Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate

Program Overview

The Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate program at Capilano University is a five-year program that focuses on developing Ucwalmícwts (Lil'wat) language skills while also providing education on the history and culture of the Lil'wat Nation. The program is designed for current or future teachers of the Lil'wat language and 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 and aims to help keep the Ucwalmícwts language alive.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Lil'wat Nation Language & Culture Certificate program at Capilano University is a five-year program that focuses on developing Ucwalmícwts (Lil'wat) language skills while also providing education on the history and culture of the Lil'wat Nation. The program is designed for current or future teachers of the Lil'wat language and 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 and aims to help keep the Ucwalmícwts language alive.

Outline:

First Term (9.00 credits)

• 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 (6.00 credits)

• 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 (9.00 credits)

• 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 (3.00 credits)

Fourth Term (6.00 credits)

• ENGL 107: Introduction to Indigenous Literatures and Film (3.00 credits)
• Elective (3.00 credits)

Electives (choose one):

• 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 Indigenous 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)