Niitsitapi Arts and Science Associate Degree is an associate's degree in Liberal Arts programme offered by Red Crow Community College in Cardston, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus.
At a glance
Degree:Associate's Degree
Field:Liberal Arts
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
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The Niitsitapi Arts and Science Associate Degree is a two-year program delivered at the main campus that prepares students to continue directly into a bachelor's degree, whether at the University of Lethbridge or at Red Crow Community College. The curriculum integrates standard academic coursework with Indigenous knowledge through the Blackfoot Knowledge Paradigm and situates contemporary Indigenous issues within their historical and colonial context. Across 30 courses over two years, the first year covers foundational subjects including Kainai Studies, Blackfoot language, academic writing, psychology, English literature, sociology, political science, geography, and environmental science, while the second year moves into Indigenous-focused study of historical trauma, colonization, Indigenous literature, developmental and social psychology, Canadian society, cultural anthropology, and Native women's studies. Admission requires a high school diploma with a minimum grade in English 30-1, a short essay on academic and career goals, and an Accuplacer assessment demonstrating college-level reading and writing. The program suits students planning to transfer into further undergraduate study while grounding that study in Indigenous knowledge.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires completion of English 30-1 at a minimum grade of 65%, plus a 500-word essay describing the applicant's academic and career goals, submitted with the online application. Applicants must complete the college's Accuplacer assessment, with reading and writing scored at college level, booked directly with the programme coordinator. Because this associate degree leads into degree completion at the University of Lethbridge, applicants must also qualify for Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) funding covering the two years at Red Crow Community College plus the further two to three years to complete the degree. No IELTS, TOEFL or other standardized English-proficiency score is published on this page, and Red Crow Community College's general admission page likewise states no institution-wide language-test requirement, directing applicants instead to each programme's own listed prerequisites. No criminal-record check, immunisation or interview condition is stated.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Red Crow Community College's admissions page states applications are assessed on "a first-qualified, first-accepted basis" processed by the date transcripts and other requirements are received, with no fixed opening or closing date published for domestic applicants and no separate international timeline stated. The college separately publishes band-funding deadlines tied to the Fall (September-January, funding deadline June 15) and Winter (January-June, funding deadline November 30) semesters, but these govern sponsorship funding rather than the admissions decision. Admission itself is rolling for both domestic and international applicants, with no equal-consideration or firm date published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
