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2010-2011 Calendar | First Nations Studies |

First Nations Studies Major Program

First Nations Studies Program | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2010-2011

This bachelor of arts (BA) degree program is for those who are interested in focusing and expanding their expertise in this discipline. Students will gain detailed insight into the cultures, histories and contemporary developments of First Nations people in British Columbia and North America. Students will develop a solid foundation in the study of First Nations issues from a variety of disciplinary approaches.

Program Requirements

Students should plan their program in consultation with the First Nations studies advisor.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 15 units, including

  • FNST 101-3 The Cultures, Languages and Origins of Canada’s First Peoples
  • FNST 201-3 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples' Perspectives on History

and three of

  • ARCH 223-3 The Prehistory of Canada
  • ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World
  • FNST 208-3 Introduction to North American Indigenous Literature
  • FNST 212-3 Indigenous Perceptions of Landscape
  • FNST 222-3 Selected Topics in First Nations Studies
  • LING 160-3 Language, Culture, and Society (when topic appropriate)
  • LING 231-3 Introduction to a First Nations Language I†
  • LING 232-3 Introduction to a First Nations Language II†
  • SA 286-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction

Other courses which have First Nations content may be applied toward the major as an elective, subject to approval by the program director.

Students are advised to consult the program director or program advisor.

†preferably in the same language in both courses

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 30 units, including

  • FNST 301-3 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research
  • FNST 401-3 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations
  • FNST 402-3 The Discourse of Native Peoples
  • FNST 403-3 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modern World

and at least 18 units chosen from

  • ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art
  • ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America
  • EDUC 311-3 Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language and Culture
  • ENGL 453W-4 Aboriginal Literatures
  • FNST 322-3 Special Topics in First Nations Studies ††
  • FNST/HIST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 †
  • FNST/HIST 326-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 †
  • FNST/WS 327-4 Aboriginal Women in Canada†
  • FNST 329-3 Sexuality and Gender: Indigenous Perspectives
  • FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations
  • FNST 353-3 First Nations Heritage Stewardship
  • FNST/ENGL 360-4 Popular Writing by Indigenous Author s†
  • FNST 363-4 Indigenous Poetry, Poetics, Printmaking
  • FNST 383-4 Indigenous Technology: Art and Sustainability
  • FNST/CRIM 419-3 Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice †
  • FNST/CRIM 429-3 Indigenous Peoples and International Law †
  • FNST 433-4 Indigenous Environmental Activism
  • FNST 442-3 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies
  • FNST/HIST 443-4 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law †
  • LING 331-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language I †††
  • LING 332-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language II †††
  • SA 388-4 Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous Peoples
  • SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar

† only one of the two courses may be used
†† may be completed more than once when offered as a different topic
††† preferably in the same language in both courses

Other special topics and/or directed studies courses may be applied toward the major,provided the content suggests a suitable substitution, and subject to approval by the program director or program advisor.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, students must also satisfy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences requirements.

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