Honours BA with Major in Aboriginal Studies – 120 credits (4 years)
Total
Total
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
4th year
120 credits
(40 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
Core courses
ENG1100 Workshop in Essay
Writing
PHI1101 Reasoning and Critical
Thinking
12 credits
(4 courses)
3 credits from:
AHL1100 Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in the
Arts1
AHL1900 Initiation aux études
interdisciplinaires en Arts /
Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in the
Arts1
ENG1120 Literature and
Composition I: Prose Fiction
ENG1121 Literature and
Composition II: Drama and
Poetry
3 credits from:
AHL1100 Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in the
Arts1
AHL1900 Initiation aux études
interdisciplinaires en Arts /
Introduction to interdisciplinary
study in the Arts1
PHI1102 Moral reasoning
PHI1103 Fundamental
Philosophical Questions
PHI1104 Great Philosophers
Major in Aboriginal Studies
First program
EAS2101 Colonialism and
Indigenous Peoples
42 credits
(14
courses)[CS1]
EAS1101 Introduction to
Aboriginal Societies and
Cultures
EAS3101 Research and
Methodologies in Aboriginal
Studies
EAS4103 Seminar in
Aboriginal Studies
HIS2307 History of the Native
Peoples in Canada, from the
origins to the present
SRS2115 Religious Ways of the
Aboriginal Peoples
LIN2301 Aboriginal Language
3 optional course credits
at the 4000 level from
the list of optional
courses2
9 optional course credits at the 3000 or 4000 level from the
list of optional courses 2
Secon
d
progr
am
Minor
or
major
9 optional course credits from the list of optional courses
42 credits (14
courses)
2
Mandatory major or minor added after first year.
Students must add a second program, either a 42-credit major or a 30-credit minor, selected from any of a number of disciplines
offered at the Telfer School of Management or at the faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science, Health Sciences or Social Sciences. The
Electives
30 credits (10
courses)
24 or 36
credits
(8 or 12
courses)
faculties of Science and Engineering also offer many majors and minors. However, these majors require 51 to 60 credits.
Note that secondary school prerequisite courses may be required for the second program.
The number of elective courses varies according to the second program:


In the major option, students must take 24 electives (8 courses).
In the minor option, students must take 36 electives (12 classes).
Notes
1
This course has variable topics. Students may take this course twice
2
A minimum of 12 credits must be chosen from list A
3 credits = 1 course
List A: Aboriginal Content Courses (minimum of 12 credits)
ANT2126 Native Peoples of the Americas
ANT3326 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, International Perspectives
ART3354 Inuit and Amerindian Art
CML2301 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law1
CML4162 Advanced Aboriginal Law1
EAS3102 Selected Topics in Aboriginal Studies
EAS3103 Indigenous Spiritualties in the Americas.
EAS4101 Fieldwork and Directed Research
EAS4102 Contemporary Indigenous Political Thought
EAS4364 Selected Topics in Aboriginal History
ENG3381 Native Writing in Canada
FEM3108 Indigenous Feminisms and Aboriginal Women's Issues
GEG3309 Social Landscapes of Métis Communities
HIS3109 Selected Topics in Native History
LIN2302 Aboriginal Language: Structure Analysis
POL3159 Indigenous Politics in Canada
SRS3119 Shamanic Traditions
SRS3139 Religious Encounters in the Colonial Americas
SVS3555 Service social auprès des populations autochtones
List B: Context-Related Courses
ANT3131 Economic Anthropology
CDN3100 Histories and Perceptions of History in Canada
CDN4100 Contemporary Issues in Canada
ELA1102 Latin American Cultures I
ENV3321 Geographical Approaches to Environmental Issues
FEM2107 Diversities of Women: Gender, Race, Class and (Dis)ability
GEG2109 Canada and its Regions
GEG3107 Geography of Polar Regions
GEG3302 Natural Resource Management
HIS2130 The Peopling of North America
HIS2170 Latin America, Colonial Period
SOC2309 Canadian Society
SRS1191 Religion and Culture in Canada
SRS2194 Anthropology of Religion
SRS2386 History of Religion in Canada +
SRS3191 Sociology of Religious and Cultural Pluralism
SRS3194 Anthropological Theories in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Issues
Note(s)
1
With the permission of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Valid for the 2015–2016 academic year.
For more information, see page ##.