Need an elective? Fall 2026 Courses Offered By The Department of Indigenous Studies

[Undergraduate Law BA]

IDS 100: Indigenous Learning Community: Indigenizing Student Success – In this 1-credit course, students will develop and/or strengthen academic behaviors, skills and strategies using traditional Native American teaching and learning methods. If you are working with any new Indigenous students, please encourage them to enroll if it fits their schedule! While space is limited and is intended for incoming Indigenous freshman and transfer students, as well as students enrolled in the IDS major/minor, this course is open to allies in all majors.

IDS 103: Introduction to Haudenosaunee Languages & Cultures – This introductory course offers students the unique opportunity to engage with local Indigenous languages, peoples, governments, settler colonialism, histories, and expressive media of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This course is Pathways eligible for Global Reflections (List 2) and Justice (List 1)!

IDS 324: Introduction to Indigenous Science – Indigenous science is a cross-cultural discipline that includes the creative process in science and the Indigenous ways of knowing grounded in holism and interconnectedness. Indigenous ways of knowing are based on understanding the human relationship to the natural world. This course focuses on Indigenous knowledge and wisdom dictated by strong social purpose, honoring the earth as sacred, leading with the head and heart while placing collective responsibility as priority. This course is Pathways eligible for Environment (List 1)!

SCN 101: Introduction to Seneca Language - This course will concentrate on developing student’s speaking proficiency of the Seneca language at the novice level. Damian Webster, the beloved language program coordinator for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation who has extensive experience instructing students in the language, is our instructor for this course. This course is Pathways eligible for Global Reflections (List 1)!