First Nations and Indigenous Studies
This is an overview of current courses offered in 2021-22, although they may change in the future. The most updated information can be found on the UBC course website: https://courses.students.ubc.ca.
** Undergraduate students are sometimes able to take graduate-level courses with special permission. Please ask.
Anthropology Courses
ANTH 217 Culture and Communication
ANTH 220 First Nations of British Columbia
ANTH 304A Ethnography of the Northwest Coast
ANTH 317A Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 330 Anthropology of Rural Peoples and the Global Economy
ANTH 341A Museums, Heritage and Memory
ANTH 417B Language, Culture, and Cognition
ANTH 461 Anthropological Study of Local Ecological Knowledge
Art History Courses
ARTH 397A Special Topics – SPECIAL TOPICS
ARTH 476 Seminar in North American Indigenous Art
Art Studies Courses
ASTU 400S Interdisciplinary Studies in Arts – MUSQUEAM
ASTU 402 Living Language: Science and Society
Natural Resources Conservation Courses
CONS 370 Aboriginal Forestry
Creative Writing Courses
CRWR 220 Introduction to Creative Writing with an Indigenous Focus
English Courses
ENGL 331 The Structure of Modern English: Sentences and Their Uses
ENGL 373 Indigenous Literature
First Nations and Endangered Languages Courses
FNEL 101 Introduction to a Salish Language I
FNEL 102 Introduction to a Salish Language II
FNEL 141A Introduction to a Wakashan Language I
FNEL 180 Introduction to Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization
FNEL 201 Intermediate Salish Language I
FNEL 202 Intermediate Salish Language II
FNEL 241A Intermediate Wakashan Language I
FNEL 282 Structures of Endangered Languages: Conservation and Revitalization
FNEL 380 Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization
FNEL 381 Biocultural Diversity: Language, Community, and Environment
FNEL 481 Heritage Resources in Endangered First Nations Language Revitalization
First Nations and Indigenous Studies Courses
FNIS 100 Indigenous Foundations
FNIS 210 Indigenous Politics and Self-Determination
FNIS 220 Representation and Indigenous Cultural Politics
FNIS 300 Writing First Nations
FNIS 310 Critical Indigenous Theory Seminar
FNIS 320 Critical Indigenous Methodologies and Ethics
FNIS 400 Practicum/Advanced Research Seminar
FNIS 401T Special Topics
FNIS 401Z Special Topics
FNIS 451 Indigenous Feminisms
Geography Courses
GEOG 121 Geography, Environment and Globalization
GEOG 327 Creating Canada
GEOG 446A Topics in Geography
GEOG 495 Geographies of Social Movements in the Americas
Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Courses
GRSJ 101 Introduction to Social Justice
GRSJ 303 Gender, Race, Social Justice and the Law
GRSJ 305 Social Justice Issues in Community and International Organizing
GRSJ 306 Globalization and Social Justice: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in International Politics
GRSJ 325 Anti-colonial and Feminist Qualitative Methodologies
GRSJ 328 Theories of Subjectivity
History Courses
HIST 107 Global Indigenous Histories
HIST 302 History of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
HIST 447B Selected Topics in United States History
Land Food Systems Courses
LFS 340 First Nations Health and the Traditional Role of Plants
Linguistics Courses
LING 433 Native Languages of the Americas
Sociology Courses
SOCI 302 Ethnic and Racial Inequality
Can’t find what you want?
Every year, there are different student-directed seminars offered on various topics. If there is none for your very specific interests, you can make your own course! For more information, please see http://leap.ubc.ca/get-conscious/study-global-issues/student-directed-seminars/.Previously available courses (may be available again in the future):
ARTH 262 Native Arts of North America
HIST 427 Seminar in Native History of Canada
FNIS 200 First Nations of North America
IHHS 404 First Nations Health: Historical and Contemporary Issues