The academic component of the program provides 14 courses on native American studies in addition to options for special topics, independent study, and field experience. Courses include Ojibway language, native American cultures, and native American courses in history, sociology, literature, law, music and dance, arts and crafts, world views, archaeology, and ethnobiology. Fall or spring semester. The program is appropriate for science majors and for non-science majors who have an interest in environmental issues and a background in science and mathematics. Unlike at Beloit, students take one course at a time, allowing total immersion in one subject.
Many courses are field intensive, and all are lab intensive.
The Associated Colleges of the Midwest consortium offers the following domestic off-campus programs. The Chicago Arts Program is a 15-week guide to the contemporary art world. Not limited to arts majors, the program benefits all students with a strong interest in the arts. Fall or spring semester. One of America's great research libraries provides the setting and resources for this program.