PSC 3200 - Native American Politics

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: NAS 1000 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor, and completion of all Level I General Studies course requirements

The focus of this course is to examine Native Americans as political beings. Important questions and strategies for understanding the rise and expansion of Native politicization will be identified. In general, the students will be able to explain why, how, and when movements that demand change emerge. By comparing and contrasting the Native American experience with other powerless groups in society, the students should be able to trace the historical and political factors that led to a change in the movement of insurgency and analyze the specific actions by insurgents that inevitably resulted in the failure or success of those specific actions.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or NAS.(General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences; Multicultural)(NAS 3200)