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Summer 2011 Calendar | First Nations Studies |

First Nations Studies Post Baccalaureate Diploma Program

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

Through First Nations Studies courses and courses from other disciplines, the program provides in-depth knowledge of Aboriginal and indigenous issues including First Nations cultures and indigenous knowledge, historical contexts, natural and cultural resource management, and legal and public policy issues. Learners engage in dialogue and discussion around these issues and evaluate them, considering Aboriginal perspectives. This program is comprised of at least 30 units of upper division or graduate level courses. Courses are offered on an ongoing basis at both the Burnaby campus and the Kamloops site.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum 2.00 GPA from a BC university, or a 2.4 GPA from a university outside of BC, or equivalent. Students can apply for entry in the fall, spring or summer terms. Consult with the First Nations Studies office for admission deadlines.

Program Requirements

The post baccalaureate diploma (PBD) program can be completed through full-time or part-time study, or a combination by attending 91ÅÝܽ’s Burnaby and/or Kamloopsprogram locations. Upon University admission, students must be approved for entry and must complete a PBD course plan. Completion is expected within two or three years, to a maximum of five years, with a 2.5 GPA in all diploma courses. Transfer credit may be approved if it meets the program requirements, and at least 18 of the 30 required units are completed at 91ÅÝܽ. Transfer credit application must be initiated at the time of University application. Credit applied to this program may not be applied to another 91ÅÝܽ certificate, diploma or degree, or vice-versa.

Prerequisite Courses

Students complete both of

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

Core Courses

Students complete all of

  • 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

First Nations Studies Elective Courses

Students complete at least two of

  • FNST 322-3 Special Topics in First Nations Studies
  • FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations
  • FNST 442-2, 3, 4, 5 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies

Additional Electives

The remaining 12 elective units will be chosen by completing additional units from the list above (FNST 322, 332, 442) and/or from the following courses.

  • ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America
  • ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management*
  • ARCH 435-6 Fieldwork Practicum*
  • CRIM 311-3 Minorities and the Criminal Justice System
  • 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/ENGL 360-4 Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors†
  • 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/HIST 443-4 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law
  • FNLG 331-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language I
  • FNLG 332-3 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language II
  • FNLG 433-3 First Nations Language Mentoring I
  • FNLG 434-3 First Nations Language Mentoring II
  • LING 430-3 First Nations Languages
  • LING 431-3 Language Structures I
  • LING 432-3 Language Structures II
  • SA 386-4 Native Peoples and Public Policy
  • SA 388-4 Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous Peoples
  • SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar

*if topic is appropriate
†only one of the two courses may be used

Additional upper division courses with First Nations content, as well as graduate courses, may be approved by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to be used to satisfy program requirements.

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