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Santa Barbara City College Associate of Arts in Native American Studies
Santa Barbara City College

Associate of Arts in Native American Studies

Santa Barbara, USA

2 Years

English

Full time

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USD 419 / per credit

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    About: The Associate of Arts in Native American Studies provides a comprehensive overview of Native American history, culture, and contemporary issues. This program emphasizes critical thinking and analytical skills to understand the complexities of Indigenous experiences and perspectives.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue careers in education, social services, cultural preservation, and tribal governance. Opportunities may also exist in non-profit organizations focused on Native American rights and advocacy.

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The Department of American Ethnic Studies provides a major in Native American Studies. The Native American program is designed to provide an introduction to the Native American experience in North America by means of comprehensive exposure to course-work dealing with the major aspects of Indian life, including history, values, politics, literature, and art.

It is the Department's belief that, through an examination of the heritage and contributions of the heritage of others, one can appreciate ones own heritage.

The major provides preparation for transfer into four-year colleges and universities.

American Ethnic Studies is the critical and interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of people of color within and beyond the United States. Since the emergence of ethnic studies as an academic field in the late 1960s, scholars have analyzed the ways in which race and racism have been, and continue to be, powerful social, cultural, and political forces and their connections to other axes of stratification, including gender, class, sexuality, and legal status. The Department of American Ethnic Studies here at Santa Barbara City College was one of the first in the nation. The Department offers Associate in Arts degrees in Black Studies, Chicano Studies and Native American Studies.

SBCC offers a Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG). A TAG is a contractual agreement between the student, SBCC, and specific four-year colleges or universities. This includes six University of California ( *UC) institutions, six California State Institutions (CSU), seven California private institutions, nine out-of-state institutions, as well as Honors Transfer Agreements with ten institutions and 8 CSUs without campus impaction. Students must enroll in the TAG program and work with a TAG advisor. Please click here to learn more on the TAG program website.

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