First Nations Language Certificate is a certificate in Indigenous Focus programme taught at University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 6,200 per total for local students.
This certificate is a concentrated programme of study in a particular First Nations language, intended for people who do not want to commit to a full degree major, for people of First Nations descent, and for those already working in Indigenous education.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission into this Certificate program follows the same requirements as admission to any UNBC undergraduate program: applicants are assessed under the standard secondary-school, transfer or post-secondary entry categories, which for direct secondary-school entry means an overall 65% average across five approved Grade 12 courses. To remain eligible for the Certificate itself, students must maintain a minimum GPA of C, calculated on all UNBC coursework applied toward the Certificate; up to 15 credit hours of transfer credit from another recognized institution may be applied. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet UNBC's institution-wide English proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no module below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 90 with at least 20 per section, Duolingo English Test 125 with no sub-score below 115, CAEL 70 with no subtest below 60, or PTE Academic 65 with no section below 60. Students are advised to consult the Chair of the First Nations Studies Program, and where appropriate the Director of their regional campus, before beginning Certificate coursework, since course scheduling varies by term.
Application Details
Application Deadline:UNBC's general-entry Bachelor's programs (BA, BComm, BPl, BSc) accept domestic (Canadian/PR) applications continuously with no fixed closing date for either the September or January semester. International applicants face undated, recurring cutoffs that UNBC prints without a specific year: 11 July for September-semester entry and 8 November for January-semester entry; applying later risks missing the documentation needed to study in Canada before the semester begins. Competitive-entry programs (Engineering, Nursing, Health Sciences, Education, Social Work) and individual graduate programs set their own dates each cycle -- see the programme-specific entries below for this institution's graduate programs. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
