Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WGS 3360 - Fieldwork in the American Southwest: Classroom without Walls

Credits: 4
Students will learn about one of the most culturally and geographically diverse areas in the world, the desert Southwest. The focus will be on the various landscape and people. In the classroom and in the field, students will learn about the unique archeology, ecology, history, and culture of the Southwest. The course will be followed by an optional 7- 10 day fieldtrip to the Southwest during which students will visit some of the following sites Native American pueblos, Dine’ (Navajo) Nation, a working ranch, nature centers, galleries, cultural centers, and historic archeological sites. Students will learn by doing from a variety of Native American, Chicana/o and Anglo southwestern writers, artists, storytellers, activists, cowgirls and cowboys, and environmentalists. Students will try their hand at creating art, jewelry, writing, and/or doing some archeological or environmental work. Throughout the trip, students will learn about diverse cultures and their relationship to the land and the sacred. This course may be repeated for credit. **Additional fee for trip covers all expenses including airfare, lodging, two meals per day, transportation, and honorarium for artists and story-tellers, guides, fees at pueblos and nature and cultural centers. It does not cover alcohol or souvenirs. Partial scholarships may be available. Contact the WGS program director for more information. Satisfies a Humanities or a Social Science distribution requirement.
Fulfills: SOSC requirement and D and X in LS Core.