At Coast Mountain College in Terrace, Canada, First Nations Fine Arts Diploma is offered as a diploma in Indigenous Focus programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,100 per total for local students.
The diploma centres on the art and tradition of First Nations culture in the Northwest, supported by field trips to cultural sites, museums and galleries, and visits from artists, dignitaries and cultural advocates. Annual public exhibitions build the skills needed to display, promote and sell original work, and every student takes part in carving legacy projects as part of the program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows the First Nations Fine Arts Diploma page in Coast Mountain College's catalogue, whose stated academic requirement is successful completion of the First Nations Fine Arts Certificate; the page states no further academic prerequisite of its own. English proficiency is required of every CMTN applicant under the institution's general admission requirements, met by an approved test such as IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, CAEL, or Duolingo English Test, or by completing English-medium senior secondary or post-secondary study; no score is specified on the program page itself. No portfolio, interview, or additional documentation is stated beyond what the Certificate admission already requires. Applicants are directed to the college's Apply to CMTN admissions checklist to apply online. The program admits for Fall 2026 in Terrace.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Coast Mountain College runs one common application calendar across its campuses rather than a single date per programme. Domestic applicants: for the 2026-27 academic year, applications opened 1 October 2026; the final day to apply is 24 December 2026 for Winter (January 2027) entry, 23 April 2027 for Spring/Summer 2027, and 30 August 2027 for Fall 2027. International applicants share the same opening date but face earlier cut-offs: 1 October 2026 for Winter, 1 February 2027 for Spring/Summer, and 1 June 2027 for Fall, and some high-demand programmes may close sooner. Trades and other varying-start programmes are judged against their own start dates (international due three months, domestic one week, before start), and continuous-intake programmes accept applications year-round. No single closing date exists beyond these cut-offs. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
