Native American Studies NATAM

2 courses · Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog

NATAM 19 Racism in the United States

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: SJS 110

Peralta GE Areas 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 4, 6;

Also offered as AFRAM 19, ASAME 19, and M/LAT 6. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in AFRAM 19, ASAME 19, or M/LAT 6. Exploration of the development of modern racism in the United States: Economic, socio-cultural, and psychological implications; and resistances to its effects from African-American, Asian-American, Mexican and Latin-American and Native American perspectives.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

NATAM 76E California Indian Ecology on the Central Coast

Units: 1.5
Hours: 1.5 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU

Peralta GE Areas 4, 6;

Native American relationships to the California Central Coast: Pre-Indian environment; abundance; Human-environment interactions; adaptations; challenges; environmentally situated lives; ethnoecology of specific tribal groups; beliefs and worldviews; norms and practices; ecological knowledge bases; resource management.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

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