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Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate

Faculty of Arts & Sciences School of Humanities

Credential
Certificate

Duration
5 year(s)

Capilano University Calendar 2022-2023

Program Highlights

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.

Admission Requirements

Basic requirements

  • High school graduation

Program-specific requirements

  • Interview with Lil'wat education officials

Program Requirements

First Term

Total credits: 9.00

Required:
ENGL 100University Writing Strategies3.00 credits
FNST 102Lil'wat People and Language I (Ucwalmicw I)3.00 credits
LING 102Introduction to Practical Phonetics3.00 credits

 

Second Term

Total credits: 6.00

Required:
FNLG 102The Lil'wat Language I (Ucwalmícwts I)3.00 credits
LING 100Introduction to General Linguistics: Language Structure3.00 credits

 

Third Term

Total credits: 9.00

Required:
FNLG 103The Lil'wat Language II (Ucwalmicwts II)3.00 credits
FNST 103Lil'wat People and Language II (Ucwalmicw II)3.00 credits
Elective - see list below3.00 credits

 

Fourth Term

Total credits: 6.00

Required:
ENGL 107Indigenous Literature and Film3.00 credits
Elective - see list below3.00 credits

 

Electives

Choose from the following list:
AHIS 103First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast3.00 credits
AHIS 106Art of the Americas and Africa: 1492 to Now3.00 credits
ANTH 202Anthropology and the Environment3.00 credits
ANTH 206First Nations of British Columbia3.00 credits
ANTH 208Indigenous Peoples of North America3.00 credits
ANTH 233Archaeology of the Americas3.00 credits
BIOL 104Human Biology4.00 credits
BIOL 105Environmental Biology4.00 credits
ENGL 190Introduction to Creative Writing3.00 credits
ENGL 191Creative Writing: Contemporary Practices3.00 credits
FNLG 104The Lil’wat Language III (Ucwalmícwts III)3.00 credits
FNLG 105The Lil'wat Language IV (Ucwalmícwts IV)3.00 credits
HIST 209History of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada3.00 credits
LING 101Introduction to General Linguistics: Language Use3.00 credits
LING 206First Nations Languages of British Columbia3.00 credits
LING 208Indigenous Languages and Their Speakers3.00 credits
POL 208Aboriginal Politics in Canada3.00 credits
BIOLEthnobiology (in development)3.00 credits

 

Total program credits: 30.00

Contact

Have questions about this program?

Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate-Linguistics


604 894 2300
TLC@capilanou.ca

Ts̓zil Learning Centre, Mount Currie, B.C.

Student Information Services


604 984 4900
604 984 1798 (fax)
Library Building, room LB152
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