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Sovereignty, data ethics, and Midwest institutions—not a mascot course and not teacher licensure.
Online or on campus
Minnesota’s public and private campuses sit in a landscape of tribal nations, urban Native communities, and research histories that have not always been consensual. This MA treats Native student success as advising systems, funding rules, and climate—not as inspiration content. Research ethics modules insist that datasets about Native communities are not a free academic commons. You will write protocols that name consent, benefit, and refusal, and you will refuse mascot-and-mythology curricula. Dual-pathway delivery matters because many practitioners work far from Minneapolis even when the university’s campus is there. Primary mode is declared. English-medium rules apply, including waiver for U.S. regionally accredited bachelor's. Optional campus conversations with partners occur only with permission; online students are not assessed on access they were not given. You will refuse curricula that treat Native students as a diversity metric or a mascot narrative. Research modules insist that benefit, refusal, and data ownership are design questions. Faculty will fail extractive ‘story harvest’ capstones. Mltio will not invent Native graphic identities for marketing. If a nation or archive declines partnership, that refusal is a successful ethics outcome, not a recruitment problem to override. The award is an academic MA. It is not PELSB licensure, not a tribal government appointment, not HLC endorsement of a ‘Native programme’ logo. Mltio’s HLC and DEAC story stays on the accreditation page. No fake seals. MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Midwest Native Nations and Urban Communities as Institutional Facts through Midwest Native Nations and Urban Communities as Institutional Facts; Education Histories without Deficit Folklore; Federal, State, and Campus Policy Literacy (Academic); Advising, Funding, and Stop-Out Patterns; Campus Climate as Schedules, Housing, and Food; Dual-Pathway Access for Students Far from Minneapolis, and finish on Capstone Proposal Review. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Design student-success operations without mascot curricula Write research-ethics artefacts that name sovereignty and refusal Refuse teacher-licensure and tribal-citizenship overclaim Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: historical and legal literacy (academic), student-success operations, research ethics, and a supervised capstone with ethical constraints. Three-credit courses. Identity-checked assessment.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations are free. There is no exam fee for online study.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Minneapolis campus? On-campus delivery includes tuition fees, in-person seminars, and access to university facilities.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| MLT1001 | Midwest Native Nations and Urban Communities as Institutional Facts Midwest Native Nations and Urban Communities as Institutional Facts (MLT1001) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Midwest Native Nations and Urban Communities as Institutional Facts as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1002 | Education Histories without Deficit Folklore Education Histories without Deficit Folklore (MLT1002) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can design a short sequence for a named group of learners and the criteria that would mark it fairly, using Education Histories without Deficit Folklore as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a curriculum extract, an assessment specification, and an evaluation summary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a plan with outcomes, a task, criteria, and a note on bias. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a teaching licence, QTS, or equivalent registration.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1003 | Federal, State, and Campus Policy Literacy (Academic) Federal, State, and Campus Policy Literacy (Academic) (MLT1003) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Federal, State, and Campus Policy Literacy (Academic) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT1005 | Advising, Funding, and Stop-Out Patterns Advising, Funding, and Stop-Out Patterns (MLT1005) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Advising, Funding, and Stop-Out Patterns as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1006 | Campus Climate as Schedules, Housing, and Food Campus Climate as Schedules, Housing, and Food (MLT1006) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can draw the system, name the constraint that binds it, and compare two responses, using Campus Climate as Schedules, Housing, and Food as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a system description, an indicator note, and a project option paper. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one decision, with the evidence and the downside. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a professional engineering licence.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1007 | Dual-Pathway Access for Students Far from Minneapolis Dual-Pathway Access for Students Far from Minneapolis (MLT1007) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Dual-Pathway Access for Students Far from Minneapolis as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT1009 | Data Sovereignty and Refusal Data Sovereignty and Refusal (MLT1009) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Data Sovereignty and Refusal as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1010 | IRB Literacy without Playing IRB-of-Record for Nations IRB Literacy without Playing IRB-of-Record for Nations (MLT1010) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using IRB Literacy without Playing IRB-of-Record for Nations as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1011 | Qualitative and Archival Methods with Consent Qualitative and Archival Methods with Consent (MLT1011) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Qualitative and Archival Methods with Consent as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| MLT1013 | Partnership Agreements that Can Be Refused Partnership Agreements that Can Be Refused (MLT1013) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Partnership Agreements that Can Be Refused as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1014 | Methods for Ethical Institutional Inquiry Methods for Ethical Institutional Inquiry (MLT1014) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Methods for Ethical Institutional Inquiry as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| MLT1015 | Capstone Proposal Review Capstone Proposal Review (MLT1015) is a 3-credit course on MA Native Student Success and Research Ethics, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Capstone Proposal Review as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Mltio. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
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