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According to the current UBC Calendar 2000/2001 there are 84 courses offered by 21 departments which have First Nations focus or content. These are summarized in Table 1. Table 1: Summary of First Nations Courses 2000/2001
In addition to the courses listed in the Calendar which are explicitly described as having First Nations content, there are numerous courses which include First Nations content either as a discrete part or an ongoing facet in subject areas, such as, history, economics, geography, forestry, political science, folklore, fine arts, English, drama, linguistics, environmental, international or historical law, education, architecture, ethnomusicology, ethnobotany etc. Moreover, in addition to those courses which focus on First Nations as a subject, there are courses which provide opportunity for analysis, research and practice from a First Nations perspective. For example, students could utilize First Nations epistemology or methodology in fields of study such as applied ethics, philosophy, research methods, educational administration, curriculum development, cultural and cross-cultural studies, health care delivery and administration, resource management, and course practicums, special topics, directed studies. These two categories of courses are not included in this inventory. List of Courses with First Nations Content: UBC Calendar 2000/2001 ANTH 220 (3) First Nations of British Columbia. The cultures, languages, and resources of First Nations, with anthropological perspectives on colonization and development ANTH 221 (3) Contemporary First Nations Cultural Expressions Forms and styles of indigenous expressive arts, and their current place in the lives of British Columbia First Nations. ANTH 222 (3) Current First Nations Issues in British Columbia Anthropological perspectives on current issues of public policy, law, and political activity, as they affect the place of First Nations people in British Columbia. ANTH 304 (6) Ethnography of the Northwest Coast. Specialized study of the ethnographic and theoretical problems of the region. ANTH 306 (6) Summer Field Training in Archaeology. Intensive training in excavation techniques and interpretation, including mapping procedures, recording preliminary analysis, and reporting. Students will participate in an excavation for the Summer Session and will use the excavation as the basis for lectures, discussions and reports. ANTH 329 (3) Anthropology and First Nations of Canada. Anthropological perspectives on current First Nations issues in Canada. * not for credit in the Majors program. ANTH 331 (3/6) Anthropology of Art. Anthropological perspectives on artifacts and symbolic forms: their production, use, and function in relation to technology, ecology, social organization, and cognitive structures. ANTH 332 (3) Oral Tradition. An ethnographic perspective on the dynamics of oral tradition in various oral and literate culture; the characteristics and roles of oral genres including folktale, genealogy, oral historautobiography, and myth in these societies; and the relationship between orality and literacy. ANTH 341 (3/6) An Introduction to Museum Antrhopology. The development of anthropology in museums from the late 19th century to the present day; material culture research; the study of museums as social institutions. ANTH 353 (3) Ethnography of Latin America. Indigenous peoples of Latin America, emphasizing both pre-Colombian cultural traditions and socioeconomic and cultural changes from the colonial period to the present. ANTH 401 (3/6) First Peoples of North America. A survey of indigenous cultures and ethnographic literature of North America. ANTH 424 (3/6) Applied Archaeology. A review of the history and current practices of cultural heritage, resource management. Includes legislative background and governmental organization as well as current practices in resource assessment and in salvage archaeology. The relationships between governments, consultants, sponsors and Native Peoples bands are explored with an emphasis on recent developments. ANTH 431 (3/6) The Care of Cultural Property. Care and cataloguing of collections utilizing the facilities of the Museum of Anthropology. Theoretical issues discussed in combination with laboratory projects. Special attention paid to management of politically sensitive cultural property. ANTH 432 (3/6) The Anthropology of Public Representation. The public presentation and interpretation of anthropological concepts and materials utilizing the programs and facilities of the Museum of Anthropology.
CONS 370 (3) Perspectives on First Nations and Forest lands. History of contact in North America, contemporary relations, Aboriginal Rights, contemporary treaty processes including interim measures, co-management/joint ventures, traditional uses, and self-government. Some full day field trips.
CRWR 202 (3) First Nations Creative Writing
DPAS 420 (6) Doctor/Dentist Patient and Society Multidisciplinary course examines critical issues in health care. Problem-based tutorials will address the patient-doctor relationship, health care systems, research, epidemiology, prevention, ethics, behavioural and social sciences, resource allocation, multiculturalism and marginalized populations.
EDUC 140 (3) Introduction to First Nations Studies. Selected issues affecting BC First Nations; the cultural and historical antecedents to these issues; First Nations viewpoints towards these issues. The course draws from various disciplines as well as from the knowledge of First Nations resource people. EDUC 141(3) Cultural Studies.** The study of a First Nations cultural group with emphasis on traditional values and practices related to education. * * For students in NITEP only. EDUC 240 (3) Issues in First Nation Education. EDUC 244 (2) Seminar and Classroom Observation II. Implications of cultural studies for classroom organization and practices. Orientation to First Nations educational practices, including some half day school observation and a 3 week May practicum. EDUC 339 (3) Canadian Studies in the School Curriculum. Designed to improve teaching about Canada by integrating material from several disciplines. Criteria for selecting content materials and teaching approaches. EDUC 342 (6) Teaching First Nation Languages in Elementary Schools. Strategies, materials and programs for teaching First Nations languages as first and second languages. EDUC 345 (0) First Nations Curriculum Field Experience. Participation in the development and implementation of First Nations curricula. Experience with appropriate implementation skills and strategies. This three-week May assignment is to a school or other Native educational setting. EDUC 441 (3) History of First Nations Schooling. An examination of key events affecting delivery of education, including contact, colonial policies and band controlled initiatives. EDUC 442 (3) Critical Issues in First Nations Education. Post-practicum students will explore how a school program may need to be modified in order to integrate more fully First Nations history, content, and worldviews. EDUC 566 (6) Principles of Secondary Education. Recent thought on classroom procedures, provisions for individual differences, discipline. The place of various school subjects in total education, and remedial education in Canada and other countries.
EDST 500 (3/6) Readings in the History of Canadian Education EDST 505 (3) History of North American Native Education EDST 578 (3) Multiculturalism, Race Relations and Education. EDST 588 (3) Environmental Philosophy and Environmental Education.
ENG 427 (3-12) Studies in First Nations Writing. Special studies of individual authors or of themes.
FINA 262 (3) Native Arts of North America. Men’s and women’s arts produced by Aboriginal Peoples of North America from pre-contact times to the present. FINA 369 (6) Arts of the Northwest Coast Peoples. Contextual studies of arts produced by First Nations men and women of the Northwest Coast region from pre-contact times to the present. FINA 469 (3) Seminar in North American Aboriginal Art.
FNLG 100 (3) First Nations Language. An introduction to one of the First Nations languages of British Columbia. Emphasis on accurate pronunciation and listening skills, conversational ability, basic literacy skills, an understanding of basic grammatical structures, and the study of oral traditions in their cultural context. FNLG 200 (3/6) First Nation Language. An intermediate level study of one of the First Nation languages of British Columbia. Emphasis on increasing fluency in conversational ability, enhancing pronunciation and comprehension skills, expanding vocabulary, extending literacy and grammatical understanding, and further study of oral traditions in their cultural context. FNLG 300 (3/6) First Nations Language: Advanced. Emphasis on developing advanced comprehension and production skills in one of the First nations languages of British Columbia. Extended focus on skills in oral traditions, transcription, literacy, and on deepening the understanding of grammatical structures and dialectical variation. FNLG 448 (3/12) Directed Studies in a First Nations Language. Supervised by a faculty member.
GEOG 327 (3) Historical Geography of Canada, I: Canada Before 1850. Canada from the beginning of European contact to the mid-19th century, stressing the changing geographical patterns of settlement, economy, and culture. GEOG 328 (3) Historical Geography of Canada, II: Canada After 1850. The spread of settlement, the growth of towns, and the development of economic and cultural regions in a Canada increasingly influenced by industrialization. GEOG 395 (3) Introduction to the Geography of the Americas. Physical environments, demographic and cultural patterns, trends in settlement and resource use. Frequent interamerican comparisons, especially along critical contact zones and regarding implications of liberalized relations. GEOG 426 (3) Historical Geography of British Columbia, I. Colonialism, resistance, and land use in early British Columbia. GEOG 428 (3) Historical Geography of British Columbia, II: Research Seminar. Approaches to research in historical geography. Field trip: participation recommended but not required. *Limited enrollment for non-Geography majors. GEOG 536 (3/6) Cultural Geography. Theories of culture and methods of cultural geography applied either to the cultural ecology of subsistence systems or to the geography of advanced societies. GEOG 537 (3) Society and Environment in British Columbia. Analysis of geographical change in a recently-colonized, recently-modernized corner of North America.
HIST 135 (3) The History of Canada. Some of the principle events in Canadian history and the various interpretations of them. HIST 201 (6) The Colonial experience in the Americas. A comparative study of the selected colonial societies from their foundations into the 19th century. HIST 250 (3/6) Latin America History. A general course designed to show, by discussion of the major issues of the last two thousand years, how the modern society and culture of Latin America came into being. HIST 302 (6) History of the Native Peoples of Canada. The native people (status and non-status) of Canada from contact to the present. Topics include native involvement in the fur trade and later economic developments, the emergence of the Metis, the treaty-making process, and the evolution of government policies for native people. HIST 303 (6) History of The Canadian West. Selected topics in the history of the Canadian West with an emphasis on the prairie west: the Indian and the fur trade, Louis Riel, prairie settlement, and western social, and political protest. Selected themes in the history of the region, primarily during the post-confederation years. Topics will emphasize changes in the economic, social, and institutional structures of the province HIST 427 (3) Seminar in Native History of Canada. Major interdisciplinary themes in the history of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples after European contact including historical demography, economic interdependency, missionary encounters, and relations with the Canadian state. HIST 475 (3) First Contacts in the Pacific. An interdisciplinary history of early European contact with the Aboriginal Peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America and the Pacific Islands. HIST 596 (3) Oral History and Genealogy.
IHHS 404 First Nations Health Issues IHHS 405 (3) Plants, First Nations People and Health (formerly Biol 448 Sec 213) IHHS 406 First Nations Health: Historical & Contemporary Issues (formerly Biol 448 Sec 212)
LAW 306 (3) Law and Society in British Columbia and the Yukon. Issues concerning law in the history of British Columbia and Yukon, with emphasis on how law and legal discourses are related to culture, ideas and interests over space and time. LAW 320 (2-4) Indigenous Peoples in Comparative and International Law. The legal situation of indigenous peoples in various states and in modern international law. LAW 330 (2-4) Cultural Property Law. National and international regimes for the protection of cultural property. LAW 350 (2-4) Issues of Equality and Social Justice. Selected topics related to the Charter right to equality and other rights related to social justice. LAW 352 (3) First Nations and Canadian Law. Survey of the historical and present status of the legal relationships between Canada’s First Nation peoples and the state. LAW 353 (2) Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. Rights of First Nations people stemming from their aboriginal status and from treaties. LAW 354 (2-4) First Nations Self-Government. Issues relating to First Nations’ assumption of self-government powers. LAW 355 (2-4) First Nations and the Administration of Justice. The justice system and its operation in relation to First Nations people. LAW 356 (2-4) First Nations and Economic Development. Legal issues affecting land use and economic activity involving First Nations’ resources. LAW 358 (2-4) Topics in the First Nations Law. LAW 363 (2-4) Racism and Law LAW 364 (2-4) Topics in Race and Law. A foundation course dealing with legal problems common to the management of natural resources such as fisheries, mines, and minerals, petroleum, forests, and water resources.
LING 433 (3) Native Languages of North America. Survey of the indigenous languages of north America. Study of the basic genetic classification of these languages and similarities among them. The structure of representative languages will be presented and contrasted. The present status of American Indian languages will be considered. LING 434 (3) Native Languages of Canada. Classification and structure of the indigenous languages of Canada. Survey of their present status, native language programs, and efforts to preserve and maintain them. LING 533 (3/6) Indian Languages of the Northwest Coast.
MUSC 328 (3) World Music Cultures Introduction to the principles of ethnomusicology and an examination of two contrasting musical traditions (e.g. North American Indian and Japanese). MUSC 330 (3) Music in Vancouver’s Ethnic Communities
PHIL 435 (3) Environmental Ethics. Moral problems arising from the context of human relationships to nature and to non-human living things, considered both in terms of general moral theory and policy formation. Topics include moral standing, animal rights, obligations to future generations, pollution, hazardous materials, the depletion of natural resources and the treatment of non-living things.
POLI 406 (3) Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Politics. Seminar in political structures, activities, and demands of aboriginal peoples; the policies of federal, provincial, and territorial governments; the relations between these governments and aboriginal peoples; the role of the courts and the constitution.
SSED 324 (3) Curriculum and Instruction in Canadian Studies SSED 511 (3) Problems in Historical Understandings Recent controversies in North American historical literature and implications for school curriculum in the light of research on teaching and learning history. Issues include gender, ethnicity, environmental history, and the objectivity question.
SOWK 425 (3) First Nations Social Issues. Contemporary social issues facing First Nations people and communities examined in the context of the history of Euro-Canadian/First Nations relations; the impact of Euro-Canadian institutions upon First Nations peoples; implications for social policy and social work practice.
SOCI 201 (3/6) Ethnic Relations. An introduction to the study of relations between ethnic groups and of the interplay between ethnicity and other social factors. The course examines such concepts as ethnicity, racism, prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, and multiculturalism. SOCI 210 (3/6) Canadian Social Structure. Descriptive and analytical survey of such features as demographic characteristics, class structure, ethnicity, and regional variation in Canadian society as a basis for understanding current social issues. Interdisciplinary exploration of the situation of women in various societies, both past and present. Theoretical analyses, research, and literary sources are used to broaden understanding of the determinants of women’s experience.
f WMST 4250 (3) Aboriginal Women in Canada
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