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Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate
Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate

Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate

  • ID:CU10001
  • Level:Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma
  • Duration:
  • Intake:
  • Type:Part-time

Fees (CAD)

  • Application Fee:$135.00
  • TuitionFee/Year:$6,739.00
  • LivingFee/Year:$12,000.00
  • InsuranceFee/Year:$900.00
  • Application Fee:$135.00
  • TuitionFee/Year:$6,739.00
  • LivingFee/Year:$12,000.00
  • InsuranceFee/Year:$900.00
Estimated Total/program:
$98,870.00
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60
Accept letter
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Visa
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Admission Requirements

Basic requirements
  • High school graduation
Program specific requirements
  • Interview with Lil'wat education officials

  English requirements

  • 67% or higher in English 12, English Studies 12, Literary Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12

  • An EDT score of ENGL 100 level

  • An LPI score of 24 or higher

  • Successful completion of ENGL 112, or equivalent transfer credit

  • 4 or higher in an Advanced Placement course in English Language & Composition or English Literature & Composition

  • 4 or higher in the International Baccalaureate English A: Literature, English A: Language & Literature, or English: Literature and Performance – Higher Level and Standard Level

  • C+ grade or higher in BENG 052 or in both BENG 053 and BENG 054

  • B+ grade or higher in both EAP 100 and EAP 101

  • C- or higher in an English transfer course from another college or university

  • A degree from an English-speaking university

  • C grade or higher in FALX99 from Simon Fraser University

  • IELTS (academic): score of 6.5 and higher with a minimum band level of 6.0

  • TOEFL (IBT): score of 88 or higher with no section below 20

Course Information

Develop your Ucwalmícwts (Lil’wat) language skills while learning about the history and culture of the Lil’wat Nation. Cá7stum' ti Nqwal'úttenlhkalha!

Help keep the Ucwalmícwts (the Lil'wat language) alive. Suited to current or future teacher of the Lil'wat language, the program offers introductory language courses as well as literature and other electives relevant to Lil'wat language and culture.

The program is taught from a Lil’wat perspective. You'll study at the Ts'zil Learning Centre in Mount Currie and learn from CapU instructors and Lil'wat community members.

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First Term

Total credits: 9.00

  • ENGL 100, University Writing Strategies, 3.00 credits

  • FNST 102, Lil'wat People and Language I (Ucwalmicw I), 3.00 credits

  • LING 102, Introduction to Practical Phonetics, 3.00 credits

 Second Term

Total credits: 6.00

  • FNLG 102, The Lil'wat Language I (Ucwalmícwts I), 3.00 credits

  • LING 100, Introduction to General Linguistics: Language Structure, 3.00 credits

 Third Term

Total credits: 9.00

  • FNLG 103, The Lil'wat Language II (Ucwalmicwts II), 3.00 credits

  • FNST 103, Lil'wat People and Language II (Ucwalmicw II), 3.00 credits

  • Elective - see list below, 3.00 credits

 Fourth Term

Total credits: 6.00

  • ENGL 107, Indigenous Literature and Film, 3.00 credits

  • Elective - see list below, 3.00 credits

 Electives

  • Choose from the following list:

  • AHIS 103, First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast, 3.00 credits

  • AHIS 106, Art of the Americas and Africa: 1492 to Now, 3.00 credits

  • ANTH 202, Anthropology and the Environment, 3.00 credits

  • ANTH 206, First Nations of British Columbia, 3.00 credits

  • ANTH 208, Indigenous Peoples of North America, 3.00 credits

  • ANTH 233, Archaeology of the Americas, 3.00 credits

  • BIOL 104, Human Biology, 4.00 credits

  • BIOL 105, Environmental Biology, 4.00 credits

  • ENGL 190, Introduction to Creative Writing, 3.00 credits

  • ENGL 191, Creative Writing: Contemporary Practices, 3.00 credits

  • FNLG 104, The Lil’wat Language III (Ucwalmícwts III), 3.00 credits

  • FNLG 105, The Lil'wat Language IV (Ucwalmícwts IV), 3.00 credits

  • HIST 209, History of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 3.00 credits

  • LING 101, Introduction to General Linguistics: Language Use, 3.00 credits

  • LING 206, First Nations Languages of British Columbia, 3.00 credits

  • LING 208, Indigenous Languages and Their Speakers, 3.00 credits

  • POL 208, Aboriginal Politics in Canada, 3.00 credits

  • BIOL, Ethnobiology (in development), 3.00 credits

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