Western American Studies Certificate

Course List

The following courses are acceptable for credit toward the certificate. Other courses not currently on the list may be suitable, and will be accepted for credit upon the approval of a course petition form.

    Center of the American West Required Courses

    (3 credit hours each)

  • CAMW 2001 The American West (introductory course) –** available fall semesters only (satisfies US context core requirement)
  • CAMW 4001 Seminar on the American West (capstone course)**available spring semesters only (satisfies critical thinking core requirement)

    • Center of the American West Optional Courses

    (may apply toward electives, social sciences, natural sciences, or humanities requirements as appropriate)

  • CAMW 3939 American West Internships (1 – 3 credit hours)
  • CAMW 4840 Independent Study (1 – 4 credit hours)

    • Social Sciences

    (3 credit hours required)

    Anthropology

  • ANTH 1120 Non–Western Culture: Hopi and Navajo, Cultures in Conflict (same as AIST 1128)
  • ANTH 3130 North American Indians: Traditional Cultures (same as AIST 3135)
  • ANTH 4210 Southwest Archaeology (same as ANTH 5210)
  • ANTH 4270 Plains Archaeology (same as ANTH 5270)
  • ANTH 4560 North American Indian Acculturation (same as AIST 4565)

    • Business

  • BADM4820 Strategies in Sustainable Tourism: Issues Facing Resort Communities in the U.S. and Canadian West

    • Economics

  • ECON 3535 Natural Resources Economics
  • ECON 3545 Environmental Economics

    • American Indian Studies (Ethnic Studies)

  • AIST 1125 Non–Western Culture: Hopi and Navajo, Cultures in Conflict (same as ANTH 1125)
  • AIST 2000 Pre–contact Native America (same as ETHN 2003)
  • AIST 2015 Topical Issues of Native American North America
  • AIST 2201 American Indians in Film
  • AIST 2203 American Indian Women's Experiences
  • AIST 2700 American Indian Religious Traditions (same as RLST 2700)
  • AIST 2712 Native American Literature (same as ENGL 2712)
  • AIST 3020 American Indians in Literature
  • AIST 3023 Native Americans and Environmental Ethics
  • AIST 3135 North American Indians: Traditional Cultures (same as ANTH 3130)
  • AIST 3400 Indian/Government Conflicts (same as HIST 4026)
  • AIST 4565 North American Indian Acculturation (same as ANTH 4560)
  • AIST 4627 The Indian in American History: Western Region

    • Asian American Studies (Ethnic Studies)

  • AAST 1717 Introduction to Asian American History (same as HIST 1717)
  • AAST 2752 Survey of Asian American Literature (same as ENGL 2752)
  • AAST 3013 Asian/Pacific American Communities
  • AAST 3670 Japanese–American Internment
  • AAST 4717 Chinese American History

    • Chicano Studies (Ethnic Studies)

  • CHST 1015 Introduction to Chicano Studies
  • CHST 1031 Chicano Fine Arts and Humanities
  • CHST 1044 Introduction to Chicano Literature
  • CHST 2537 Chicano History (same as HIST 2537)
  • CHST 2742 Survey of Chicano Literature (same as ENGL 2747)
  • CHST 3023 Sociology of Chicano/Mexican Americans (same as SOCY 3022)
  • CHST 3026 Women of Color: Chicanas in U.S. Society (same as SOCY 3026)
  • CHST 3153 Folklore and Mythology of the Hispanic Southwest
  • CHST 4000 Hispanic and Native American Culture of SW (same as SPAN 4000)
  • CHST 4015 Field Experience in Chicano Studies
  • CHST 4133 Latinos and the U.S. Political System (same as PSCI 4131)
  • CHST 4303 The Chicano and the U.S. Social System

    • Linguistics

  • LING 3220 American Indian Languages in their Social and Cultural Contexts

    • Political Science

  • PSCI 3201 Environment and Public Policy
  • PSCI 4131 Latinos and U.S. Politics (same as CHST 4133)

    • School of Environmental Design

  • ENVD 4005 Land, Law, and Sustainability (special topics course)
  • ENVD 4023 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ENVD 4764 Introduction to Sustainable Development

    • Sociology

  • SOCY 3026 Women of Color: Chicanas in U.S. Society (same as 3026)

    • Humanities

    (3 credit hours required)

    English

  • ENGL 1800 American Ethnic Literature (same as ETHN 1800)
  • ENGL 2717 Native American Literature (same as AIST 2712)
  • ENGL 4728 Public Humanities

    • (All courses on literature of the American West will be accepted)

    Art and Art History

  • FINE 4439 North American Indian Art

    • History

  • HIST 2117 History of Colorado
  • HIST 2227 Topics–
  • The American Southwest
  • Women of the American West
  • The Mining West
  • HIST 2537 Chicano History (same as CHST 2537)
  • HIST 3317 Seminar on the American West
  • HIST 4026 U.S. Indian Relations
  • HIST 4217 The American West in the Nineteenth Century
  • HIST 4227 The American West in the Twentieth Century
  • HIST 4235 Jacksonian America
  • HIST 4327 The American Southwest
  • HIST 4627 The Indian in American History: The Western Region (same as AIST 4627)
  • HIST 4717 Chinese–American History (same as AAST 4717)
  • HIST 4727 Japanese–American History (same as AAST 4727)

    • Philosophy

  • PHIL 3140 Environmental Ethics

    • Program for Writing and Rhetoric

  • WRTG 3020–3 Topics in Writing / (Native American Topics and Don't Fence Me In sections only!)

    • Religious Studies

  • RLST 2700 Indian Religions (same as AIST 2700)
  • RLST 4300 Topics in Native American Religions
  • RLST 4350 Native American Religions: Regional Studies

    • Spanish

  • SPAN 4000 Hispanic and Native American Culture of the Southwest (same as CHST 4000)

    • Natural Sciences

    (3 credit hours required)

    Ecology and Environmental Biology

  • EBIO 2040 Principles of Ecology
  • EBIO 3170 Arctic and Alpine Ecology
  • EBIO 3040 Conservation Biology
  • EBIO 4100 Advanced Ecology – Patterns in the Ecosphere
  • EBIO 4350 Grasslands to Glaciers (same as GEOG 4110 –– special topics course)
  • EBIO 4520 Plants of Colorado
  • EBIO 4800** Critical Thinking in Biology (Patterns in Ecosphere and Biodiversity sections only)

    • Physics

  • PHYS 3070: Energy and the Environment (same as ENVS 3070)

    • Geography

  • GEOG 3251 Mountain Geography
  • GEOG 3511 Intro to Hydrology –
  • GEOG 4110 Topics – Grasslands to Glaciers (same as EBIO 4350)
  • – Mountain Hydrology
  • GEOG 4291 Mountain Geomorphology (same as GEOG 5291 and GEOL 4291)
  • GEOG 4371 Forest Geography
  • GEOG 4501 Water Resources and Management of the Western U.S. (same as GEOG 5501)

    • Sequence: GEOG1001 Environmental Systems 1, and GEOG1011 Environmental Systems 2 Completion of this 8–credit sequence will qualify students for 3 natural science or elective credits toward the certificate.

    Geological Sciences

  • GEOL 3700 Geology of the Front Range
  • GEOL 4980 River Basin Hydrology (same as GEOL 5980)

    • Sequence: GEOL 1010, 1020, and 1030 – (Intro to Geology 1, Intro to Geology 2, and Lab):

    Completion of this 7–credit sequence will qualify students for 3 natural science or elective credits toward the certificate.

last update 01/29/08