Aboriginal Studies Certificate

The certificate in Aboriginal Studies requires the completion of at least 24 credits in courses designated as aboriginal content courses (some courses may have additional pre-requisites).

ANTH 119 - Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 121 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 214* - Canadian Native Peoples
ANTH 219 - Ancient North Americans
ANTH 223 - Native Peoples and Cultures of British Columbia
ENGL 241 - Native Canadian Literature
GEOG 223 - The Regional Geography of British Columbia and Yukon
HIST 202 - History of the Native Peoples of Canada
POLI 111 - The Government and Politics of Canada
SOCI 201 - Race and Ethnic Relations
TMGT 102 - Cultural Heritage and Nature Interpretation

* highly recommended as an introduction to Aboriginal Studies

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 Bachelors degree programs for upper level courses. In special circumstances, however, it may be possible for students to be admitted to these courses, which may count towards the credits for the certificate.

ANTH 306 - Summer Field Training in Archaeology
ANTH 327 - First Nations Natural Resource Management
ANTH 401 - Native Peoples of North America
ANTH 404 - Peoples and Cultures of the North American Arctic
ANTH 405 - Canadian Status/Treaty Indian Reserve Communities
ANTH 406 - Cultural Resource Management
ANTH 411 - Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World
ANTH 420 - Archaeology of British Columbia
EDUC 442 - Pedagogy of First Nations Education
ENGL 446 - Studies in Commonwealth/Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 447 - Studies in Aboriginal Literature (North American)
POLI 406 - Topics in Latin American Politics
SOCW 354 - An Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services
THTR 325 - History of Canadian Theatre