Coast Mountain College offers First Nations Fine Arts Advanced Diploma, a higher diploma in Indigenous Focus programme in Terrace, Canada. The programme runs for 10 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,900 per total for local students.
Study covers the fundamentals of silver engraving, advanced sculpture technique and an introduction to business skills. Students produce three silver pieces, typically a ring, pendant and bracelet, alongside an independently conceived sculpture project approved by an instructor, which may take the form of a frontlet, rattle, clan hat or small totem. Completing the full sequence earns the advanced diploma, while shorter paths lead to a one-year certificate or a two-year diploma.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows the First Nations Fine Arts Advanced Diploma page in Coast Mountain College's catalogue. The program is open only to graduates of Coast Mountain College's First Nations Fine Arts Diploma, and all course prerequisites must be met before enrollment. Applicants must also complete an interview with the program's Instructional Team. The program page describes the intended population as students of Aboriginal descent, though it does not state this as a formal eligibility requirement separate from completing the Diploma. No standardized English-language test score, minimum GPA, or additional documentation is stated on the program page; English proficiency otherwise follows Coast Mountain College's institution-wide requirement, 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. The program's intake timing is listed as to-be-determined for the Terrace campus.
Application Details
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.
