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6 courses with the subject NAS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

NAS 452The Roots of Health Disparities in Native American Populations3

Course discusses emergent models that associate chronic stress via historical and inter-generational trauma with chronic disease, particularly among Indigenous or colonized populations.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3
NAS 470Cherokee Culture and History3

Course will provide a general introduction to Cherokee culture and history with an emphasis on relationship to health and policy.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3
NAS 471Indigenous and Western Psychologies3

Epistemologies and world views of Southeastern Native peoples will be discussed in comparison with standard Western approaches of addressing behavioral health.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3
NAS 472Healing the Wounded Native Child3

Course will increase students’ understanding of culturally sensitive care and key elements involved in addressing behavioral health needs of Native child and adolescent populations.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3
NAS 474Issues in Indian Health3

Historical and cultural context of disease in the Americas from 1500 AD to present, with focus on health of Indigenous Peoples of Southeast.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3
NAS 476American Indian Tobacco and Substance Use3

Broad historic and contemporary survey of how tobacco and consciousness-altering substance usages are situated within the culture and daily lives of Southeastern Native peoples.

Subject
NAS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
catalog.wcu.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing. Credits: 3

Source: Western Carolina University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61