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Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Aboriginal Studies - Arts

Note: With the establishment of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies on July 1, 2009, degrees and programs in the Faculty of Arts will be moved to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies as of the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Session. Grandparenting provisions have been developed for students continuing in degrees and programs currently offered in the Faculty of Arts. Details are available on the York University Current Students Web site (http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/cs.htm).

York University students may earn a Certificate in Aboriginal Studies in addition to fulfilling the requirements for an undergraduate degree. This certificate is open to students in all undergraduate Faculties.

To qualify for the Certificate in Aboriginal Studies, students must complete 24 credits from a list of approved courses, with a cumulative grade point average in these 24 credits of at least 5.00.

Students are expected to register their entry to the certificate program with the unit administering the program, normally prior to completion of 36 credits of their undergraduate degree program. This procedure is intended to help keep students abreast of program related events and to ensure that students complete the program requirements in a timely fashion. Students are also expected to submit an application to graduate from the program.

Course requirements, and application and admission requirements for the Certificate in Aboriginal Studies, are as follows:

AS/SOSC 1030 9.00 or AK/SOSC 2050 6.00;
at least 12 credits chosen from: AS/ANTH 3510 3.00, AS/ANTH 3420 3.00, AK/EN 3535 3.00, AK/EN 3536 3.00, AK/EN 3858 6.00, AK/EN 3839 3.00, FA/FACS 3900M 3.00, FA/FILM 4710 3.00, AS/GEOG 4095 3.00, AS/HIST 4508 6.00, AS/POLS 4102 3.00, AK/SOSC 4750 6.00, AK/SOSC 4780 6.00, AS/SOSC 4351 6.00, GL/CDNS 2630 6.00, AK/SOWK 4270 3.00, FA/VISA 3350C 3.00, FA/VISA 3350D 3.00;
AS/SOSC 4030 6.00.

Note: Students may take courses through Atkinson or Glendon (subject to course credit exclusion(s) and in-Faculty regulations).

Further information about the Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Aboriginal Studies is available from the coordinator of the certificate in the Division of Social Science.

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