Year One (in-person)
Term One (Sept to Dec)
INDG6600Y: Indigenous Knowledge
INDG6603H: Indigenous Thought
Term Two (Jan to April)
INDG6600Y: Indigenous Knowledge (Continued)
Term Three (May-Aug)
INDG6715H: Bimaadiziwin/Atonhetserí:io (Advanced IK apprenticeship to be completed by the end of the first term of Year Two.)
INDG6720H: Comprehensive Examination Preparation Course
*Consider starting your Indigenous Language Requirement Term One if you do not have documentation to demonstrate introductory knowledge of an Indigenous language.
Year Two (in-person)
Term One (Sept to Dec)
INDG6701Y: Dissertation Research Course
INDG6720H: Comprehensive Examination Preparation Course continued
Term Two (Jan to April)
INDG6701Y: Dissertation Research Course (cont.)
Term Three (May-Aug)
INDG6740H: Core Comprehensive Examination
Program Milestone: (June) Oral Exam in Indigenous Knowledge
Program Milestone: (July-August): Core Comprehensive Written Exam
Program Milestone (July-August): Finalize Proposal for Defence
Program Milestone: Complete Indigenous Language Requirement prior to defending Dissertation
Year Three
Term One
INDG6700Y: Practicum Field Placement
INDG 6800Y: Dissertation (Monograph Stream)
INDG 6825Y: Project-Based Dissertation (Knowledge-Basket Stream)
Program Milestone: Dissertation or Project-Based Proposal Examination (within 6 months of completing Core Comprehensive Exam)
Expected Program Milestone: Ethics Approval
Term Two
(April) Cohort Check-in Meeting
Term Three
Expected Program Milestone: Research
Year Four
Term One, Two, Three (Sept to Aug)
Expected Program Milestone: Completion of Dissertation or Project-Based Component
Expected Program Milestone: Dissertation Defence or Round Table Examination
Program Standards
Students must attain a minimum of B+ in each course. If this standard is not attained and all efforts have been made to assist the student to attain this level, they could potentially be asked to leave the program upon recommendation of the Student Performance Committee of the program.
Students who are judged not satisfactory in the comprehensive examinations will be permitted to re-take the examination(s) at the next sitting (Normally December). If the student fails the examination(s) a second time, they will be required to withdraw from the program.