Bachelor of Arts in Native Studies (BA NS)

★6 Junior English or ★3 Junior English and ★3 Writing Studies (WRS)

No more than ★6 of junior English, or equivalent, may be taken for credit in an undergraduate program. ENGL 125 - Aboriginal Writing  is recommended.

★6 Fine Arts (junior or senior)

• Art and Design (ART, DES, HADVC)
• CLASS 254 , CLASS 255 , CLASS 356  
• DANCE
• DRAMA
• Film Studies (FS)
• HECOL Design Courses
• MUSIC
• Native Studies Art courses (NS 260  or relevant designated course)
• WRITE

★6 Humanities Core (junior or senior)

• Christian Theology courses at St Joseph’s (CHRTC) and at St Stephen’s College (CHRTP)
• Comparative Literature (C LIT)
• East Asian Studies (CHINA, EASIA, JAPAN, KOREA)
• English (ENGL) Senior only 200-level and higher.
• History and Classics (HIST, CLASS), except CLASS 254 , CLASS 255 , CLASS 356  
• Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS)
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Religious Studies (RELIG)

★6 Social Science (junior or senior)

• Agriculture and Resource Economics (AREC)
• Anthropology (ANTHR)
• Community Service Learning (CSL)
• Economics (ECON)
• Environmental and Conservation Sciences, ENCS 352  
• Études Canadiennes (ETCAN)
• Human Ecology, HECOL 100 , HECOL 201 , HECOL 210 , HECOL 211 , HECOL 212, HECOL 410 , HECOL 313 , HECOL 321 , HECOL 322 , HECOL 360  
• Human Geography and Planning (HGP)
• Interdisciplinary Undergraduate (INT D)
• Latin American Studies (LA ST)
• Linguistics (LING)
• Middle Eastern and African Studies (MEAS)
• Political Science (POL S)
• Psychology (PSYCO) designated as Arts courses
• Renewable Resources, REN R 260 , R SOC 271  
• Rural Sociology (R SOC)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS)

★6 Scientific inquiry and applications (junior or senior)

1. Any courses offered by the Faculty of Science or recognized by the Faculty of Science as Science courses (see Details of Courses )
2. Any of the following courses from the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences:
   Animal Science (AN SC)
   Environmental and Conservation Sciences (ENCS) (except ENCS 352 )
   Forest Science (FOR)
   Nutrition (NUTR)
   Nutrition and Food Science (NU FS)
   Plant Science (PL SC)
   Renewable Resources (REN R) (except REN R 260 , R SOC 271 )
   Soil Science (SOILS)
3. ★3 maximum of courses in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

Notes

1. No one course may satisfy more than one basic requirement.
2. Senior courses in the Major or Minor that meet a basic requirement are counted toward the Major or Minor.
3. Students in the BA in Native Studies/BSc in Environmental and Conservation Sciences Combined Degrees must choose courses outside the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences to fulfill the Faculty common requirements in NS.

★3 Native Studies Introductory Skills and Methods:

• NS 290 - Introduction to Research and Inquiry

★6 Native Language:

• NS 152 - Introductory Cree
• NS 105 (★3)
• NS 153 (★3)
• NS 252 - Intermediate Cree
• NS 352 - Advanced Cree

★6 Perspectives Courses:

• NS 110 - Historical Perspectives in Indigenous Studies
• NS 111 - Contemporary Perspectives in Indigenous Studies

★3 Research Methods Course:

• NS 390 - Research Methods in Indigenous Studies

★9 Native Studies Courses at the 200/300-level (excluding NS 200).

★9 Native Studies Courses at the 400-level.

Note Cross-listed Courses:

The following courses contain a strong Aboriginal component and may be taken for Native Studies credit from these departments. Only ★6 may be applied to the Native Studies major. Anthropology: ANTHR 256 , ANTHR 474 ; Christian Theology at St Joseph’s College: CHRTC 221 ; Comparative Literature: C LIT 426 ; Education-Policy Studies: EDPS 432 , EDPS 474 ; English: ENGL 308 , ENGL 309 ; ENGL 223 , ENGL 360 , ENGL 373 , ENGL 481 ; Études Canadiennes: ETCAN 360 ; French Language and Literature: FREN 312, FREN 465 ; History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture: HADVC 257 ; History: HIST 247 , HIST 352 , HIST 359 , HIST 368 , HIST 369 , HIST 478 ; Kinesiology, Recreation, Leisure, and Sport: KRLS 323 ; Political Science: POL S 327 ; Religious Studies: RELIS 378, RELIG 379 ; Sociology: SOC 224 , SOC 225 , SOC 226 , SOC 260 , SOC 321 , SOC 370 ; Women and Gender Studies: WGS 255 , WGS 440 .

Human Ecology Minor

★18 with at least ★3 at the 300-level and at least ★3 at the 400-level.

Business Minor

★18 in Business courses at the 300-level or above. In order to be permitted to take this minor, Native Studies students must have completed the prerequisites of ★6 in ENGL 102 , ENGL 103 , ENGL 108, ENGL 125  or equivalent, ★6 in ECON 101  and ECON 102 , and ★3 in MATH 154  or equivalent; and have an overall GPA of 2.7. In addition, for those students wishing to take Finance or Management Science courses in business, they will also be required to take STAT 151  as a prerequisite.

Environmental and Conservation Sciences Minor

★21 for a minor in Environmental and Conservation Sciences. Stipulations: ★6 must be at the 300 or 400-level, additional ★6 must be at the 400-level, ★15 must be courses taught in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, specifically AREC, ENCS, FOR, INT D, REN R, R SOC, and courses that are listed under the program core, major core, major electives, or approved program elective boxes for any of the ENCS majors, ★6 may be taken outside the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, and must be approved by an Environmental and Conservation Sciences advisor. Native Studies BA majors must maintain a GPA of 2.0 overall in the courses applied to their Environmental and Conservation Sciences minor. Note: NS students will need to have completed Mathematics 30-1 or equivalent and Biology 30 to take this minor.