Academic Calendar 2024/25

Indigenous Studies

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Indigenous Studies major

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

Course Title Credits
HALQ 101 Halq'eméylem Language I 3
HALQ 102 Halq'eméylem Language II 3
IPK 102 Introduction to Indigenous Peoples Knowledges 3

IPK 202

Introduction to Indigenous Resurgence 3
IPK 275 Indigenous Education: Contemporary Issues and Policies (formerly FNST 275) 3
or IPK 277 Indigenous Art: Stories and Protocols
One of: 3
HIST 103 Stó:lō History
IPK 105 Introduction to Stó:lō People and Communities (formerly FNST 101)
IPK 106 Stó:lō Ways of Healing and Helping (formerly FNST 102)  
IPK 205 Stó:lō Social and Governing Structures (formerly FNST 202)  
IPK 206 Stó:lō and Salish Communications and Worldview (formerly FNST 201)  

Upper-level requirements: 30–32 credits

Course Title Credits
IPK 302 Colonial Trauma, Residential Schools, and Resilience 3
IPK 331/ POSC 336 History of Indigenous Leadership 4
IPK 332 Indigenous Governance and Leadership 3
IPK 344 Research in Action: Indigenous Meaning Making (formerly also offered as ANTH 344/SOC 344) 3
IPK 386 Braiding Indigenous Knowledges, Practices, and Worldviews 3
IPK 403 Indigenous Studies Capstone 3
12-14 credits selected from: 12-14
ADED 365 Adult Education in Canada: Indigenous Peoples  
ANTH 387/ SOC 387 Aboriginal Peoples of Canada  
ANTH 388/ SOC 388 Global Indigeneity (formerly also offered as LAS 388)  
HALQ 301 Advanced Upriver Halq’eméylem I  
HALQ 302 Advanced Upriver Halq’eméylem II: Introduction to Storytelling  
HIST 327 Settler-Indigenous Relations in New Zealand and Canada  
HIST 458/ LAS 458 History of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America  
IPK 401 Indigenous Worldviews and Spirituality  
IPK 402 Indigenous Studies Field Work Practicum  
IPK 404 Directed Studies in Indigenous Studies  
IPK 477/ BIO 477 Traditional Ecological Knowledges  

 

Indigenous Studies minor

This section specifies the Indigenous Studies minor discipline requirements only. Please refer to the specific degree section for information on additional requirements.

Lower-level requirements: 12 credits

Course Title Credits
HALQ 101 Halq'eméylem Language I 3
IPK 102 Introduction to Indigenous Peoples Knowledges 3
IPK 206 Stó:lō and Salish Communications and Worldview (formerly FNST 201) 3
One of: 3
HIST 103 Stó:lō History
IPK 105 Introduction to Stó:lō People and Communities (formerly FNST 101)
IPK 106 Stó:lō Ways of Healing and Helping (formerly FNST 102)  

IPK 202

Introduction to Indigenous Resurgence  
IPK 205 Stó:lō Social and Governing Structures (formerly FNST 202)  
IPK 275 Indigenous Education: Contemporary Issues and Policies (formerly FNST 275)  
IPK 277 Indigenous Art: Stories and Protocols

Upper-level requirements: 15–17 credits

1517 credits of upper-level IPK or HALQ, with no more than 8 credits of HALQ.

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