Cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Studies

A Cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies is a way of giv­ing recog­ni­tion to stu­dents who have made a sig­nif­i­cant effort to learn about Amer­i­can Indian cul­ture and the place of Amer­i­can Indi­ans in Amer­i­can soci­ety. Stu­dents receiv­ing a cer­tifi­cate will have a tran­script nota­tion indi­cat­ing that they have received a cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Studies.

What can I do with a cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies?
Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies majors go on to suc­cess­ful careers in admin­is­tra­tion, advis­ing, aca­d­e­mics, advo­cacy, the arts, busi­ness, com­mu­nity out­reach, con­sult­ing, edu­ca­tion, gov­ern­ment,  health  or health edu­ca­tion, jour­nal­ism, library sci­ence, lit­er­acy pro­gram­ming, lob­by­ing, man­age­ment, pol­i­tics, pub­lish­ing, school coun­sel­ing, social work, research, and many more.

Cer­tifi­cate Requirements:

AIS Cer­tifi­cate Advi­sor: Denise Wiyaka

To receive a cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies, a stu­dent must con­tact the Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies Advi­sor to fill out the nec­es­sary forms. Com­plete a total of eigh­teen (18) class­room credit hours. Nine (9) class­room credit hours must be selected from at least 3 sep­a­rate sub­ject areas from the fol­low­ing list:

  1. Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies:  100, 150, 151, 274, 301, 302, 325, 371, 401, 402, 431, 450, 474, 578, 639, 658, 699
  2. Eng­lish:  172, 274, 275, 594, 649, 650
  3. Anthro­pol­ogy:   208, 314, 317, 354, 356, 471, 676
  4. His­tory:  490, 516, 546, 941, 942

II. Com­plete an addi­tional nine (9) credit hours of AISP/cross-listed courses approved by the Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies Advisor.

The cumu­la­tive grade point aver­age received in courses to be counted toward a Cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies must be at least 2.50. In some spe­cial cir­cum­stances stu­dents may have courses not listed on the AISP list of courses count toward the cred­its required for the Certificate.

Addi­tional Require­ments: At least one-half (9) of the total class­room cred­its hour (18) must be taken at the Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin-Madison. Of the total class­room credit hours required, only six (6) cred­its may be taken as Pass/Fail. All other cred­its must be taken for a let­ter grade. The Cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin-Madison is open to spe­cial stu­dents and under­grad­u­ate stu­dents regard­less of the col­lege of enrollment.

To learn more about the AIS Cer­tifi­cate, con­tact AIS at aisp@mailplus.wisc.edu or visit our office at 316 Ingra­ham Hall to speak with a staff member.

To begin the Cer­tifi­cate Dec­la­ra­tion Process fill out the Cer­tifi­cate Pro­gram Appli­ca­tion form and bring it to Ingra­ham 316. You may also fill out the Spe­cial Cir­cum­stances form, which allows you to list courses that are not AIS affil­i­ated but that relate to Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies. This form must be approved by your Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies advi­sor to count toward your Cer­tifi­cate in Amer­i­can Indian Studies.

Forms:

Cer­tifi­cate Pro­gram Application

Spe­cial Cir­cum­stances Course­work Approval Form