AM IND 202Key Theories and Concepts in American Indian Studies
American Indian Studies · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Addresses key intellectual movements and concepts (such as sovereignty, self-determination, colonialism, decolonization, etc.) that are central to formation of American Indian/indigenous studies as discipline. Research and collaboration with indigenous communities is highlighted as core methodological and ethical approach to knowledge acquisition, fieldwork, and theorization. Historical overview of defining moments in American Indian political and social developments as basis for gaining deeper understanding of American Indian intellectual traditions over time.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.