Academics
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Indigenous Studies (Minor)
About the Anthropology Department
B107 Classroom Building
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6110
Fax: (716) 878-4009
www.buffalostate.edu/anthropology
Contact Faculty and Staff in the Anthropology Department
Admission Requirements
Students may sign up for the minor in the Anthropology Department Office, Classroom Building B107.
Program Requirements
Required Courses (15 cr)
ANT 101 Understanding Culture
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America OR
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ENG 353 Native American Literature
HIS 349 History of American Indians
plus
Internship, independent project, or independent study (3 credits) related to Indigenous peoples of the Americas in a participating department including Anthropology, History and Social Studies Education, Geography and Planning, English, Elementary Education and Reading, Modern and Classical Languages, and Communication.
Electives (6 cr)
ANT 300 OR ANT 301 (whichever one not taken as part of the required courses)
ANT 312 Archaeology of North America
ANT 341 Art and Culture in Anthropological Perspective
ANT 389 Mesoamerican Archaeology
GEG 359 Arctic Geography from an Inuit Perspective
HIS 385 Aztec and Maya History
HIS 386 History of the Inca Empire
MCL 189 Seneca I
MCL 389 Seneca II
SSE 350/HIS 500 Peoples of the Longhouse
NOTE: Anthropology majors may count ANT 101 only for both this minor and the major program.
