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Indigenous Studies Certificate
A 24-credit certificate students can obtain in the course of completing a degree. Graduates who meet the certificate credit requirements receive an Indigenous Studies Certificate.
Indigenous studies is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that seeks to understand the ways in which indigenous peoples worldwide, despite their incredible diversity, share a common experience of colonization. Indigenous studies is thus interested in historical contexts, political struggles, cultural expressions, and the lived ongoing effects of colonialism.
The Indigenous Studies Certificate provides students the opportunity to concentrate on indigenous studies as part of their degree. Students are encouraged to explore issues through a broad range of disciplinary course offerings. As indigenous issues cross disciplinary boundaries, so too does this certificate.
Program requirements
The certificate in Indigenous Studies requires the completion of at least 24 credits in courses designated as “indigenous content” courses (some courses may have additional pre-requisites).
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ARCH 1190 | Introduction to Archaeology |
| ANTH 1210 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
| ANTH 2140 | Canadian Native Peoples |
| ARCH 2190 | Ancient North Americans |
| ARCH 2230 | Native Peoples and Cultures of British Columbia |
| ENGL 2410 | Native Canadian Literature |
| GEOG 2230 | The Regional Geography of British Columbia and Yukon |
| HIST 2020 | History of the Native Peoples of Canada |
| POLI 1110 | The Government and Politics of Canada |
| SOCI 2010 | Race and Ethnic Relations |
| TMGT 1020 | Cultural Heritage and Nature Interpretation |
Note: The following courses would not normally be accessible to students in a certificate program due to the individual course pre-requisites and the requirement of admittance to the Bachelor’s degree programs for upper-level courses. In special circumstances, however, it may be possible for non-traditional students to be admitted to these courses, which may count towards the credits for the certificate.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ARCH 3060 | Summer Field Training in Archaeology |
| ANTH 3270 | First Nations Natural Resource Management |
| ANTH 4010 | Native Peoples of North America |
| ANTH 4040 | Peoples and Cultures of the North American Arctic |
| ANTH 4050 | Canadian Status/Treaty Indian Reserve Communities |
| ARCH 4060 | Cultural Resource Management |
| ARCH 4110 | Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World |
| ARCH 4200 | Archaeology of British Columbia |
| EDUC 442 | Pedagogy of First Nations Education |
| ENGL 4460 | Studies in Commonwealth/Postcolonial Literature |
| ENGL 4470 | Studies in Indigenous Literature (North American) |
| POLI 4060 | Topics in Latin American Politics |
| SOCW 3540 | An Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services |
| THTR 325 | *History of Canadian Theatre - (*Not Currently Available) |
