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Anishinaabe Language (AA)

Program Description

This Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in the Anishinaabe Language offers the opportunity for students seeking to become fluent speakers and enter into the growing and much needed field of immersion and/or language education. Language will be taught using a variety of methods including, but not limited to: oral stories and lessons, songs, games, and through Immersion. Knowledge gained through these courses will empower the student to be able to speak and comprehend the Anishinaabe language in various settings. Completion of the program can lead to future employment in the areas of education with an emphasis on becoming immersion teachers, tribal government, and historical research/preservation.

Program Outcomes

This Associate of Arts degree in the Anishinaabe Language offers the opportunity for students seeking to become fluent speakers. Students will be able to:

  • Identify the various aspects of the Anishinaabe cultural heritage, which permeate the lifestyles of people living across Anishinaabe akiing (Ojibwe lands).
  • Explain what made Anishinaabe communities in the past 100% self-sustainable and the cause and effect of how government policies systematically broke these communities down.
  • Displays command of all of the basic syllables (sounds) in the Ojibwe language and can break down sentences from parts of a word to syllables within that word correctly.
  • Demonstrates a fluent comprehension of “survival Anishinaabemowin” and is able to speak and understand phrases.

Required Courses

Courses

Communications – 9 credits

ENGL 110College Composition I

3
ENGL 120College Composition II

3
COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3

Arts and Humanities – 12 credits

LANG 125Ojibwa Language I

3
LANG 126Ojibwa Language II

3
PHIL 210Multi-Cultural Ethics

3
AHU 250Anishinaabe Storytelling

3

Social Sciences – 12 credits

Recommended Courses**

HIST 297

POLS 284Federal Indian Policy I 1789-1871

3
SOCI 270Sociology of Indian Reservations

3

SOCI 271Contemporary Indian Issues

3
Or
Use any ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI 

Health and Wellness – 2 credits

Recommended Course**

HPER 108Traditional Dance

2
Or
 Use any HPER or NUTR                                                                                                          2

Technology – 3 credits

Recommended Courses

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3
Or
Use any CSCI

Math – 4-6 Credits

MATH 103College Algebra

4

Biology – 4 Credits Science/Lab

BIOL Recommended

 Use any ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, GEOG, GEOL, PHYS

First Year Experience

SOCI 105First Year Experience

2

Transitions – Graduation and Beyond

SOCI 120Transitions -Graduation and Beyond

1

Required Core Courses – 9 Credits

AHU 254Anishinaabe Cultural Involvement

3
AHU 256Anishinaabe Leadership

3
LANG 299 Native Language Revitalization: Case Studies and Planning I

3

Elective Courses – 3 credits

Use any AHU, ANTH, CJ, COMM, CSCI, ECON, ENGL (other than ENGL 110 & ENGL 120), FREN, HIST, HUMM, LANG, LEAD, MUSC, PHIL, POLS, PSYC (higher than PSYC 111), SOCI, SPAN, SWK, VART 

 

Total Credit Hours: 64