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2010-2011 Calendar | First Nations Studies |
First Nations Language Proficiency Certificate Program
Department of Linguistics | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2010-2011
This program is for students who wish to acquire conversational and literacy skills in a particular First Nations language, to teach this language in schools, or to enhance their language for cultural reasons or professional objectives.
The certificate can be completed on a full or part time basis.
Advanced placement through course challenge to a maximum of nine units is possible for fluent speakers. Credit may be applied to a specific language and is achieved by examination from an instructor in that language with the approval of the department.
Program Requirements
The certificate consists of 27 units. At least 12 must be earned by completing courses in the First Nations language itself.
Students complete or achieve equivalent credit for the following.
- LING 130-3 Practical Phonetics
- LING 220-3 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 231-3 Introduction to a First Nations Language I*
- LING 232-3 Introduction to a First Nations Language II*
- LING 331-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language*
- LING 332-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language II*
In addition, students must complete at least nine units selected from the following courses.
- LING 160-3 Language, Culture and Society
- LING 241-3 Languages of the World
- LING 280-3 First Nations Language Immersion
- LING 335-3 Topics in First Nations Language I
- LING 360-3 Linguistics and Language Teaching
- LING 430-3 Native American Languages
- LING 431-3 Language Structures I*
- LING 432-3 Language Structures II*
- LING 433-3 First Nations Language Mentoring I*
- LING 434-3 First Nations Language Mentoring II*
- LING 435-3 Topics in First Nations Language II
*may be used if the subject matter is the same First Nations language
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