15

Should a student desire, up to 8 of the 15 elective course credits can be taken from the following list of approved courses in departments other than Southwest Studies:

ANTH 259 - Field Training in Archaeology Credits: 4-8
ANTH 330 - Prehistory of the Southwest Credits: 4
ANTH 388 - Ethnology of the Southwest Credits: 4
ANTH 406 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest Credits: 4
ANTH 430 - Adv Topics in SW Archaeology Credits: 4-6
ENGL 280 - Literature of the Southwest Credits: 4
GEOL 150 - Geology of the Southwest Credits: 3
ML 115 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4
ML 116 - Elementary Spanish II Credits: 4
ML 215 - Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 4
ML 216 - Intermediate Spanish II Credits: 4
ML 318 - Advanced Spanish of Southwest Credits: 4
ML 331 - Chicano Literature Credits: 4
PHIL 382 - Philosophies of the Southwest Credits: 3
PS 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
OR
SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
SOC 250 - Social Issues - Native Society Credits: 4
SOC 279 - Ethnicity Gender & Class in SW Credits: 4
SOC 421 - Contemp Social Analysis in SW Credits: 4

Total Departmental Requirements - Credits: 45

Free Electives (Variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.