SFU Programs

Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency

This program is for students who wish to acquire conversational and literacy skills in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm, to teach this language in schools, or to enhance their language for cultural reasons or professional objectives.

Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency

The undergraduate Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency is for students who wish to acquire high intermediate to advanced oral proficiency in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm, to revitalize their languages in their communities by contributing to restore intergenerational transmission through institutional and family-oriented use of the language, to teach this language in schools or to adult learners, and to develop resources for First Nations Language learners at all levels.

Indigenous Languages Minor

The Minor in Indigenous Languages Program is for students who wish to specialize in a particular heritage Indigenous language while completing a BA degree.

https://www.sfu.ca/inlp/programs/inlmin.html

For a BA degree from SFU students can graduate with two minors and often our students do the Extended Minor in Linguistics as their second subject.

Graduate Programs

Master of Arts in Indigenous Languages and Linguistics (INLL MA)

Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Languages and Linguistics (INLL GC)