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Indigenous Studies Program Minor

The Minor in Indigenous Studies currently provides students with a broad interdisciplinary approach to key topics in the historical, social, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous life on Turtle Island (North America). The core courses offered within the program focus on engaging with Indigenous knowledge systems and societies from within, in ways that promote the resurgence of these systems, while placing an emphasis on the field of Indigenous Studies’ distinct methodologies, expectations, and reciprocity in the program’s Indigenous community partnerships.

Students are encouraged to seek program credits, as complementary courses, from other courses offered at McGill which have significant Indigenous content.  They should should approach the program director for approval with a copy of the syllabus for the course in question.

Program Checklist

Completing this checklist will help you determine which course requirements you have met and which you still need to meet in order to successfully complete your program requirements. The form may be filled in and printed from Adobe Reader, but not saved with the information entered. However, having entered the information, you may use the "Print to PDF" option available in the printer menu of most computers and in this way save the form with the information entered.

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Program Requirements (18 Credits)

Core Courses (6 credits)

INDG 200 Intro. to Indigenous Studies 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 401 Interdis Seminar:Indigenous St 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

Important: In addition to the required core courses, students must take their complementary credits in at least two different departments and are limited to a maximum of 3 complementary course credits at the 200-level and no more than 6 complementary credits in any one discipline.

Anthropology

ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ARTH 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Canadian Studies

CANS 306 Topics in Indigenous Pub Affrs 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

English

ENGL 297 Special Topics of Lit. Study 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ENGL 440 First Nations&Inuit Lit&Media 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies

GSFS 307 Indigenous Feminisms 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Geography

GEOG 301 Geography of Nunavut 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

History

HIST 202 Survey: Canada to 1867 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 303 History of Quebec 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 309 Hist of Latin America to 1825 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 324 Indigenous IDs & Nationhood 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples & French 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 361 Topics in Cdn Regional History 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

HIST 408 Sel Topics: Indigenous History 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Indigenous Studies (please note that course numbers have changed)

INDG 202 Topics in Indigenous Studies 1 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 300 Topics in Indigenous Studies 2 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 301 Indigenous Contemporary Resist 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 302 Introduction to Kanien’ké:ha 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 400 Seminar: Indigenous Studies 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 420 Indigenous Food Sovereignty 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INDG 450 Rotinonhsón:ni Land-BasedPedgy 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Interdisciplinary Field Course

IDFC 500 Indigenous Field Studies 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Law

CMPL 500 Indigenous Peoples & the State 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

CMPL 500D1 Indigenous Peoples & the State 1.5 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

CMPL 500D2 Indigenous Peoples & the State 1.5 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Linguistics

LING 211 Intro to Indigenous Languages 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

LING 411 Structure of an IndigenousLang 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Political Science

POLI 372 Indigenous Pples&theCdn State 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

POLI 436 Aboriginal Rights:the CdnConst 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

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