NNBCRTG - Native Nation Building

12

Minumum credits: 12
Core coursework: REQUIRED CORE (6 units)
AIS / LAW / PA 537A (3) Native Nation-Building I: Issues of Leadership, Institution-Building (3 units) Fall.

AIS / LAW / PA 637A (3) Native Nation-Building II: Theory into Practice (3 units) Spring.

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 units/1 course required):

AIS 526A (3), Principles of Indigenous Economics

AIS 541A (3), Natural Resource Management in Native Communities

PA 620A (3), Collaborative Governance in Theory, Practice and Research

THEMATIC COURSES (3 units/1 course required):

Theme 01 – Sustainability and Cultures:
MAS / AIS / LAS 535 (3), Mexican Traditional Medicine
AIS 503 (3), Globalization and Indigenous People
AIS 504A (3), Dynamics of Indian Societies
AIS 516 (3), Contemporary Indian America
AIS 531A (3), Traditional Ecological Knowledge
AIS 552A (3), Mixed Media Stories: Stories in Text and Film
AIS 696C (3), Societies and Culture
CPH 535 (3), Multicultural Health Benefits
CPH 577 (3), Sociocultural and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health
LRC 640 (3), Multicultural Education and Social Justice
LRC 642 (3), Oral Traditions Across Societies

Theme 02 – Organization and Institution-Building:
CPH 596C (1), Current Issues in Indian Health Policy
CPH 597B (1), Maternal and Child Health in the Rural Southwest

Theme 03 – Economic Development and Public Policy:
AIS 575 (3), Contemporary Federal Indian Policy
AIS / LAW / POL 584 (3), Development of Federal Indian Law
AIS 585 (3), American Indian Gaming
AIS 596H (3), American Indian Law and Policy
CPH 506 (3), Economic Foundations for Health Sciences
CPH 507 (3), Health Care Economics and Policy
CPH 517 (3), Public Policy Analysis
CPH 568 (3), American Indian Health Policy
PA 581 (3), Environmental Policy

Theme 04 – Leadership and Administration:
PA 507 (3), Conflict Management in the Public Sector
PA 582 (3), Managing to Collaborate on Environmental and Natural Resource Conflicts
PA 626 (3), Collaborative Skill Building

Concurrent enrollment in a degree program and the certificate program is allowed but not required. Admission to a degree program at UA is allowed with up to 12 credits from the certificate program being transferable into an MA or PhD degree program. Up to six hours of transfer credit will be accepted if it is equivalent to program course requirements and not over two years old.  Time to completion shall not exceed four (4) years.  The clock begins with the date of the earliest coursework used for the certificate.

Students wishing to transfer from the certificate program to a graduate degree program will need to meet all requirements for admissions to the UA graduate college and the desired degree program.

Minimum GPA required
Students must earn a letter grade of A or B in the curriculum and maintain a 3.0 GPA.  No Pass/Fail grades are permitted.

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.