| First
Nations Studies Certificate
The First Nation
Studies Certificate will be awarded by the University
of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) on behalf of CCWU.
Students interested in obtaining this certificate must
take all UNBC courses between January 2008 - Spring
2009.
The Certificate in General First Nations
Studies is a multidisciplinary program allowing individuals
to pursue their interests in First Nations Studies through
a concentrated program of courses on First Nations subjects.
The program ladders well into a major in First Nations
Studies, Anthropology, Biology, History, Education,
English, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Geography,
Nursing and Community Health, Political Science, Psychology,
Social Work and Women's Studies.
The Certificate requires successful completion of 10
courses (30 credit hours). Eighteen of these credit
hours are earned by completing six required courses.
The remaining four courses (12 credit hours) consist
of options from the First Nations Studies program, including
at least one course from the approved ancillary course
list.
Students must establish their course of study with
approval from the Chair of First Nations Studies.
Certificate Requirements
FNST
100-3 The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
FNST
200-3 Methods and Perspectives in First Nations
Studies
FNST
215-3 Issues in External Relations for Contemporary
Indigeneous Peoples
ANTH
206-3 Ethnography in Northern British Columbia
or
FNST 304-3 First Nations Environmental Philosophy
and Knowledge
HIST
110-3 Indigena
Any First Nations Culture Level 1 course
or any First Nations Language Level 1 course.
Nine credit hours of First Nations Studies at any level
approved by the Chair of First Nations Studies.
Three credit hours from the approved list of ancillary
courses. Please refer to the list of Approved Ancillary
Courses. |
