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Department of First Nations Studies | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This bachelor of arts (BA) degree program is for those who are interested in focusing and expanding their expertise in this discipline. Students will gain detailed insight into the cultures, histories and contemporary developments of First Nations people in British Columbia and North America. Students will develop a solid foundation in the study of First Nations issues from a variety of disciplinary approaches.

Program Requirements

Students should plan their program in consultation with the First Nations studies advisor.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 15 units, including both of

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

and three of

• ARCH 223 The Prehistory of Canada (3)
• ARCH 273 Archaeology of the New World (3)
• FNLG 231 Introduction to First Nations Language I †â¶Ä â¶Ä (3)
• FNLG 232 Introduction to First Nations Language II †â¶Ä â¶Ä (3)
• FNST 208 Introduction to North American Indigenous Literature (0)
• FNST 212 Indigenous Perceptions of Landscape (3)
• FNST 222 Selected Topics in First Nations Studies †â¶Ä 
• LING 160 Language, Culture and Society ^*(3)
• SA 286 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction (A) (4)

Other courses which have First Nations content may be applied toward the major as an elective, subject to approval by the program director. Students are advised to consult the program director or program advisor.

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 30 units, including

• FNST 301 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research (3)
• FNST 401 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations (3)
• FNST 402 The Discourse of Native Peoples (3)
• FNST 403 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modern World (3)

and at least 18 units chosen from

• ARCH 301 Ancient Visual Art (3)
• EDUC 311 Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language, and Culture (3)
• ENGL 453W Aboriginal Literatures (4)
• FNLG 331 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language I †â¶Ä â¶Ä  (3)
• FNLG 332 Description and Analysis of a First Nations Language II †â¶Ä â¶Ä  (3)
• FNST 322 Special Topics in First Nations Studies †â¶Ä  (3)
• FNST 324 Indigenous Art History (4)
• FNST 325 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 ⁺ (4) or
  
• HIST 325 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 ⁺ (4)
• FNST 326 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 ⁺ (4) or
  
• HIST 326 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North American Since 1850 ⁺ (4)
• FNST 327 Aboriginal Women in Canada ⁺ (4) or
  
• GSWS 327 Aboriginal Women in Canada ⁺ (4)
• FNST 329 Sexuality and Gender: Indigenous Perspectives (3)
• FNST 332 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations (3)
• FNST 353 First Nations Heritage Stewardship (3)
• FNST 360 Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors ⁺ (4) or
  
• ENGL 360 Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors ⁺ (4)
• FNST 363 Indigenous Poetry, Poetics, Printmaking (4)
• FNST 376 Indigenous Weaving Technologies: Community of Beings (4)
• FNST 383 Indigenous Technology: Art and Sustainability (4)
• FNST 419 Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice ⁺ (3) or
  
• CRIM 419 Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice ⁺ (3)
• FNST 429 Indigenous Peoples and International Law ⁺ (3) or
  
• CRIM 429 Indigenous Peoples and International Law ⁺ (3)
• FNST 433 Indigenous Environmental Activism (4)
• FNST 442 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies (3)
• FNST 443 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law ⁺ (4) or
  
• HIST 443 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law ⁺ (4)
• FNST 462 Indigenous Oral Testimony: Theory, Practice, Purpose, Community (4)
• SA 388 Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous Peoples (S or A) (4)
• SA 486 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar (A) (4)