Duration: This program requires 120 with a minimum of 36 in Native Studies courses and a maximum of 54. Students normally complete 30 in each academic calendar year and may complete the program in four academic calendar years.

Residence Requirements: Students taking a program of 120 in the Faculty must have credit for at least 60 from the University of Alberta. The final 30 of the program must normally be taken at the University of Alberta campus.

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)

6 Humanities Core (junior or senior)

6 Social Science (junior or senior)

6 Scientific inquiry and applications (junior or senior)

No one course may satisfy more than one basic requirement.

Senior courses in the Major or Minor that meet a basic requirement are counted toward the Major or Minor.

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

6 Native Language:

NS 152 (6)

NS 105, 153 (3, 3)

NS 252 (6)

NS 352 (6)

6 Perspectives Courses:

NS 110 (3)

NS 111 (3)

3 Research Methods Course:

NS 390 (3)

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

9 Native Studies Courses at the 400-level.

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 ENGL 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 or equivalent, ECON 101, ECON 102, MATH 113, or MATH 114 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 Pure Mathematics 30 and Biology 30 to take this minor.

Options are courses that do not fulfill the Faculty basic requirements, the Native Studies major requirements, or the minor requirements. The number of required option credits depends on the minor credit requirements and makes up the difference to the maximum of 120 required to graduate.

Students may take a maximum of 12 from any one area of concentration. Courses not accepted for a minor may be placed in the Options section up to the 12 maximum.

Academic Performance for Graduation: Students must present credit (with a minimum University of Alberta grade of D or equivalent) in 120, which satisfy program requirements; present a graduation average of at least 2.0; present an average of at least 2.0 on all courses applied to the major; and present Satisfactory Academic Standing. The graduation average is the quotient of (a) the total number of grade points earned by the student in courses credited to the degree, and (b) the total weight of those courses. The major graduation average is the quotient of courses used to satisfy the Native Studies major requirement specifically (see §123.1.3). When a student has attempted, as part of the program, courses at an institution for which the grades are not precisely equivalent to those of the University of Alberta, the degree is awarded at the discretion of the Faculty of Native Studies. Courses with final grades less than C- are not transferable from other postsecondary institutions.

Degrees with Distinction: BA in Native Studies degrees With Distinction are awarded when students achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher over the last 60 taken at the University of Alberta if the student has satisfactorily completed these 60 over five consecutive terms, excluding Spring/Summer.