Course Listing
Course Listings Results Block
Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered and in which location(s). Not all courses listed below run every term or in all locations. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please refer to the Academic Calendar.
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INDG-6600Y: Graduate Seminar in Indigenous Knowledge
Offered:
- Peterborough
The course examines theories of Indigenous Studies from interdisciplinary and experiential perspectives focusing on the nature of Indigenous thought as expressed through oral tradition, written texts and other sources. Indigenous Elders and Traditional people will participate extensively in the course. Required of all students.
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INDG-6603H: Graduate Seminar in Indigenous Thought
Offered:
- Peterborough
Indigenous scholars have become an important aspect of the intellectual landscape in Indigenous Studies and a few other disciplines. Over the last few decades, Indigenous scholarly writing has emerged in a number of fields: politics, social theory, philosophy, history to name a few. This course examines this emerging literature. Required of all students.
Cross-listed: CSID-5101H
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INDG-6625H: Land Based Cultural Immersion Course
Offered:
- Peterborough
This graduate topics course is designed to facilitate engagement with an Indigenous language through a week long camp. Located in a culturally significant site, the course operates from the position that language provides a foundational framework for understanding the world. Students are not expected to be fluent in an Indigenous language but should have enough familiarity to work in a culturally immersive environment.Students will explore the connections between language and identity, worldview, orality, as well as recovery and revitalization. The week long camp will provide an immersive experience from which to think about the interplay between culture and language and how language can help us to understand the world better in a contemporary sense. Topics covered in the course include discussion of oral and writing systems, narrative and stories, performance, songs, chants, dances, conveyed through action (physical activities, movement, dancing, practices) that facilitate the development of positive relationships with the natural World( i.e. land, waters, trees, plants, animals, spiritual beings, ancestors etc.)
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INDG-6825Y: Project-Based Dissertation Theory and Research Methods
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students are required to conduct original research and complete a project-based dissertation consisting of a creative project component and a written component (20,000-30,000 words). The dissertation must make an original contribution to the field of Indigenous Studies and be consistent with program guidelines for the project-based option. A PhD student must successfully complete both components of the project-based option and defend those components before a Dissertation Examining Committee. The maximum time for completion of the Project-Based dissertation and other required academic requirements is five years.
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INDG-6700Y: Practicum Field Placement
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students work with an Indigenous community or organization, with a focus on community or organizational needs. The practicum should be approximately 200 hours, either full-time (5 weeks) or part-time, 2 days per week and is normally carried out in the summer following the first year or in the first term of the second year of study. Practicums should be completed by the end of the second fall term. Required of all students.
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INDG-6715H: Bimaadiziwin/Atonhetseri:io
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course is required for all students and builds on what was covered in INDG 6600Y. It provides students with an exceptional opportunity to apprentice with an Elder or Knowledge Holder over an intense period of time arranged between the student and the Elder or Knowledge Holder. Upon completion of the apprenticeship, students make a formal presentation to the Traditional Advisory Council.
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INDG-6701Y: Dissertation Research Course
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course is designed to support students in developing an appropriate plan to carry out research for their dissertation. Students work through the various stages of proposal development. Required of all students.
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INDG-6720H: Readings in Indg Studies (Core Comprehensive Exam)
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course is inteded to assist students in preparing for the Core Comprehensive Examination. Students use the IS Ph.D. Core Comprehensive Exam Bibliography as a minimum basis for preparation. This class meets fortnightly. Required of all students.
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INDG-6740H: Core Comprehensive Examination
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students will register for this once they have completed all coursework and are ready to take the core comprehensive examination. This allows the core comprehensive examination to appear on a student transcript.
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INDG-6800Y: Dissertation
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students are required to conduct original research and complete a Ph.D. dissertation that is judged to be a mature and original contribution to knowledge. A Ph.D. student must successfully defend her/his dissertation in an oral examination before a Dissertation Examining committee. The maximum time for completion of the Ph.D. degree is five years.