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2010-2011 Calendar | First Nations Studies |

First Nations Studies Minor Program

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

This program studies traditional and contemporary issues involving aboriginal peoples of North America and Canada in particular. Designed for both First Nations and non-First Nations students, its focus is on First Nations traditional cultures, languages, indigenous knowledge and histories as well as Indian-White relations, the development of federal and provincial policy toward aboriginal peoples, aboriginal rights and title questions, economic development and self-government. The minor critically presents and examines these issues with the perspectives of aboriginal peoples, and will present research methods pertinent to past, present and future issues affecting aboriginal peoples. In this respect, it is especially relevant for First Nations students who wish to put knowledge of First Nations/aboriginal issues and research skills to practice when serving their communities and nations.

This program may be completed in conjunction with any major or honours bachelor’s degree, or with a bachelor of general studies degree. It is expected that First Nations studies courses will be taught by faculty with appointments in First Nations or joint appointments in First Nations and other disciplines.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete at least nine 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 at least one course from

  • ARCH 200-3 Special Topics in World Prehistory (when topic is Ancient Peoples of British Columbia)
  • ARCH 223-3 The Prehistory of Canada
  • BISC 272-3 Special Topics in Biology (when topic is Native Ethnobotany)
  • 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

STAT 203 (or equivalent) and SA 255 (or equivalent course in research methods) are strongly recommended.

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

Upper Division Requirements

At least 15 upper division units are required, including at least six units from the following.

  • 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

Students must also complete at least nine units from

  • ARCH 332-3 Special Topics in Archaeology I*
  • ARCH 333-3 Special Topics in Archaeology II*
  • ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America
  • ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest North America
  • ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management
  • ARCH 479-3 Directed Readings*
  • FNST 301-3 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research**
  • 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/ENGL 360-4 Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors†
  • FNST 363-4 Indigenous Poetry, Poetics, Printmaking
  • FNST 383-4 Indigenous Technology: Art and Sustainability
  • 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
  • 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
  • LING 430-3 Native American Languages
  • LING 431-3 Language Structures I***
  • LING 432-3 Language Structures II***
  • SA 386-4 The Ethnography of Politics
  • SA 388-4 Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous Peoples

*when offered as archaeological field school. This combination counts as only one course for satisfying requirements for the minor.
**when not used toward requirement of six units
***only when the topic is an aboriginal language
†only one of the two courses may be used

Other courses with First Nations content may be applied toward the minor as electives, subject to approval by the program director.

Credit accumulated in the certificate in First Nations studies research may be applied toward the minor in First Nations studies.

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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