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Native American Studies UNCW
The College of Arts and Sciences
at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington
offers an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental
minor in Native American Studies which
focuses on the history, cultures, religions,
arts, and literatures of American Indians of
both North and South America.
What does the NAS Minor offer?
What are the courses and requirements?
Who are the participating faculty?
How does one declare an NAS minor?
Who does one contact for more information?
What the Native American Studies Minor offers
The Native American Studies minor, offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental minor which focuses on the history, cultures, religions, arts, and literatures of American Indians of both North and South America. Participating departments include English, History, Anthropology, and Philosophy and Religion.
The Native American Studies Minor exposes students to arts, cultures, literatures, and histories other than the dominant Western ones. A minor in Native American Studies can open the doors to new and different ways of viewing the world, new explanations of creation, new approaches to the environment, new concepts of history, politics, and religion, new ways of telling stories, of maintaining families and cultures, and even of keeping time. back to top
Core: Nine (9) hours from the following departments: Anthropology, English, History.
ANT 304 South American Indians or ANT 305 North American Indians
ENG 356 American Indian Literatures
HST 336 American Indian History to 1900 or HST 337 American Indians after 1900.
Electives: Nine (9) additional hours from
ANT 304 or 305
ANT 215 Anthropology of Native Americans
ANT 307 New World Archaeology
HST 336 or 337
HST 338 American Indian Wars
P&R 350 Native American Religious Traditions
Other appropriate courses may satisfy the elective requirements if approved by the coordinator. Please note that at least six (6) of the nine (9) hours must be at the 300 or 400 level. Such course might include HST 485, Topics in Latin American History, for example, if the focus is on pre-Columbian civilizations or colonial rule. Directed Independent Study hours (ANT 491, ENG 491, HST 491) might also fulfill requirements for the minor. back to top
Walter H. Conser. Philosophy and Religion, is interested in the rich and diverse religious traditions of Native peoples in North America. His research and publications deal with the Cherokees and other Southeastern Indians.
David LaVere, History, teaches American Indian history and specializes in the study of Indian peoples of the Southeastern United States and the Southern Plains. Dr. LaVere participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar at Lexington, Kentucky, on Southeast Indians.
Patricia Lerch, Anthropology, teaches American Indian ethnology and ethnography. She researches North Carolina Indian communities and contemporary issues.
Lee Schweninger, NAS Minor coordinator, English, teaches American Indian literature. His research interests include contemporary Native American novelists and poets. He has participated in two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars, American Indian Literatures at UI-C, Chicago, Illinois, and Native American Art and Literature, at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
1. Go to the registrar's office (James Hall) and ask for a change of major form that has a box to add a minor.
2. Fill out the form, selecting the Native American Studies (NAS) minor.
3. Turn in the form and notify your major advisor and the coordinator of the NAS minor.
For more information please contact the Coordinator for the minor
Lee Schweninger
Department of English, UNCW
601 S. College Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28403
phone: 910-962-3539
email: schweningerl@uncw.edu back to top