Offered by University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, Canada, Nisga'a Language Fluency Diploma is a diploma in Linguistics & Language Studies programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 12,300 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Linguistics & Language Studies
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 12,300 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Nisga'a Language Fluency Diploma provides an immersive education in the Nisga'a language, and is intended to create new Nisga'a language speakers. The fundamental pedagogical approach is to offer as much Nisga'a language instruction as possible, as early as possible. The program is offered in a manner that recognizes that learners, knowledge keepers, and their communities as a whole benefit from, and contribute to, the (re)development of Nisga'a language fluency.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: UNBC's own diploma page sets no separate academic entry threshold; the Nisga'a Language Fluency Diploma requires 60 credit hours of university-level instruction, of which the first 30 credit hours make up the Nisga'a Language Fluency Certificate itself, taken in the Diploma's first year. Admission itself follows the same requirements as any UNBC undergraduate program: applicants are assessed under the standard secondary-school, transfer or post-secondary entry categories (an overall 65% average across five approved Grade 12 courses for direct secondary-school entry). 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.
Application Details
Start Date:September, May and January
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.
